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“So House Andrews are on tour and Mod R is ‘in charge’. Pah. As if we need a babysitter. When did we ever get in trouble?”

“I have the alphabetized list here somewhere…”

“All right, so we’ve occasionally been in the wrong place at the wrong time. No one can link it back to us.”

“Mod R is cool anyway. She supports Horde rights.”

“And more importantly, she comes up with defenses for Horde wrongs. Which never happened.”

“Nice save.”

“Focus! What’s the situation?”

“Only four sleeps until This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Tuesday, we ride at dawn!”

“Um, I can’t actually ride at dawn. I couldn’t take time off work, sorry.”

“We ride at lunch break!”

“That works, thanks.”

“FOR MAGGIE! She’s one of us, one of us, one of us!”

“Imagine, dropped into her own favourite story… historically, we’ve dealt with that very well.”

“Have we, though?”

“Well, we’ve done Nav.”

“Eh. More like Nav did us.”

“The point is: CASTLES! Politics. Assassins. Questionable decisions. Emotional compromise. That’s our natural habitat.”

“Maggie’s adventures are a trilogy, Ilona confirmed it. Seems unsafe to me. That means w*iting for two sequels.”

“Dollar for the swear jar, we’ve talked about this. It’s not like House Andrews even do actual cliffhangers. Cliff-leaners, at most.”

“But with no one coming to save us…”

“Think about it. That means no one’s coming to stop us, either.”

“Ooooh. Game changer! So we can do anything.”

“Even better, my friend. We can do everything.”

Mod R: “Okay, let’s remember fluffiness … is that Andrea’s crossbow?!”

“It’s fine, I’m practically an honorary bouda.”

Mod R: “No weapons during Horde strategy! It’s Ferret Safety 101, people. We are regrouping, we are being chalant, we are—”

“Barsa?”

Mod R: “Resting. You need your strength.”

“Can we get a bedtime story? We’ll lie down and pretend to nap.”

Mod R: “Once upon a time, in the great world of readers, there lived a Horde…”

“Not a nasty, pillaging Horde!”

“The best Horde.”

Mod R: “…and they were given a book, for them and for all readers who have ever wished to get lost in a story…”

“And then, we made it into a bestseller?”

Mod R: “And then, we made it into a bestseller indeed. And we devoured dushegubilly ever after.”

“Read it again, Mod R?”


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  7. Bwhahaha! The Horde has the bestest Mod R ever.

    Me? Today’s must have in use and sight-line coffee mug: “My ability to Even has been SEVERELY COMPROMISED!”

    Thankfully it’s TGIF!! Now hopefully I can heard the faculty and PhD students from blowing anything up in their labs until end of the day!

    • Ohhh, good luck with that. I’m in Higher Ed, too, and am currently drinking out of the same mug.

      • K-12 Ed here and our spring break starts today. I’m normally an “around-the-year” job but I took vacation for this break and I am so glad it lines up with a certain release. I get to enjoy it with no stress, then brace myself for the final charge to the end of the year,

    • What are the odds that three of us in higher ed have the same perfectly applicable mug? 😀

      • 4! I swear, I see bright, brilliant young undergrads walk into my building.
        Four Years Later…
        Common Sense has left the building with Elvis – but golly they’re still brilliant, but must be watched closely at all times.
        Use PPE when refilling a dewar with LN2…why?
        >_<
        I'm in the Facilities Management Office for my college at the U of I.
        Have some pity on me.
        PS – I'm taking next Tuesday off!

    • I require this mug YESTERDAY (actually like six months ago – I’m a high school teacher🤣). Link? Please????

      • I don’t think there is a link right now since the store is on hiatus until after Maggie. Once the store is back up here on the site, you should be able to find it easily.

  11. “And sometimes, when an author and a Horde love each other very much…” 😉

    Thanks ModR! Good luck babys– I mean herding the Horde!

  13. Read it again. please? I think I would like this to be an audio with ModR english accent telling the story.

  17. I will be back from a 2 week road trip Just in Time!!! Read till I drop, devour, devour, Barsa! Then the slow sips and savors all over again!

  19. Cliff-leaners lol 😀
    Maybe we have to w*it till lunchbreak to ride, but at dawn we PLAN to ride!

  21. It’s only 3 sleeps for some of us. I won’t go to sleep Monday night because the ebook will be available at 12:01am, so I’ll be staying up to wait for it. Sadly, I can’t pull all-nighters anymore, but I’ll be able to read for 2-3 hours, at least, before having to sleep.

    • Tink, do you honestly think you’ll read for (JUST) 2-3 hours??!?! 🤣 Best of luck with that! 🤗

      • Probably the same kind of sentiment as “it’s going to be a novella!” 😉😂😂😂

        • This made me lol! Especially because starting at midnight for ‘a little bit’ is my plan too 🤣

          • I would hang tight until midnight as well, but here it will release at 06:01, so I can be assured of (trying for) a good night’s sleep.

            Then it will be devour-devour-devour to my heart’s content, since I entered PTO from Tuesday to Thursday and Friday is a public holiday!

            Whoo!

            And also, THANK YOU ModR for your efforts at maintaining our sanity while we wa*t!

          • Experience has taught me that whenever possible I should avoid specifying limits to my reading plans. Using phrases like ‘a little bit’ and ‘just a few chapters’ tend to lead to problems. From my perspective the problem is that ppl come back 10 minutes (1-6 hrs) later, interrupt my reading (again!) and complain it’s been longer than whatever I said and blah blah blah. Sigh.

            My wonderful husband will check to see if I need to b fed/watered, but has come to understand that otherwise only emergency communications should b attempted. Sadly, (happily?) I’m old now and need to eat/sleep/etc more regularly in order to function. And I’m pretty sure this doorstopper book will b more marathon than sprint, so sleeping is likely to b necessary before reading can resume. Like many here, I deeply relate to Elizabeth Wheatley’s Book Goblin. Plus my Clan (in Clash of Clans) will need me to declare war approximately a day after the precious appears. And showup daily to do war attacks etc. Don’t ppl understand new book day is a sacred holiday, occurring on an irregular schedule, and should not b disrupted!

  23. We are beloved!!! So excited for my book club to read Maggie! It will be their first Ilona Andrews book!

  25. This was fantastic! Also, I have it on my calendar so I can make sure my kindle pre-order pops up since the physical copies I ordered won’t come until later.

  31. Best kind of HEA!! Thanks for trying to keep us in line, Mod R.

    I’m really struggling with what to read between now and Maggie release. It’s like trying to choose the kind of hors d’oeuvres that won’t make me too full before the great feast. Just finished Magic Claims and I’m just realizing how much of the Kate story is still w*iting for us in HA’s heads. We are such a lucky Horde indeed!

    • I’ve been obsessively watching C dramas and short dramas to keep my mind off things!

    • Just finished all of the innkeeper series I started last weekend. I might go back and read edge series because Gaston!! Hopefully that’ll last me til Tuesday! Can’t wait to see them in MD! See u Saturday!!

  36. PSA to the American horde contingent. The rest of us don’t get our hands on Maggie until 2nd April!
    Please no spoilers in advance of the 3rd 🙏🏽

    Now off to cancel the annual leave I had booked on 31st to read – luckily I now have an exciting Easter holiday weekend planned with Maggie ☺️

    • This member of the US Horde will try not to spill the story. I can’t say for anyone else of the US contingent. 🤪😁

      • Yeah I think Steve will get over excited, drop a couple of spoilers & be given a stern talking to

    • Same, and possibly even later than 2 April die to international shipping of the hardcover – and good point! Though I really love this blog and the comments, in self preservation and defence I will not check the blog between the book birthday and finishing my first read through…

  38. Thanks for the chuckle.
    My daughter reread the Innkeeper series for the third time and was asking when is the next one coming out. I said later this year I hope!!!
    But we have Maggie next week!
    I’m not sure she was satisfied with Thea swer.🤷‍♀️

    • I’m irrationally glad to observe that there’s someone else out there who gets a space when trying to hit the ‘n’ key! Keep up the good work!

  41. Mod R, in case I haven’t said it lately, you are awesome. I laughed through this and then read it to my husband doing the voices! lol!!! I love being a BD Hordee married to a fellow BD Hordee! =)

    • How wonderful to have BDH family members. I’m trying to have my brothers inducted, but no luck so far. JUST READ THE FIRST PAGE, idiots!!! sigh.

  43. Soooo I might have received the book early. The place I bought it from sent it early by accident. I’ve already finished. It’s soo good! But now I have to wait for book 2 :’(

  46. This was such fun! Mod R, you are the best! Wise guy tidbits are so appreciated! You indulge us! Looking forward to the next time!

  48. So excited for Maggie ( & co.) i can’t sleep . Mod R please tell us anothet story…. I’m not sleepy 😴

  50. this was the best ever. I laughed out loud. three cheers for Mod R and good vibes for House Andrews writing Book 2.

    I can hear Ilona’s fancy keyboard clicking and clacking from here.

    my one and only regret in moving from the west coast to the east coast is that books drop at midnight, not 9PM and those extra 3 hours at my age mean functional vs dysfunctional mom to K1, K2, K3.

    at least I can skip right to chapter 11, assuming reactor magazine drops one more chapter on monday.

  51. Mod R- can we get a link to the FrInn-terview with Maggie and why all other HA characters need to fear her? Need more Maggie …. It will help with Fluffyness 🙏🥺🥰

  55. Fluffy
    Barsa

    Maggie is coming! Yayyyy!

    New world- brace – here we goooooooo
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Horde to the end 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  56. I am very chalant. I am w*iting *chewing fingernails* to read Maggie in it’s entirety…of course, in being chalant, I’m also,uhm,ah being quite masochistic….but *still*(!) chalant.
    Wish to discuss?

  59. I am chalantly w*iting and being a p*tient fluffy horde member. I promise. *ignore the impatient sounds coming from over yonder*

  60. Love it!

    Thanks so much ModR!

    So proud to be a member of the Horde!

    Counting down! Ready to slay the reading! Embrace the pages!

    Forward the Horde!

  62. Gahhh… I am so excited but also already feeling book withdrawal cause I just know I’m going to devour the book too fast and then I have to wait FOREVER for the next one. I shouldn’t read it. I should just wait and stare at it lovingly until all three books are out and then read all three of them. (Yeah right🤣). But for real, I have a cross country plane trip on April 13 and I’d like to say I’m gonna try to wait so I have a nice book to look forward to, but I’m not sure I can.

  63. I’m finally understanding why my autistic son thinks w*it is an evil word🤦🏼‍♀️ I can’t wait and I’ve finished all my other books and I don’t want to start anything new because I know I need to devour Maggie as soon as it arrives and I don’t like leaving a book unfinished, so I’m hoping listening to IC on Graphic Audio will keep me going until next week….I would like to pretend I am nonchalant, but I belong to the BDH, so…🤷🏼‍♀️

  64. Sighs. Excellent story, Mod. R! Thanks for all u do For the Horde! We’re doing our best to think fluffy thoughts.

    But could we ride at midnight instead of w*iting until later? After all, presumably that’s when the ebook will drop. And I’m really more of a late night ‘cat…

    Thanks!

  65. I broke into Kate’s stash and have several crates of Boones Farm for everyone. Let the celebrating commence in T- 3.5 days!!

    On another note, Mod R, please don’t ever change!

  67. Ok that’s cute! Thanks! Still w*iting as p*tiently as I can. Fortunately I’ve a friend from MO visiting to keep me distracted most of the time!

  68. I might have to re-read the Maggie preview this weekend. My chalant-ness is showing. . .

  71. I HAVE STUFF I GOTTA DO IRL

    Yes. I am a Boomer, yelling, bc real life is interfering with Maggie.

    Let me channel my inner MurderTree: next publication time, you will coordinate with my life. Do you wish to discuss?

    ….

    Sorry. Sorry. Forget I was so non-fluffy. I would hate to cause more problems/anxiety for the nice, nice ALs. Or have ModR swat me on the (long) Family Nose. Sorry..

  74. Mod R, you are wonderful. We are so fortunate to have you as our wrangler and story teller.

    All of us who have birthdays in March and first part of April are singing, ” Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to meeee. Happy birthday to me.” 🎶🎂📚🤣🤣🤣🤣

    One of us! One of us! Arise BDH! Books shall be open! Story shall be devoured! A great day! A read day! As the sun rises! Read! Read! Read more as the world falls away!

    And now back to our regular schedule notification from Mod R. 😁😂

  75. We are a good and loyal Horde! We love rewards and gifts! Hoorah and Huzzah for House Andrews!

  77. I just love this. Us the Horde in the blog, Mod R’s funnies, House Andrews and their books, past, present and up coming. This is my happy place in the internet.

    With all the love and fluffyness,
    Maria from Finland

  78. Perfect transition to the weekend and the release of Maggie. I worked a 70-hour week and ran a huge meeting. I am exhausted and peopled-out. I deserve reading Maggie with tea, Orro pastries, and no interruptions (ahem, needy children 👀). I need a room at the Gertrude Hunt. sigh…

    Barsa barsa? 🥺

  79. Would Mod R ever consider actually reading chapters to us so we can ask them to “read it again”? in true Princess Bride style? 🙏 snuggles closer to the screen.

  80. Mod R,
    The best Mod in the multi-verses!

    I think I missed the Frinn-Day Interview so it was my first time reading it, thanks so much!

    Horde!!!

    Rejoice with me, Blackwell shipped my book yesterday!!!! I might have it Tuesday!!!!!! Yipppeeeeeeeeee…………

    Now, I just have to figure out how I’m going to read said book while attending a slew of meetings….

    I might have to just tell them: this is this, and that is that, I do NOT wish to discuss? No comments, end meeting!

  81. I have read the preview twice and then while waiting I found very long 600 PG novels of litrpg just to satisfy my craving. Then I reread The Inheritance three more times.
    Thank goodness it is almost here….my version of chalant was running low.😅.
    Thanks Mod R your commentary was excellent example of book loving horde that devours.

    • Same. Just refinished THE INHERITANCE. And a couple of new authors. So unfair to compare anyone to IA. Sigh.

  83. 4 sleeps till Maggie, reminds me of “No sleep till Brooklyn”(song) lol

    Modr, you amazin’ being! Loved, “Tuesday, we ride at dawn!”
    I don’t know about those pony hoppers, but this Horde member is starting at 12:01 am eastern time!😂

    I am abso-freaking-lutely ready! No bookmarks needed, I am not putting down till the last word! I’m even going to read all the way down to the UPC code on the back😆

  84. You all get lunch breaks? huh. My job is to finish all other books this weekend focus. This post made me laugh on a bad day. Thanks!

  87. I just have so much love for this. I have my toasted coconut oolong loose leaf blend ready for brewing and my outgoing message will have me safe from interruption on 4/3/ till 4/4. I will probably avoid the blog until after to avoid…well… you know.

  88. “And then we made it into a bestseller” — the best ending to a Horde story! Can’t wait to see it come true.

    (Double checked that Maggie is pre-ordered on Kobo & Audible. Ready for book day!)

  92. I have managed to get to this point without reading the preview and most of the snippets….decided that I wanted to read it “cold” I am so excited that I have managed to schedule nothing for release day. 😀😀🤞

    • This! Nothing hurts more than w*iting for the next chapter somewhere in the middle of the book. No, a book is to devour completly, from first page to last, on release day.

      (Don’t forget to drink and eat enough while reading; I always forget and get headaches.)

  93. Thank you for this awesome distraction from our w*iting, Mod R…you’re the BEST and our w*iting is almost over! 😁

    I’m entered in a 5k race on Sunday, and I think to get myself appropriately pumped up at the starting line, I shall raise my fist dramatically to the skies and shout with a thundering voice:

    “For Maggie!!!! For the Horde!!!!!!”

    Couldn’t hurt! 😂

    • And, who knows, perhaps this will lead to other BDH peeps gathering around u as u all run in the same direction. Sure, it seems unlikely, but, hey, there’s a chance. Traditionally the BDH runs in a variety of directions at any given time. Just watch out for any ferrets underfoot. 😺

      • Thanks for the well-wishes djr, and I promise no ferrets will be stepped on by my feet Mechcat! 😂

        • Oh good! Hope your race went well. And you’ll certainly b ready to put your feet up and read when we get the book. Did any fellow BDHers come when u called?

          • (Better late than never answering:)

            I set a new personal record for a 5k (still slower than the herd of turtles that passed me on the course, but I’m just ‘competing’ against myself so it’s all good!)

            Sadly, I didn’t see other BDH members…but I choose to believe we were all incognito and practicing for our next ferret heist! 😂

            I’m spending the entire day reading today….the BEST way to spend my 67th birthday!!!! 🥳🎉

  95. I requested Tuesday off from my work months ago in anticipation of the book release. My office manager is my sister and I didn’t tell her why I was taking the day off. Over the weekend I mentioned that the book was coming out and I was really excited to read it. She connected the dots regarding the time off and gave me the side eye because I was missing work because of a book. Sigh. I don’t think we can be sisters any longer.

  96. Loved the post, very chalantly remembered to pre-order a copy and very unchalantly screeched when my bookstore sent a mail that it was ready for me to pick up. German horde members, apparently German bookstores already have gorgeous copies and are willing to hand them over! They didn´t even ask for my firstborn! I don´t know if that´s a Europe-wide phenomena, but it might be worth a try if you prefer a physical copy.

    Now I did not expect that last evening, so I still need to w… watch some Pursuit of Jade before I get ready to ride and knock on the doors when they open today.

    • I can confirm this! I held Maggie in my hands in the bookstore today, it is in the shelves already 🙂

  99. Maggie comes out on Tuesday…my birthday is Wednesday…Maggie is my present!!!!!!!!

  100. 3 more sleeps and 1 night of pacing, refreshing, pacing, checking social media to see who’s got it already, pacing………

  102. *can’t stop laughing*

    Should we reconsider getting help from Chernobog?

    …I’m just suggesting!

  103. Thanks for the bedtimestory – although I read it in the morning, so technically I think I need another one?

    *big dreamy eyes*

    When Maggie drops in my kindle it is only one more day until a vacation, so I’m going to be p*tient and wait for some hours to read in peace and quiet – or maybe just finish the book in peace and quiet?

  105. Mod R You are the best!! Thank you for shortening the w*it with funny posts ❤️ we love you!

  107. I can’t ride at dawn on Tuesday, but I did take Friday off specifically to read Maggie 😁

  110. Many thanks to ModR, our glorious and gracious Overlords & the company of the Horde 😉😘❤️

    • OOOH new mugs – ‘MEMBER OF THE MOST GRACIOUS & GLORIOUS COMPANY OF THE HORDE’

      ‘CHAMPION OF THE HORDE’

      ‘KNIGHT OF THE HORDE’

      ‘DEFENDER OF THE HORDE’

      … 😉😘❤️

  111. Thanks, ModR. Brilliant in your own right!

    And thank you for the countdown clock. The US is already into summer time. Europe is „springing forward“ an hour tomorrow. As far as I can calculate with all the moving variables, I‘ll be saddled up and mounted on Tuesday, about an hour before dawn, ready to charge the moment that ebook drops!

    Now, please excuse me. I just reread the 2024 FrInnterview ModR linked in the comments above and I must now go and bake cookies.

    • Baking cookies, excellent prep activity. Plus you’ll have cookies to sustain u as u read. I’m w*iting for Pursuit of Jade’s last episode to drop Monday, and I really should start packing now so I don’t have to do it while reading.

      What r y’all doing to prepare? What food laid in, etc?

  114. ModR, you are the bomb diggity! Where would we be without you? We do need a live reading of the bedtime story, though 🙂

  115. Will ‘Maggie 1’ be published as ebook for German readers, amazon.de or Kobo?
    Please confirm (a woman can hope).
    Greatings from Germany
    Sincerely yours
    Ingrid

    • There will be a German edition of This Kindom Will Not Kill Me, yes 🙂

      I cannot confirm the publisher or their release schedule at the moment, however.

  117. Love the bedtime story ModR, I need it’s calming influence to make it through the next couple of day 😉

  118. True story: Instead of putting more money in Jeff Bezos’ pocket, I ordered Maggie from a local independent bookstore. I got a call yesterday morning telling me the book I ordered is in, and I could come pick it up. My heart leapt. Wow, really? Started making plans. Then I thought that I really didn’t want to go there to find they wouldn’t sell it to me, so I called back.

    Me: “That book isn’t supposed to be released until Tuesday.”
    Bookstore: “Hmm. Let me check. … You are right. You can come pick it up Tuesday.”
    Me: “If I had just come down today and not said anything would you have sold it to me?” Bookstore: “Probably.”

    This is reason #2 to patronize independent bookstores – sometimes you can get stuff early!

    • 😫😫😫😫. I would go down there very nonchalantly and ask for my book and then be prepared to beg if they said no. It’s all about strategy, my friend.

  121. “Read it again, Mod R?”
    “Read it again, Mod R?”
    “Read it again, Mod R?”
    There! I said it three times! Now it has to happen! 😀

  122. Such a great post. Only the 2nd Ive read since Im a new hoardling, (hoardlet?)
    Not new to any of the series though, Ive read them all (most anyway)Starting with Kate when first published, so can’t imagine how hapy I am to find my way to you all. Here now dear Mod R and will be hovering over my kindle come the correct midnight and haunting the porch soon after! Can’t wait to meet Maggie..

  126. Hold on! Did you say “trilogy”? Ah man, gotta w*it and practice p*tience. Good thing HA is well into Maggie 2 😉. I remember when Ilona was looking for a map maker. May the creative juices continue to flow and may the emergencies in life become far and few between.

  130. I went to Bookshop.org to buy the ebook, in case my paperbook is delayed (no w*iting, bad bad), and I typed in “Maggie the” and Bookshop figured out what book I wanted! Thought that was the coolest thing ever. I think Bookshop is in the Horde, secretly!!

  132. I got sicky and reading this made me laugh and cough! Thank you for the giggles and reminder we are so very very close to release date! Release the Maggie!!!

  137. I received notice that my book shipped! Oh please, oh please, oh please may the mail gods look favorably on me.

    Until then I have a lovely story by Mod R to read a couple more times, because … I have to w*it.

    • Book Goblin gives treats to her mail carrier to ensure prompt deliver of book mail. Probably not necessary, but who doesn’t like treats?

  138. …. I thought we’d never mention Nav?! Guys come on! What happens in Nav stays in Nav!

  142. I was getting really excited at the thought of the book being in my hands in a few short hours, then realised that the release date is 31st, not 30th.
    Boo 🙁

  143. Oh I want Mod R to read me bedtime stories as well! ❤️

    We are going skiing the Easter weekend, I hope to be able to read Maggie’s story in front of a fire place in the evenings!!

  145. This is such an odd community to be a part of, but I love the inside jokes and “Horde” stories like this one. Thanks Mod R for helping to conceptualize (and rein in) our “antics”!

  146. Maggie Reading Checklist

    * various teas and coffee
    * Horde mug
    * overly-full cat bowls to cut back on yowling
    * divorcing hubs mostly for quiet
    * various nibbles so I don’t need to cook
    * sweet and yummy nibbles for tea
    * snuggly blanket
    * favorite chair
    * comfy pjs to be worn at all hours because I won’t know sunrise from sunset

    💕

    Responsibly and with squees we ride!

  147. First email I saw this morning— My book is shipped! If I didn’t have to work I would be sitting at the end of my driveway……

  149. It’s the 31st in Australia. I have been checking My Books all day and trying to remember how far behind us the US is. At 1700 I finally Googled it and there was still another HOUR to go. I have been rereading the Innkeeper Chronicles the last few days and I’m at the last book but I will drop it like a hot potato when Maggie appears in my books. I am starting to seriously struggle with being chalant. Happy Maggie Day everyone!