welcome to
the crystal
crown trilogy
The Crystal Crown Trilogy is a new adult fantasy series, written and published by self-published author Megan Gilbert.
This trilogy follows Princess Galdinia's story as she seeks to protect her family's throne from her conniving exiled enemy.
book 1
about • purchase • playlist • pronunciation guide • media package • updates
book 1: princess of dawn
Princess Galdinia has the tiara, the suitors and a deadly army. But she only needs one thing to ascend to the throne as queen: her gift of power from the Gods. She has 7 days to prove herself worthy, or else her vicious exiled enemy will descend upon her.
Princess of Dawn is the first book of the trilogy and is now available at the links below. Can't see your country below? Search for the title on your local Amazon website.
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Please be aware of the follow content warnings before reading Princess of Dawn:
Anxiety and panic attacks, battles and hand-to-hand combat, blood, death, including that of family members, misogyny, murder.​
official princess of dawn playlist
The below playlist was curated to be listened to as you read Princess of Dawn. You can also follow the listening guide to ensure maximum gut punch during these specific scenes (that's why we read, right? To experience motional turmoil?). Follow the "page no." for the paperback (top, middle and bottom of the page to hit "play"), and "loc. no." for the Kindle location numbers. Enjoy!
pronunciation guide
Not sure how to pronounce some of the names in Princess of Dawn? Here is a pronunciation guide to help you out!
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Galdinia Elderwin: Gal-din-ih-ya El-der-win
Neryda Fleur: Nair-i-dah Fler
Drystan Allard: Dris-tin Al-ard
Ryden Calcutter: Rye-den Cal-cut-er
Bentley Penrose: Bent-lee Pen-rose
Ilyon Trunder: Ill-ee-in Trun-der
Valah Pyrin: Val-ah Peer-in
Reynard: Ray-nard
Saena: Say-nah
Draven: Dray-ven
Edana: Eh-duh-na
Madame Moya: Mad-am Moi-ya
Evarius Wrynn: Ev-air-ree-us Rin
Kell Lai: Kell Lie
Kaedric Novus: Kay-dric No-vus
Dillian Othid: Dill-yin Oh-thid
Have I missed a name you're unsure about? Click here to get in touch and let me know!
media package
Do you want to help spread the word about Princess of Dawn? Download the media package below with posts for Instagram stories & posts. If you post these, please make sure you tag me @megan__gilbert.
This link will download a compressed file. Click on it to "unzip" it, then you can save the images to your device to post them.
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