Another occasion to see House Andrews live! Ilona and Gordon will be appearing with Jean Kwok to celebrate the release of Dominion, the first book in Jean’s new Silk and Iron Trilogy. Event details: Saturday, July 18, 20266:00 PM CTBarnes & Noble Arboretum10000 Research Blvd
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This Kingdom is Best So Far
Tor sent over a little something, and by “little something” I mean THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME has been featured on not one but two of Amazon’s Best Books of 2026 So Far lists! Maggie is at number 14 on Amazon’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2026 So Far And also
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BDH Crosswords
Friday is Horde enrichment activity day, because otherwise we start to think Steve ideas make sense. Behold, the Ilona Andrews crossword for June 5th: Across Down This is a static image, not an interactive puzzle, because the blog is many things, but not a puzzle app. You can copy
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Out of Office: Please Advise
From: bookdevouringhorde@ilonaverse.galaxyTo: ALLSubject: Completely Hypothetical Assistance Inquiry Hello, This is Steve. I don't think this is an emergency, everyone is still breathing. Unfortunately, so is that weird artifact we brought back on the last Horde raid. Before
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Austin event with Caitlin Rozakis
On Monday, June 1st, at 7 pm, Ilona will be joining Caitlin Rozakis at Barnes & Noble Arboretum in Austin to chat shop, ask questions, and help celebrate Caitlin's new release, STARTUP HELL. Tickets are free and available at TicketLeap. Purchasing the book from B&N Arboretum on event
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Horde vs The Grey
Happy Thursday, BDH. Mod R here, requesting Horde assistance. I am moving house. The new place is lovely, and I am very happy and grateful to have housing, but it has also been touched by the Fairy of Modern Rental Design (much less cooler than the Fish Fairy) and leeched of colour. Stark
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Millennial PR vs Gen Z Socials
The official Tor account on Instagram did the Millennial vs Gen Z Marketing trend for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me this week, and I was helpless before it. For the happily offline among us, the meme format is simple: the Millennial Team gives you the earnest, back-cover-copy voice that tries
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Reminder: Ilona Andrews chats with Veronica Roth tomorrow
This is your reminder that tomorrow, Friday, May 15th, at 6:30 pm, Veronica Roth will be at Half Price Books in Dallas for the release of her new series debut, Seek the Traitor’s Son - and Ilona and Gordon will be the ones moderating the event! Seek the Traitor’s Son is book 1 of the Burning
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BDH BINGO
Happy Wednesday, Horde! I'm hosting a little Book Bingo morning to get us through the week hump. The rules are simple. Tick off every square that applies to you. The central Curran square is free, because the Consort is ever merciful. You get to brag with your total in the comments
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Book Recommendations Thread: The TKWNKM Support Group
Welcome to Book Devourers Anonymous. Please pull up a chair. This is a safe space of no judgement. I know we all tried our best to pace ourselves and make it last, and then This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me simply took the reins and happened to us. Intentions were noble, but a Horde can't change
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This Kingdom Vellum Overlay Giveaway Winner
Happy Friday! The Random Number Generator performed its duty and gave us the winner of the vellum overlay set for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: Congratulations, Erin Phillippi! I will contact Erin from the modr@ilona-andrews.com email address. If we don’t hear back by Thursday, May 14, a
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Art Print Roundup
I did not get much sleep last night. I am relying on tea and sheer will, so let's hope I make sense. We have an art print roundup for you this morning, with several options from the artists who worked on This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. A note about shipping: a lot of the artists we work with are
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