Trip Galey is a writer of novels and games, a ghostwriter, and an avid fan of science fiction and fantasy. His fantasy debut A Market of Dreams and Destiny (Titan Books, 2023) was shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Award for Best Novel in 2024 and was included on the Locus Recommended Reading List 2023.
A Market of Dreams and Destiny
Titan Books, 2023 | Waterstones
Enter the bazaar of the bizarre, where fate and fortunes are for sale. A high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own is perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus.
Below Covent Garden lies the Untermarkt, where anything and everything has a price: a lover’s first blush, a month of honesty, a wisp of fortune. As a child, Deri was sold to one of the Market’s most powerful merchants. Now, after years of watchful servitude, Deri finally spots a chance to buy not only his freedom but also his place amongst the Market’s elite when he stumbles into the path of a runaway princess desperate to sell her royal destiny.
But news of the missing princess and her wayward destiny spreads. Royal enforcers and Master Merchants alike are after it. Outmanoeuvring them all would all be hard enough had Deri not just also met the love of his life, a young man called Owain, whose employers are using the Market for their own nefarious schemes.
Deri soon finds that the price of selling the royal destiny, making a name for himself, and saving the man he loves is dear. The cost of it all might just change the destiny of London forever.