The Dark of Deep Below
A novella. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Nate Taylor.
We're pleased to announce the second volume in The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whifffle. This time around, Patrick Rothfuss and Nate Taylor have dreamed up an adventure that's nearly twice as long as the original.
In in first volume of The Adventures of The Princess and Mr. Whiffle, we learned what lurks beneath our beds. What's more, we learned that
little girls are not helpless, and that princess are not always what
they seem.
In this second installment of the Princess's adventures, we learn a
little more about the Princess's family. We learn how dark it is in the
Deep Below…
And we learn what happens when the Princess gets a little brother.
The Adventures of The Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Dark of Deep Below is a dark twist on the classic children's picture book.
Perfect for geek children and adults who love dark faerie tales,
international bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss has described the
Princess's adventures as, “Calvin and Hobbes meets Coraline, with a healthy dose of Edward Gorey mixed in.”
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Patrick Rothfuss
In the ever-evolving realm of modern fantasy, Patrick Rothfuss stands out not by the breadth of his bibliography, but by the depth of it. His name is nearly synonymous with The Kingkiller Chronicle, a series that didn’t just launch a story—it carved out a world, intimate and aching, one slow note at a time.
Rothfuss didn’t crash onto the literary scene so much as he unfolded, like a long-forgotten song remembered line by line. The Name of the Wind, his debut novel, emerged in 2007 after over a decade of behind-the-scenes refinement. Rather than racing to meet the market, he waited until the story was ready—fully formed, precise, and profoundly human. Readers met Kvothe, a man of myth and music, whose tale is told not in a blaze of glory but in the hush of candlelight. What began as a simple narrative about a young boy at a university for magic evolved into a reflection on power, loss, and the unreliability of memory.
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
