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Insight Editons is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a copy of their new book, The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual. Written by Greg Keyes (Godzilla vs. Kong: Dominion), this 160 page hardcover is filled with photographs, artwork and information detailing the secrets of the Monarch organization: employees, technology, geographical locations, and the monsters themselves, including Godzilla, Kong, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and many more!
As the first official compendium spanning almost the entire Monsterverse, The Monarch Files provides behavioral profiles, physiological analyses, and capability assessments on dozens of notable monsters, Titans, and Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms (M.U.T.O.s) introduced in the movies GODZILLA (2014), KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017), GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019), GODZILLA VS. KONG (2021), and GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (2024); the book Godzilla: King of the Monsters – The Official Movie Novelization (2019); the comics and graphic novels Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (2017), Kingdom Kong (2021), Godzilla Dominion (2021), and Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted (2024), the Netflix animated series SKULL ISLAND (2023); and Apple TV's MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS Season 1 (2023-24). The two primary beasts introduced in MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS Season 2 (2026) are also presented here.
The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual is now on sale and retails for $50.00.
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OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION
Prize:
A. There are (5) prizes, each consisting of one (1) copy of The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual.
B. Prizes will be shipped to the contest winners so entrants must include a valid mailing address. This contest is only open to participants in the United States and Canada.
C. In the event that a winner chooses not to (or cannot) accept a prize, he or she forfeits all claim to that prize.
D. One entry per person. Prizes are non-transferable. No substitution of prizes allowed.
Duration of contests:
A. The “The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual” contest runs from June 23 until 11:59pm on July 15, 2026.
How to enter:
A. Submit your name, email address, and mailing address for the random drawing.
B. Be sure to write “The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual” in the subject header of your email entry. SciFi Japan often runs multiple contests at the same time, so any entries without “The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual” in the subject header will be discarded.
C. Contest entrants may receive an email newsletter from SciFi Japan and Godzillafest.
Determination of winners:
A. Only contestants who have submitted the requested information will be entered in the final drawing. The first five randomly drawn eligible entries will be judged the winners for this contest.
B. SciFi Japan is not responsible for typographical, electronic or other errors in Internet operation affecting the offering, outcome, administration of the contest or the announcement of prizes. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
C. The decision of Insight Editions and SciFi Japan is final. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the SciFi Japan judges, which are final and binding in all respects.
D. Following the drawing, winners will be notified via email.
“The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual” CONTEST
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