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Hey, guys, we have some real life stuff going on, so no Arabella today. Nothing bad, just super busy. If you are waiting for the continuation, it will be some time next week.

But I do have something fun for you today. We are giving away one copy of the Kinsmen Collector edition from Subterranean.

This is a signed and numbered edition. It includes Silent Blade, Silver Shark, and Mere Formality and features amazing art by Luisa Pressler.

Subterranean does not reprint, so if you missed this, this is likely the only chance to own one.

Rules

Who can enter: US only. Not shipping this overseas. It has gotten very expensive.

How to enter: You must comment on this blog post and tell us what you would do if you were given the chance to visit Rada, the Kinsmen planet. Would you visit the Terraces for some yummy food, go to see the flowers, get involved in the battles between clans or…?

Where to enter: Only in blog comments below. Facebook and replies to newsletter will not count. One entry per commenter.

How long do you have to enter: The giveaway will run until next Friday, when we will announce the winner.

Good luck!

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    • I would go see the gardens or find a library. I love flowers and being in nature because it is so calming compared to the bussle of a city. I like to slow down and enjoy the roses and read a good book.

    • Eat. A bunch. And record the fights that would erupt on the street randomly.

      But I can’t promise I also wouldn’t try to break into/start up the black market for Dahlia genetics. Seems like it might be a lucrative business.

      • Ooooh! I would love to have a home with a garden of dahlias so that I could just sit back and vegetate. I would also read Radia’s version of Ilona Andrews books.

  2. I would learn to make those yummy passion cones!

    Thanks for updating us, so we know all is (mostly) well with you guys and you’re just busy. Hope things settle and you have a relaxing weekend as well as an enjoyable 4th~

    • Please tell me they have museums. Art museums, historical buildings, day trip to the terraces.

      Getting involved in, or anywhere near clan battles is a hard no. I’m not sure about food – I’d probably stick with vegetarian dishes. I’m pretty set on what proteins I eat and I imagine that’s very different in another planet. I’d like to be adventurous with food, but sadly I am not.

    • I would totally be checking out the food! Then I would head out with a full belly to check out all the plants. I would satu out of any battles.

  3. Definately find some pink wine and passion cones! And perhaps pick up some dahlias for my garden.

  5. I would visit the Terraces for some yummy food. Maybe upon my return I would be able to replicate a dish to share with friends and family. (When I am stressed or anxious due to life events or family concerns, I do a reread and visit Rada. There is some predictability and comfort and my peace of mind is restored. I feel more balanced to handle real life.)

  6. I would learn more about and visit the various temples. Archeaology for the win.

      • I would find out if any clan battles are going on and try my best to avoid them. Then I would get some yummy food and find a quiet space to snack, read, and people watch.

  8. First I would want a sunny day with a slight breeze, an interesting companion to share the experience with, bright flowers surrounding the food court, then a taste testing of the wonderful sounding food, with comfortable seating to watch the clans battle. Wine might be nice too.

  9. I would eat all the food and in between bites go shopping and people watching and hope to come across impromptu dancing. But mostly I’d be there for the food.

  10. If I were lucky enough to visit Rada, I would go to the Terraces because I’m a total foodie. I’d definitely want to try some passion cones with some pink wine.

    • I would love to visit to explore, try the food and wine. Picnic in the gardens.

  11. I’ve wanted to know what passion cones taste like. And the aroma of the flowers perfuming the air. Mmm.

  13. I would definitely study the flora. All those plants out in the wild would be a botanists dream to study. Star flowers blooming in the summer night. Orange cherries for a snack. And to relax from all that studying, wine tasting on the weekend.

  15. If I was given the chance to visit Rada, I would visit the provinces. I couldn’t get involved in the battles between clans because they are way more ruthless & calculating than I am.

  16. I would go scuba diving with the silver sharks. If I survived that, I would go to Meli’s house for a cooking lesson and wine tasting.

  17. Not US – so ignore me <3

    I would go look for a museum to see what they would show off and then end the day a the Terraces people-looking.

  18. I’d find a reputable kinsman family to work for, of course. Everyone needs an armed admin!

  19. Definitely the market. But wait! The flowers! I can only imagine what the dahlias are like there…

  22. If I were to get to travel to Rada I would defiantly try to time my trip around one of the flower festivals. Visit the terraces for sure to get the passion cones and try and find the good vintage of pink wine. Maybe see if I can watch a kinsmen brawl.

  23. I’d love to go to the Terraces and pick up a passion cone. I’d bring them out to a garden to enjoy them while sitting amidst the dahlias.

    • Visit Meli’s flower garden and try to get her to join me on the terraces for passion cones and spilling some tea about the families.

      I might watch a battle, but I’m not savvy enough to survive participating in a battle.

  28. I would got to the market area, shop then sit on a balcony so I can people watch while eating yummy food!!

  30. I would want to taste the passion cone but the flower descriptions are so vivid so must see.

  32. Like Claire, I’d go to the market and try all the exotic, new-to-me fruit. Tropical fruits are my weakness.

  37. Obviously, I would find Meli and she would fall madly in love with me and we’d go get some ice cream when we weren’t too tired from other activities.

  38. I would practice my sword skills, because on this world I have significant fighting experience

  39. I would love to look at the flowers from enough distance so my allergies don’t kill me.

  40. I would absolutely park myself somewhere safe and people watch. Anywhere and everywhere and store up those memories!

  41. I feel like I would probably go for the food and shopping. I like vacations like that and I’m definitely not out looking for trouble.

    • Yes! That was my first thought too. Along with seeing the temple, you get an aerial ride, lush jungles & hopefully good conversation. Then on to a party with good food, a sunset & dancing with my love.

  44. I would absolutely go sight seeing and EAT at the Terraces. I would stay far from the clan battles 😂

    • Hi Merydeth,

      Please do not use your whole email address as a username or disclose any other private information in the public comments, for your own protection. We see it on our end and that’s enough to contact you if you are the winner 🙂

  45. I’d visit the gardens. Allllll the gardens. In between, of, course, I’d have to visit the markets and the Terraces to fuel myself for the next garden.

  46. I want to visit the gardens! I am totally enthralled with the idea of unique dahlias found and bred on this planet.

    Secondly, I’d shop in the old market and haggle for spices and fruit.

  49. Oh my goodness to attend one of the festivals and to go shopping!! I just want to stroll around the downtown of the city.

  50. I’d find some passion cones, and pink wine. Then I’d see if there was a botanical garden showing off all the types of Daliahs <3 If I had time left, I'd wander through the market, and look at the art.

  54. I would spend two days exploring the terraces – the little cafes, people watching, eating fried pastries and honeyed rada berries. A day hiking to the egg temple and camping there overnight – the adventure! The rest of the week would be ideally at the Adler/Buena summer house (a girl can dream!) eating cherries, swimming in the lake and hoping to see the starflowers bloom in the light of the two moons with my hubby…

  56. I would want to learn how to make passion cones as they sound delicious. I would also want to acquire some of the beautiful and rare dahlias varieties to bring home(my family is already bing into growing dahlias).

  58. I’d go to the Terraces first but I would love to see all the sites. So much to do and see.

  59. Thanks for the chance! I’d visit the markets! Can’t go wrong with food and shopping- thanks for the chance

  61. The tech! I’d be that super nerd, checking out all their tech, taking sooo many notes, and making plans to duplicate and develop my own when I got home haha

  62. I would try to get Meli, Claire and Ramona together to have lunch and learn all the gossip of the Kinsmen. Then if they were not busy, go shopping and have fun. 🙂

  66. I would spend the day wandering the city to see the architecture and the people, then have a wonderful meal at the Terrace. I would finish it off with a stroll through the gardens.

  67. I would start my own cleaning/catering business and work my way into all the Kinsmen houses and events until I had enough information on them all to start my own gossip/tmz blog (no one ever notices the help). I would share info on all the Kinsmen’s dirty laundry to the public, and probably be quickly discovered and murdered by one of them – but it would be a wild ride while it lasted!!

  69. I would go to the market to see and eat the different fruit and vegetables while flower viewing. Then end the day eating passion comes and people watching. To see a battle or two would be fascinating!

  70. Thank-you for some much needed good news “mental break” from politics today to what IF politics on Rada.
    First off I’d HAVE to have some cool superpower,👉like growing plants fast 🧌and full of flowers, fruit and nutts. Then I’d want to 📸 photograph the visiting wildlife that would be exploring the new food source, 🪅which would be amazing!🪆

  71. I would go to the Terraces for the food, flowers and the shops….the hair salon and clothings store sounded amazing! I want one of the flying cars too!

  72. I would like to meet and talk to the people, hear the music and listen to the stories from them, travel to see what type of plants and animals that are there to see and if possible meet the characters of the story from Rada.

  74. I would go to the Terraces for a yummy picnic basket and spend the rest of the day visiting the flowers.

  75. I would love to see the Dahlias and try the food. I would have to start by trying the passion cones and pink wine of course!

  76. Amazing!
    I would initially go for the fantastic food, but somehow get myself involved in a clan fight. totally innocently, I assure you. 😂😂

  77. I always like to try new food, so that would be very exciting to me. if I could really go there and interact with the world.

  78. I’m a foodie so I would definitely be visiting the Terraces trying find the smallest hole in the wall equivalent place to try the food!

  79. Sunset in the Terraces at a little cafe with fresh exotic fruit and wine. Ready to jump out of the way of any kinsmen disagreements!

  81. Hi! I would definitely head to the Terraces for ALL the yummy food! Thanks for the chance to win!

  82. I would go eat ALLLL the yummy food (especially try to find the Passion Cones, anyone come up with a recipe for that?) and then go see the flowers. I would avoid the battles, but I’m more of an eater, than a fighter. 😉

    Thanks so much for doing this giveaway! 🤗

  84. I would volunteer to help any refugees acclimate to their new home. I love meeting new people and hearing their stories. It would be interesting and hopefully fulfilling finding them a place and peace of a kind in their new homes…though I sorely want to revamp how they let refugees into Rada!!

  85. I love flowers, especially fragrant ones, so I would definitely go see flowers at Rada. Delicious food at the terraces would also be a must!

  86. I would go to see the dahlia gardens in the countryside. The colors would be amazing!

  87. I would sign up for cooking classes at the Terraces so I could learn to make passion cones

  92. Well, the comments divide us into two categories of intergalactic vacationers: those that seek adventure and those that seek rest (a few sought employment- OK?)

    I’m one to relax. So the Terraces are for me. Flowers, food, people watching. Libraries and/or book stalls. I think the journey there would be adventure enough;-)

  93. Sight see! It would be so incredible to visit any other world that the vistas, the tech, how people are interacting! An incredible tourist opportunity!

  94. Ooohh, If I could go to Rada, I would go to the terraces for food of course! And then stroll around looking at flowers. Probably try to steer clear of clan battles though, unless i could get some body mods!! 🤣 Or some psy powers.

  97. I would go the the terraces to relax and eat delicious food. and then the islands Venturo grew up spending time at.

  98. Obviously, on Rada I would discover that I am a Kinsman with psychic power and the ability to swim with the Silver Shark. Okay, actually I will probably end up trying to pet something in virtual reality that will kill me.

    I want passion cones and pink wine before I play in VR, just in case of disaster.

    P.S. Here on earth there is every chance I will die trying to pet something I shouldn’t.

  99. Oooh!

    I’d start by shopping for fabrics at the market at the terraces, as a cover to meet my contact. They’d pass me the details of my next mission. Next I would of course get a passion cone or three – need to keep my energy up. After I would head to my sewing shop (all a front of course), set my purchases down, and head on to the back. There I would log onto the bionet where I would complete the mission ahead of schedule and spend some time taking in the sights of the bionet. Finally, after logging off and closing up the shop, I’d have a sunset diner with my handsome love interest in a flower garden.

  100. If I could visit to Rada I would want to link to the bionet. I would love to see what my mind would show me. Would I be in skyworld where you had to climb and glide from 🌳 to 🌳? Or would I move though a desert with hidden pockets of water and caves? Or would my mind imagine a mountainous terrain with cliffs and ravines. How much of my past preferences and childhood play into what I see?

    Honestly it was very hard to choose!

  102. There has to be a Terrace I can sit on overlooking the Dahlias while I enjoy some Pink wine right?

  104. Would probably end up going as a consultant. While there would straddle the line between clans in conflict while taking time between crises to enjoy the food, dahlias and historical sites.

  105. I know Rada is for the more suburban activities (food, flowers, leisurely walking your pet tiger, etc), but I would want to plug into the bionet and go explore the unreality of the brain. Or something like that.

  106. I would go to see the flowers and visit a library. Walk as far as I could to see all the things.

  107. Visit the market, eat passion cones, sniff dahlias, do all the yummy things in the world.

  109. I would go for the flowers and the fruit. I love reading about both. I want to see the blue dahlia, tough cones and pink wine would also be lovely.

  111. Find a place that sells those yummy sounding passion cones, and see if I could get me one of them there ene whip ribbon bracelet thingies like Meli had so I could go all WAPAHH on red wasps and scorpions when I got home.

  112. If I were given a chance to visit Rada, I’d find the nearest kinsmen battle and watch it (from a safe distance) eating popcorn and narrating it like a sports commentator.

  115. If I could visit Rafa Ivwould tour the provinces looking for flowers, passion cones and other great food. Then I’d go to the cities to visit the markets, maybe take a cooking class, learn to pilot a flyer and get tested to see if the magic transporting me to Rafa also gave me any special powers.

  118. I would go to the summer house with the gardens by the lake from Fated Blades. That sounds like a lovely 2 months to me.

  120. I would spend time in the market sampling different foods, looking for book stall, and then adventure to see the flowers.

  121. I would definitely go and stroll the Terraces and eat all the yummy food. As for the battles, I would get whatever their version of popcorn is and watch from the sidelines!

  123. On my trip to Rada, I would start at the market, take in the atmosphere and the people. Onward, I would go to the Terraces for a selection of the best food. End the day with a Passion Cone, watching the sunset over the dahlias.

    Next day: Clans!

  124. I would go follow my nose to some passion cones and make friends with the baker (so hopefully they will share some)!

  125. If I were to visit Rada, I would definitely try passion cones first, with pink wine and then find my very own sexy dangerous kinsman to enjoy the dahlias with.

  126. Ohhh! I would have to go for the flowers. Maybe even see if there was someplace I could purchase some.

  128. I would go see the flowers first, for sure. My mom worked in a florist shop for many years. I miss her.

  129. I would go to the terraces for the food, I’d see if I could get a chance to try a passion cone. 2nd thing I’d do was go see all the flowers and bright colors thought the city. I bet some for the views, sights are breath taking.
    thanks for the chance to enter!

  130. Ooo. I’d visit Rada for the food and the flowers and the markets and the beaches…While I like to imagine myself as a warrior, I would probably be one of those horrible screeching women. 😉😁

  132. I would eat all the foods, see all the sights, and stalk all my fav character, Meli, to make her teach me how to make all the foods.

  133. Love it! I would definitely eat all the food, try all the drinks, and sight see in the marketplace!

  134. I would go the Terraces to eat then wander around shopping and watching everyone. I’d like to take a cooking class too.

  137. Oh, wow. I would definitely go to the Terraces and try the delicious food. I’d have to plan a nice long visit so I could visit a restaurant owned by each clan serving their family recipes, like Ramona’s in Fated Blades. Plus I’d haaaave to try all the street food. And the pink wine! And of course buy random souvenirs for myself, my family, and my friends.

  138. I would love to visit Rada! Food, flowers, marketplaces, beaches- I wonder if I would catch a glimpse of some favorite characters? Did I mention food, yet? I would like to imagine that I would turn out to be a total badass if a fight broke out near me- but how do I know who are the good guys??? 😁

  140. With how passionate the culture is, I’d want to drink pink wine and go dancing to experience the life and how vibrant everyone seems to be.

  142. Actually, I’d like to spend time in the First Wave temple (Fated Blades), surrounded by the jungle where peace and harmony soothes the soul and the tiny details entice the mind to ponder bigger things. We all need a little away time.

  143. I would go sightseeing and find a museum, and hope for a quiet day avoiding any confrontations between clans! 🙂

  144. I… don’t know what I would do? All the suggestions sound wonderful (especially the passion cones), but I think once I got to Rada, I would just have to see what happens next. Do I meet a kinsman in the Terraces, leading to involuntary involvement in some political scheme? Become a gardener specializing in dahlias? A baker who challenges tradition by adding a new ingredient to passion cones?
    The possibilities….

  145. I will use my magic and rewind time to watch in person Ramona Adler and Matias Baena dance in their final battle as they wipe the dirt with their enemy.

  147. I would go and get some passion cones; smell the dahlias, and visit the temple in the woods.

    Thanks for the chance to win.

  148. If I visited Rada, I would try to break into some top notch security systems. I like living on the edge.

    Well, the The Edge, just an edge.

  151. As a self proclaimed culture nerd I would visit all the culturally significant places. Give me museums, parks,and seats of government all day every day.

  152. I want the food – no battles for me. But I would also be thrilled to get some medical help and then learn what I can so I could transfer some technology back home.

  158. happy hunting, US folks. 😊 I am guarding ebay for this book and waiting for reasonable price, maybe next time the giveaway will be international. I would be willing to cover shipping if I will have a chance to get this beauty. 😂 ❤️

    I’ve read these stories so many times, mainly in high school.. they are really special. I would love to get a chance to view the world via psycher “mind eye”, it has to be so beautiful, the possibilities are endless.. 😍🥰

  159. What an amazing oppurtunity!
    As a foodie I would definitely check out Terraces for some yummy food!
    Dancing? Yes please!

  160. I would absolutely haunt the Terraces to see if Melly would appear and make passion cones! While there I could stroll the markets and take in all the dahlias, too.

  161. I’d have to eat at the Terraces. It would be like a yarn or bar crawl, only for food. Although…what is the yarn situation on Rada do they yarn? If they do, I would have to say that the perfect visit would include lots of eating and yarn shopping. Okay AND I want to look at the flowers. Maybe they do knitting/needlwork retreats and I can sign up for one of those, get there early, eat all the stuff at the Terraces, go to the retreat, which will be situated in a bower of flowery loveliness, and work on my projects with other yarn and needlework fans.
    Yes. I’m ready to go. Also, I’m hungry. I need some meat on skewers with a tangy fruity sauce on tasty rice with some crispy barbecued veggies. I might start with that when I hit the Terraces.

  163. I would go full out tourist. Eat yummy food, visit the market to buy souvenirs, take pictures and try to stay away from any violence.

  164. I would definitely visit the Terraces for some yummy food … and do everything in my power to stay out of the battles between the clans.

  165. I would love to see and experience the terraces and all the exotic foods. The fantastic scents of the gardens, especially the dahlias, would round out this fantasy trip.

  166. I would give anything to drop in on Meli and Celino (with plenty of notice!! I wouldn’t dare try to surprise those two LOL) and taste some of Meli’s passion cones.
    I adore their story, and the passion cones makes me hungry whenever I re-read them 🙂

  169. Well, getting involved with a Kinsmen battle seems counterintuitive to exploring a new world, so that’s out. Flowers? With my luck, I’d be deathly allergic. One whiff and POOF, being shipped home in cold storage. Nope.

    Well, I do like food. A lot. Now, if I DIDN’T end up allergic to everything (50/50 odds), I would be all over trying all the yummy food. Mmmmmm, food. Then I’d probably eat myself into a food coma with a healthy food baby. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

  170. I don’t know, I am ashamed that this is the one series I haven’t read yet.😮‍💨

  171. First, open a flower shop. Growing the best flowers in the region, giving the best customer service, becoming the most reliable and prosperous shop. Soon, opening more shops and becoming the ‘Starbucks’ of Flowers within the Terraces. What no one knows is it’s secretly an information guild. Collecting information on each kinsman family’s flowers, building a database, and selling to other families for exuberant prices. But only related to flowers, nothing fatal/life threatening. Example: The Quattrone family has white/pink flowers planned for their daughter’s wedding. The flowers are weak against high PH water. Sell that information to their rival, the Garcia’s. After the wedding is ruined, turn around and tell the Quattrone family what flowers are being used for Garcia’s son’s Christening. Embrace the chaos.

  172. Rada.

    Is it bleak and desolate? Cold and snowy? Warm and inviting? Ever changing and annoying, like the State of Nevada’s volatile and varied spring weather?

    I don’t know. I’ve never read of there.

    I can only imagine what it’s like from the snippets available in the samples my e-reader allows me to download.

    Alas, I am only a neophyte when it comes to the Kinsmen universe.

    I have a huge list of books I want to read and then I have a checkbook… sadly, my checkbook is lacking the necessary funds to purchase the books.

    So, my list waits, haunting my nights and days with wishes as yet unfulfilled. Batman’s alter ego, I am not.

    I have a love/hate relationship with the local library. I ask for a popular title and they say, “It’s out right now. Maybe you can pick another title? Or get on our list… there are only three-hundred-and-six people ahead of you.”

    Please, forgive me my whiney, sad-sack words — I am but pitiful being, lacking the means to indulge my passion for books.

    I believe I’ll go now, and re-read my favorite Innkeeper Chronicles, or perhaps a Kate Daniels series ebook while I dream of expanding my personal library.

    Go on about your day. Nothing to see here. All is as it should be.

    [Sniff, sniff. ::sigh::]
    🥹

  174. I would definitely be trying all the yummy treats! And would stay far away from the clan battles! 🤣

  175. I’d be there for all the food and the wonder of seeing a new world! how can you choose? I want to see it all!

  176. I wouldn’t last long in a battle and I tend to be wary of “strange” foods. At one point I thought I was pretty sophisticated because I ate so many ethnic foods. Then I realized I eat chicken: Kung pao chicken, teryaki chicken, Ethiopian chicken stew, chicken tacos. So I think I’d wander the flowe gardens with great joy!

  177. I would wander through the terraces, the markets and flowers. See all the people, the culture the kinsmen buildings (with their amazing architecture). I would buy the fruits and the flowers, eat the fruits and press the flowers and take a million pictures. Then I would go home and paint a dozen paintings of what I considered the essence of the culture, write a poem on canvas to go with each painting to give words the the emotion I felt for each scene and add one of the pressed flowers to the poem canvas and hang each poem and corresponding painting all over my walls so that I can soak in Rafa whenever I want to

  178. I would go for some yummy, snackable food, then skulk around watching all the drama from afar and live vicariously through their lives. Sooo, pretty much like reading a book!

  179. I would take an aerial to see the planet, drink pink wine, eat passion scones, play on the bionet, meet the families – they’d have no problem with me as I would be unarmed.

  180. I’d love to have a physical copy of this! I’d stay as far from the battles as possible. But people watching, flowers and baked goods would be on my agenda. 😁

  182. I’d want to be in the bionet or have an ene ribbon first — assuming I can’t be secare from Fated Blades — then I’d want to try passion cones and pink wine or nibble on a barbecue type meal or dine in a restaurant with fabulous selections, shop in the old market, haggle and enjoy shopping and people watching and seeing the fabulous dahlias. Ok, I want to move there tomorrow please. I want time to do everything.

  183. I would go to the Terraces, hope to be fed Passion Cones, and be swept off my feet by a handsome Kinsmen🤞

    Thank you for the giveaway, and I hope everything is okay with y’all!

  184. Oh passion cones and dahlias and maybe a little shopping for spices. Rada is one of my favorite HA worlds.

  185. I would visit the temple in the forest. I’d like to try lighting a fire with blood!

  186. A chance to visit? I would interview guards and staff who work for the Kinsmen families and write a tell-all book about the families and their intrigues. Under an assumed name, of course. And then I would hide in the far reaches of space.

  187. If I say I want to do everything does that count? In all honesty I want to move there, so unpacking is what I would do!!

  188. I would go see the flowers with pink wine in hand.

    I love all your writing !! Can’t wait for the next ones :)!

  189. I’d want stay somewhere on the Terraces, find a farmer market kind of thing and try some local recipes while studiously avoiding any involvement in kinsmen stuff because I am squishy and bruisable!

  190. I am not confrontational so good, flowers and good touristy stuff for me in Rada. No cpan battles thankyou

  191. There are so many things. Rada is described as such a beautiful plentiful planet. But I would want to enjoy the sights and food. I want to sample all the food! Full immersion the tastes, aromas, the textures, the cultures. then to walk the gardens. See and small and touch all the beautiful dahlias and others. To walk the pathways under a big beautiful sky.

  195. For me it would have to be food. I would love to try all the different varieties. I’ll stay far away from the fighting if possible.

  196. NGL First thought was for the “passion cones” however those were the special not available variety … so …

    I would probably browse the markets and possibly a library or anything really that would allow me to absorb the differences between Rada & Earth.

    Don’t wanna be locked up as an alien! Lol

  197. Fun! I love give aways. I would visit the Terraces for the food. l tend to vacation with my stomach when I travel. Also, I visit bookstores and libraries.

  198. I would definitely be there for the food and to people watch. Then off to the Gardens. I would be avoiding any Clan battles like I would any armed conflict – I’m not equipped for it (unless my trip there unlocks some hidden abilities!! Then I’m all for it!)

  199. I am a sucker for blooms. I try to have something in bloom from spring to frost. on Rada the dahlias would get my attention!

  200. I would travel to the provinces, to Meli & Celino’s home (we’re just imagining that I could approach their home!), and beg beg beg Meli to make me some passion cones. I would bring pink wine. I would try to arrive during a meal!

  201. There’s so many things I’d like to do or see! Watch the dancers during the summer solstice celebration, visiting the Terrances to try the passion cones, and eat cherries from a tree in the providences.

    Unless I had similar powers like the Kinsmen, I’ll stay out of the way “thank you very much!”

  202. I would definitely visit the terraces. I love how they’re described in every book, and I would love to know if the visual in my head measures up.

  203. I’d like to visit the Rynok Market, it sounds like the kind of market I’d enjoy. I wish I’d started reading your books earlier, I’d have bought all the Subterranean titles. As it was, I accidently book Small Magics twice, #400 and #800 something. Yes, I’m a space cadet at times.

  204. I would enjoy a lovely meal at the terraces and a tour of the gardens making sure not to offend anyone.

  205. I would go to the Terraces for a bite from every possible food.
    The would go to smell the flowers and zone out in the food coma and aroma induce hibernation.

  207. Food, food, food, food, food! All about the local cuisine wherever I go! Also, gotta hit up churches/ temples/ whatever equivalent in a place because they are always beautiful and help you really get a feel for the culture.

  209. I would love to go to the Summer Solstice Festival in Adra and dance, drink and eat. And maybe find a little romance!

  210. I would love to see the view from the terraces, and find out what passion cones tast like!

  211. Food and flowers, definitely. I’m thinking packing a picnic basket with food from the Terraces and having a lovely day out among the flowers sounds pretty awesome right now.

  212. I would find myself a single Kinsman, fall in love, and grow dahlias in the provinces. A recipe for passion cones would be awesome, too.

  213. I would want to see it all! The terraces for the food. The beautiful gardens. Go to the seaside and swim. Shop at a market. The total vacation package!

  214. I would love to try the food and just meander around the Terrances. I would stay away from the clans. I’m not looking for drama, lol.

  217. Like many people here, I would want to try all the food. House Andrews described such yummy dishes, that I would need at least two weeks to try them all, then go back and eat more of my favorites! No battles though, I’m a foodie not a fighter. 😁

  218. I would walk the streets until I tried all the food. I’m a bit of a foodie. Although I might pursue some flora and fauna whilst there. 😁

  220. I’d have to find some Passion Cones for sure. I so love the Kinsmen series. Time for an audio reread after Hidden Legacy.

  221. I’d definitely try the food. Also definitely try to avoid the clan conflicts, where I would be cannon fodder!

  222. I would definitely stay out of all the fighting! Food and people watching is more my speed 🙂

  224. I would definitely have to sample some of the delicious food, but I’d love to be more in the countryside checking out all of the lovely flora and fauna that are described in the books.

  225. I would immediately go and try some of the fruits! I want one of everything, the descriptions are always amazing and make my mouth water

  226. I would definitely play tourist! see th flowers, do some shopping, take lots of pictures of random buildings that catch my eye

  227. Probably the libraries, museums, or visitor centers. I love learning about the history and culture of an area – so why should another planet be different? Once I had explored those options it would definitely be time to explore the food culture.

  230. If I were given the chance to visit Rada I would absolutely go wild seeing as many flowers and fauna as I could!

  233. I’m 10000% taking some sneaky shears and copping as many plant clippings as I can. Propagation nation for real. Not stealing plants at all – just little healthy baby pieces of flowers to make my own riotously pretty home garden. Fingers crossed about not getting caught …!

  234. I would avoid the clans but try and go to the provinces to see the beautiful flowers and vistas.

  235. I would like to visit a bakery , sit outside among the flowers and sample the yummy desserts!

  237. I, like almost everyone else it seems lol, would absolutely go to the terraces and try passion cones along with any other new food I could find. Trying new cuisine is always my favorite part of vacationing!

  239. Can I do all of the above? Some shopping, view the flowers, & then stop for yummy food. 😀 I’d have to take a gorgeous bouquet of flowers home, of course.

  241. Oohh! I would probably want to go to the public library (assuming there is one), read history books and amazing new literature and look at architecture. Hopefully they would have a cafe in there where I could try some pastries and talk with the locals.

  242. The passion cones and Terraces and markets sound delightful, but what I’d adore would be flying around in my own aerial.

  243. Ok I’m just going to assume I can do ALL THE THINGS, so here we go for a Day Trip to Rada: I’d want to start my day doing some meditative katas or workout with Meli; then I’d love to experience the bionet cos I am super curious how I’d see it (I’m thinking the sky? At sunrise maybe…); then I want a hair transformation like Claire had cos that sounded like haircut nirvana; after that spend the arvo winding down with some grilled skewers, passion cones, and pink wine on a terrace balcony watching the sunset; before heading out to the coast! I’d love to see that coastline and be able to wake up the next morning there…. Ok so 2 days in Rada haha

  244. OMG! I would have to enter the fights. Probably lose horribly but what a way to go🤣

  247. I would visit the Coral Coast to see a silver shark serpent! And then visit the Old Market to sample some cooking, and maybe visit the dahlia gardens.

  248. I would visit the Terraces, maybe eat shop- just really taken in the sites and enjoy my visit

  249. oo! Definitely summering in the provinces to watch the neighborhood dahlia wars. Then back to the Terraces for the food 🙂

  250. I feel in love with dahlias because of these books!! Definitely gardens and local eats.

  251. The terraces because I love to sample food in foreign places. But I would have to find a way to see the Dahlias too, having heard so much about them…..

  252. I would find a little shop on the terraces that serves passion cones. Then I would go look at dahlias.

  256. I would to visit the dahlia gardens….they are gorgeous flowers!!!! (I would hopefully get some growing tips as well!!)

  257. Passion cones! I would want to try and make some, the picture the books painted was gorgeously vivid

  258. Your suggestions were it. Terraces for food plus the flowers!!!!

    Battles- I’d sit back and watch. With food and flowers. Lol

  259. Visit the botanical garden (every city has one, it MUST exist), eat, library, eat some more, and then go find some cool dahlia tubers to take home 😊

  262. Introduce the first hybrid gladiolus/gardenious, before I learn to slip around the guardians of the virtual world gardens and invade with my overpowering aggressive blossoms. No one can resist!!! Hahahaaa

  263. First I’d go to the terraces and visit the markets, eats loads of yummy food, including a dalia peach and loads of pink wine. Then I’d figure out how to operate one of their flyers and visit the provinces to see the flowers and sample the outdoor grilling 😊😊

  266. I would love to sit on a flower decked terrace, sipping an exotic flower tea, and eating delicious delicacies, while warily watching for assassins.

  267. I would visit the ruin of the First Wave Temple that Ramona and Matias took refuge in at night. Watching the twin moons rise high and the star flowers bloom releasing their golden spores. It seems so very magical and otherworldly.

  268. I would love to visit Rada, stroll the shops and try the passion cones! I love desserts so I’d also try anything else that looked yummy and I’m betting there would be a lot.

  270. Thank you for this.

    I would go to the market, try the passion cones and wine, snarf down as much fruit as I could get my hands on, and wander the gardens.

  271. I would be a total tourist, shopping, taking a cooking class or three, snapping pictures, sketching the terraces, choosing dahlia seeds for my garden, drinking pink wine and eating passion cones.

  273. If I found myself lucky enough to visit Rada, I would be like Claire. I’d go shopping and get a colorful makeover to push myself beyond my boring patterns. Then I’d try out a new recipe with my limited cooking skills. Maybe it would turn out edible, but I would likely end up eating dinner at a cafe on the Terraces surrounded by the fragrance of Dahlias. Bliss!

  275. I’d pick up some Dahlia tubers for my garden. Bet they have varieties you literally can’t find on Earth.

  276. I would start with eating, then rent a place and embed myself in standard life… Depends on how long I had.

  277. Passion cones for sure! I love dahlias and would try to buy some tubers for my garden as mementos. LOVE this world!

  279. I want to do everything! Hahaha. Well almost everything. I’d avoid the fighting cause that’s not in my skillset (& I’d most likely get hurt). Kinsmen I am not. I’m happy to hang with them, just not during a fight.

    Here’s what I’d want to do on Rada:
    – Visit the Terraces & try all the food including a meal with Ramona & Matias at her family’s restaurant.
    – Hang out with Meli & Celino at their estate, check out the flowers and enjoy a meal with them, passion cones included.
    – I’d explore the First Wave Temple from Fated Blades.
    – While out that way I’ll swing by Adra, check out the food specialties there and stay at the Kamen.
    – I’d return to New Delphi and go to the Roof Garden at the Guardian Building to visit with Claire & Ven. It would include (you guessed it) a nice meal.

    I’d write more about what I want to do but it’s time for a snack. 😉

  283. I would go to the gardens or a library…the same thing I would do here…LOL I love flowers

  284. I would definitely go to the terraces!

    This is such a cool giveaway. I love the Kinsmen stories and missed when Subterranean had this.

  285. Get my hair done and buy some nice clothes. Gotta blend in. Buy yummy food and look for a fight. Go look at the dahlias and look for a fight. Go to a movie premiere and look for a fight. What I’m saying is that I would do my best to find kinsmen fighting while staying at a safe distance.

  286. I would definitely visit the restaurants because yum. Your guys’ books have made me hungry more than once

  287. I would love the chance to explore the Kinsman universe more thoroughly. discovering all the flora and fauna would ve the tip of the ice brrg.

  288. I would love to visit the Terraces of Rada — as long as I could have Kate and Curran with me as bodyguards. And the Baylor clan backing them up. Then maybe I would dare stroll around.

  289. I would open a bakery to sell coffee cake and cookies on plates hand painted with dahlias.

  291. I would visit the open temple in the forest to experience the power of nature and to see the beauty of this world. True love finds a way.

  292. I’d probably go to Rada to see some wilderness area, planning on spending time observing the ecosystem (most likely marine), then end my trip in the city. I’d want to enjoy any new local foods, flavors and flowers, but I’d also be peeking at the media, to orient to the local culture and power structures. No involvement, just wary observations. More listening and noticing, just passing on through.

  296. I would explore the bionet and see what it would look like for me. I would hope it’s similar to Venturo’s ocean bionet! Lovely concept.

  297. I think I would explore the provinces and make my way out to the wilds and locate one of the old temples so to experience the old and the new. Make friends along the way and hope that someone would teach me the passion cone recipe.

  300. I would need some passion cones and pink wine. Ideally in a garden to admire the flowers.

  301. Both. I would go to the Terraces and then to the Gardens to see the wonderful flowers. With a nice spot you can sit and let the scent wash all over you. 🥰

    Thank you for doing this giveaway

  302. So many things, breakfast at a restaurant over looking the edge at sunrise, definitely shop the old market, a break in the garden to absorb the dahlias, enjoy the dances of the Adra during the festival, sneak out and watch the nightblooming star flowers after a dinner cooked over open flame.

  303. I would definitely try the food, especially the passion cones and pink wine and go look at the dahlias

  306. I would first find a doctor to get some nanotechnology to heal me of ALL my ailments! 🤣
    Then, FOOD!!!

  309. The flowers!!! Unless I magically were to receive powers of my own, I think that’d be the safest and most lovely place for me. 😂

  312. everywhere I travel I go to a native botanical garden and an art museum, so that is what I would do 🙂

  313. Honestly, I would probably find a nice quiet out of the way secluded spot, sit down with my book or sketch pad and alternate between reading and drawing the surrounding scenery and people for 6 hours.

  314. I’d check out the food and shopping, then do a hike in the trippy forest, maybe check out the Adra festival.

  315. Visit a garden or two. Look for food to smell, because I don’t know if I would be adventurous enough to try anything.

  317. Any time I visit someplace foreign, I’m all about trying the local cuisine! So food would be at the top of the list, but finding a local library and checking out what passes for science fiction/fantasy on Rada would be a close second 😂

  320. I would spend most of my time wondering around the flowers, with trips to the terraces for food and snacks.

  321. Scones! I would wander the Terraces in search of passion scones. Then find a nice table outside to watch the scenery and people go by while sipping that lovely pink wine!

  322. I would try to experience every different kind of food available! So many amazing descriptions in the books.

  323. I think I would want to pack a picnic lunch of passion cones (with and without lemon, just to compare) and then head out to see the dahlia fields.

  324. Unless I tested as a kinsman, I’d content myself with an easy day checking out some of the legendary food on the Terraces, and I hear the cliffside view from a Terraces restaurant is amazing. Hopefully there are some flowers to see on the walk there. Maybe some dahlias?

    In the unlikely event I turned out to have kinsman powers I’d immediately look to make an alliance, in the interest of self preservation so I could stay alive long enough to enjoy the benefits of living on Rada.

  325. I would go on a trek to the jungle to see the temples from Fated Blades! I would then go on vacation in the provinces! I just love the descriptions of both as nostalgic and beautiful!

  326. I would want to see the flowers and hike to check out the wildlife because I’m a biologist no matter where I go. I epitome want to see museums and eat good food, too.

  328. Like so many others, try a passion cone and compare their dahlias to my own in my garden.

  331. Love that cover. I would visit the terraces, eat passion cones, appreciate dahlias, discretely gawk at Kinsmen. 😉

  334. I’d definitely go to visit the market to enjoy the flowers and to try different foods!

  335. I would visit during one of the flower festivals but really spend most of my time trying to find a baker who sells passion cones.

  338. I’d go to the markets and wander looking at every flower until my feet hurt. Then, I’d sit at a cafe, ask for their special, and watch the people go by. Finally, I’d go back for flowers, mourn what was no longer available, but still turn out with a fine bouquet.

  339. I love this world. I just recently reread all of the kinsmen stories. I’d be on the prowl looking at all the unique flowers and hoping to add just “a few more” to my own gardens.

  340. I would love to be there on an extended visit, possibly permanently. So I’d rent or buy a cute little house (secluded garden with flowers a must!). I’d spend my spare time shopping the market, tasting food, exploring the local arts and crafts, and doing market research. Eventually I’d open a shop, probably selling local pastries and drinks and showcasing local artists. It would be lovely.

  341. I would go on a passion cone eating spree as I enjoy pink wine while sitting in a small restaurant on the terraces people watching.

  342. I would definitely go to the terraces and check out the view! Food, shopping and the sights!

  343. I would
    Love to wander around the Terraces and people-watch. Try to figure out who has what talent; eat Passion Cones and drink pink wine. Maybe take an Aerial on tour . Visit the flower market and have a traditional bbq on a rooftop.
    …
    So much fun!

  344. I would totally do the tourist thing by trying to see everything! I would drop at the end of the day beat but wowed!

  345. The Dahlias!!! No question.

    Tho a quick trip onto the neural net would be a hoot, if I had someone like Claire to keep me safe.

  346. I would total visit the Terraces for food. One of my favorite things to do on trips is to try new to me dishes and learn to make them at home.

  348. I would have to have someone teach me how to make passion cones for sure, I’m always drooling reading about them

  349. I’d like to see the exotic flowers and animals, if they have zoo-like facilities on Rada. Subterranean press is great!

  351. If I could go to Rada, I would try to buy a house because living there would be amazing.

  355. Oh, I would definitely go to the gardens! Getting lost amongst all of those flowers would absolutely be the best.

  356. I would go to the market and try to find those lovely hidden rooms the Kinsmen all seem to have there. But… in stealth fashion because, you know, magic fights…

  357. OMG omg OMG i would look for a neuronet shaped like a venus fountain and get plugged in ;P

  359. I would shop and eat all the local fruits. I’d like a passion cone but since you can’t buy one I would be content eating every other pastry for sale

  360. I would do Rada like a trip to Europe – visit the Provinces, eat the food, see the city sights, all the touristy things.

  363. I would go see the dahlias, eat passion cones, and go shopping in the market place.

  366. I would go to the market, try the food and listen in on the conversations going on around me. I would like to watch the battles and predict the winners- but listening to the commentary in the marketplace would be fascinating!

  367. Wow, if I got to Rafa, I would like to see the Dahlias, go shopping on the Terrace, and eat at the Adler’s restaurant.

    But the thing I must try must the Bionet, and see it for myself? Would I see ocean or rainforest? Maybe a caves and lagoon setting? Hopefully I’m not a dud.

  369. I would go to the market with my husband and find a nice bakery to eat wonderful pastries with pink wine and just enjoy some downtime with my favorite person

  371. I would find a street vendor and buy some yummy fruit! Then I would visit the gardens to see some beautiful flowers.

  372. I would visit the terraces for food and also go look at the flowers. If I could do this without getting caught up in any battles, that would be fabulous–I’m really in the mood for uncomplicated enjoyment of delicious food and pretty flowers.

  375. I would love to go to the market and sample different foods and smell thge flowers sold there.

  377. The Terraces and shopping! No battles for me… I can almost guarantee that I would be the first casualty. LOL.

  378. The first thing that came to my mind was that I want a piece of the design of those buildings on the background of the cover. I make sure buildings don’t fall down for a living, and now that I’ve noticed the towers with an arc I’m puzzling. tying them together makes it doable if the tie is super strong i think, but it would be tricky for any forces from mother nature. I also love the giant neo-mosque. it’d be cheating if the neo-mosque hid a straight leg for the arc tower because then the tower would be easier.

    I suppose a furlough counts as a visit, right?

  381. I would eat, then people watch in the market, then see the flowers. Then maybe go eat again. 🙂

  382. I would visit the Terraces – all about the food! Wouldn’t mind watching a fight but not getting in the middle of that nonsense when there are passion cones to be eaten.

  383. I would try to play in the bionet…maybe rent a room and a portable hub for a game party.

  384. The terraces for food – grilled skewers over fossil fuels followed by pink wine and passion cones, all in the tradition of the provinces. I would then view the dahlias.

  385. Thanks for the Kinsman giveaway and for creating this world. I would spend as long as a tourist visa allows. Eat all the local delicacies, especially passion cones, exotic fruit, and passion raspberry tea. Then get some dancing lessons, see at least one festival, and enjoy the bionet. If there is time and transportation, visit an old temple and the beach. If I have to work, try to get a drone job with a Kinsman business and be worthy to become a client.

  387. I would definitely go for the food first – although I feel that way about of the stories you guys write lol. I’m usually left drooling. I want to try some passion cones. You even make me want to try pink wine and I don’t like wine (or the taste of any alcohol lol). I would love to see the flowers and be able to magic like the Kinsnen too, but I feel like I’m getting greedy.

  389. I would go on a foodie tour at night & ground garden tours during the daylight hours, with every 4th day, I’d visit the markets and see if I could afford to buy a cure for my bad eyes. I’d hire a “sighted guide/bodyguard” to keep me out of trouble.

  390. If I were in Rada, I’d probably try to cram a bit of everything into the trip. Grab some passion cones to go and eat them picnic style in the gardens. The flowers would be great inspiration for painting! And I’d love to see some magic—- from a safe distance, of course!

  391. I would fly an aerial all over the place, watch a nice sunset and try to eat some passioncones. If I were braver, I would try to befriend Meli, but I’m intimidated by her awesomeness.

  392. ah, I would love a copy! Silver Shark and Silent Blade are my favorites (followed closely by The Edge series).

    First thing I’d do on Rada – go to the markets and try all the fruits and veggies! They all sounded so colorful and different in the novellas. And then, look for passion cones (with lemon, of course!).

  397. Definitely visit the Terraces for some yummy food! I love trying new dishes when I travel!

  398. Not eligible as I’m in Australia, but in good news I have this one from Subterraneaen. And people, let me say it’s worth entering!!!!!!

    And Mod R you are so right on the international postage.

  399. While people watching would be interesting. I think going out to visit the islands would be most interesting. All of my favorite characters reminisced and loved their time in the “countryside” and to see nature on an alien planet would be awesome

  401. I would interview some politicians (or their aides, more realistically and practically). Rada’s immigration policy for refugees is remarkably sane and I’d love to learn more about how it works and how they got it instituted. Ideally while enjoying some delightful pastries in a flower garden.

  402. Omg, this is so exciting! If I was on Rada I’d love to visit the Terraces and follow my nose Celino style – maybe that way I too will discover delicious passion cones being made fresh from the oven!

  403. I would not get involved in the clan wars if I could help it. I would get some delicious food (I’m looking at you, passion cones) and have a picnic surrounded by beautiful gardens with a good book.

  404. If I got to visit Rada, I would be all over the food and the flowers and the architecture! Me and my husband love to come to new cities and explore as much as we can in the time we have. I’d eat all of the local pastries and obsess over all of the different flowers. The idea makes me want to book a trip now!

    I love the kinsmen universe books! Most of them are short and sweet and i’ve reread them over and over so many times. Such a perfect way to get out of your head!

  405. It’s all about tasting all the foods and being in nature for a bit. And I have to experience the passion comes.

  406. I would definitely be a peaceful sightseer. Food, flowers, shopping. What’s not to love?

  407. is Canada alright ? i’d like to participate if it is.

    Myself, I would just live to talk with them, try to help, f8ght for peace instead of power. Probably with Ramona and Matias, ir on my own. I like the idea of rebels that want peace and all that.

    thanks still.

  408. I would of course have my wife with me (40 years in two weeks). We would have some primitive fossil fuel charred food, passion cones and pink wine
    Try to see everything we can for our Rada vacation.
    PS. Hope your next week is better

  409. Depending on how much time I had, I would start with the gardens and taking in all the beautiful scenery that I could. I would visit where the dance between Matias and Ramona sealed their love and relationship and absorb as much of the ambiance of that setting as possible, and if I had the time; I would sit there in the hotel on a balcony facing the area and reread Fated Blades. I would envision their blades blazing and glinting in the duel and smile knowing the conclusion, no only of the battle, but of their relationship. 🙂

  410. If I got to visit Rada, I would try to get a taste of those passion cones and spend every penny I could on dahlia tubers of my own, because I am so curious about what amazing varieties have been bred on the planet!

  411. I would eat passion cones amd then see if I could go on the net. maybe I wouldn’t be talented but maybe it would be a world of dragons. I would end the vist to the jungle and visit a temple for a short camping trip woth my husband. I would note that I would get a pilot as I can’t fly just yet.

  412. I would love to see the gardens. that’s one of my very favorite places to visit no matter the world I’m in. 🙂

  414. I’d be a tourist visiting Rada, walking along the Terraces and experiencing the different deserts available. As a culinary expert from halfway across the known worlds I came to Rada to see and taste all that my first love had told me about as a young woman. I’d loved him dearly, and lost him too soon.
    My life went on, I finished culinary school and married. Had children with a man I loved and cherished. But I never forgot him. And after my husband passed I was restless. I dreamed of him. My lost love. So I came to Rada, a woman in her 90’s to see where my love walked, to taste the passion cones he’d eaten as a child.

    So yeah that’s what I’d do.

  415. Since this is a ‘visit’ I am going to assume I am on vacation so I am 100% going to the Terraces to relax and sip pink wine and share passion cones with my spouse.

  416. I would love to visit the Terraces and try the food. I would absolutely be avoiding any clan skirmishes, however if there was some sort of exhibition I would love to see that. I would also do touristy things visit shops, any museums and whatnot.

  417. Whenever I go on vacation, one of the first things I do is look for the local food, so I would go to the market and indulge my love of Food.

  418. I’d want to attempt a “pilgrimage” of sorts to retrace the steps of Matias and Ramona, though I suspect I’d get airsick in an aerial. haha!

    So start at New Delphi, a stop at the Terraces, the First Wave temple, stay at the Kamen in Adra . . . but I’ll happily skip Senator Drewery’s property, thank you very much.

  420. I’m a total foodie so I would definitely have to go to the Terrace to check out the food scene. But after that I’d see if I can get some private fight lessons from Matias and Ramona.

  423. Well, I would totally tourist out and do everything! The best part of traveling is the food and sites, especially museums and gardens. I wouldn’t want to get in a fight because dying would ruin my vacation but watching one would be amazing.

  424. I would definitely be all about the food so first stop Terraces! People watching at the market would be high on my list so that too – and bonus more food!

  425. ☺️ I am wondering, as one of your many international dwelling Book Devouring Horde members, if a giveaway might be possible whereby the winner is happy to pay the postage? I for one would jump at that chance 💜
    Thank you for all your amazing stories and for indulging us in the blog posts and wonderful extras. And Mod R – you Rock.

    • we will have international giveaways soon too, watch this space.

      Neither Ilona Andrews or anyone associated with them will ever contact you for giveaway payment or expenses- please be vigilant on social media!

  427. I want to do everything, except the fighting. I’d start with seeing the flowers!

  428. I would be the proverbial tourist. I’d be sampling food, going to botanical gardens, museums, etc.

  429. Wander the Old Market, enjoy poking around at different places and people watch. Listen to the local music and enjoy the atmosphere

  430. I would check out the food and afterwards take a stroll around the area looking at all the beautiful gardens. Then I would go to the coast to sit on the rocks and watch the shark dolphins play. It would be wonderful.

  431. I’d watch a duel or training session – combat implant, ene-ribbon, blade, etc. Or do some exploring on the bionet (especially as Claire sees it) though the cyber/net part of it is beyond me.

  433. Passion cones and pink wine on the Terraces (if there’s a place that makes passion cones that taste as good as Meli’s)

  435. On a terrace, surrounded by beautiful flowers, sipping pink wine, nibbling passion cones with my newly found love

  436. I would first visit the healers if they have them and second the terraces for yummy food.

  439. I would go to the terraces and just check everything out, oh and eat everything lol. It would be a good vacation I think

  440. I just re-read these in April this year!
    absolutely I would visit the Terraces for the view and the food and shopping but since I’m a museum/architecture person when I travel, I’d see if there was a tour of the old temples like the one in Fated Blades.

  441. I would love to see the flowers, wander through the markets, and then rest my aching feet while I ate whatever I could on the terraces.

  442. Definitely a wander around to look at the flowers. Dahlias are my favorite but I’m sure there would be new species to enjoy. Then a bite to eat and people watch!

  443. I’d turn into the ultimate tourist & try to do everything. Shopping? There. Restaurant? There. Scenic spot? There. Politics? Camera out.

  445. I would definitely go to the terraces. I’d want to try interesting food and drinks. Then I’d probably go to the market and wander around looking for unique things to bring home.

  446. I would tour the city on foot to experience the neighborhoods and the people first hand. And of course, stop into any good smelling restaurants or interesting shops.

  448. If I had a chance to go to Rada, I would study the plant life & terrain/terracing. HA has been very descriptive about the surroundings which just appeals to my geoscience heart :). I could write my thesis about it lol.

  450. If I could visit Rada, I would take my camera get some travel & street photography of the bustling life in the markets, on the terraces, and hire out a guide to explore areas where it’s just natural landscape for photos. 📷

  452. So many things to do — it would be hard to decide but I think I would go to the market to sample the foods, which would also give me the chance to “watch the animals” as my BIL used to call it when he would accompany my sister to trade shows and markets before they both past away. He got such a kick out of just watching everyone and absorbing the different cultures that I figured I could learn a lot from him 🙂

  453. I want to sit on a terrace, and eat all sorts of the yummy food, while people watching

  454. I would study Rada, especially the flowers, people watch and avoid Clan fighting.

  455. How exciting! As a tourist, I’d want to see and experience as much as possible but gardens and natural spaces are my absolute favorite!

  457. Food, flowers, and sightseeing. I would definitely need an extended stay to be able to see and experience everything.

  459. If I visited Rada, I would definitely check out the flower provinces. I’d like to avoid the clan wars, but I’d be interested in evaluating whether I had abilities as a psycher.

  460. I would go to the Terraces to eat, but I’d also love to see the flowers. I’m an avid gardener.

  461. Oh gosh, I think I would try to do everything possible that I could cram into one day. Yummy food 3 times a day, walking the streets and seeing the sights and maybe just being a spectator to the clan clashes.😉

  462. Going straight to the food then walk around and enjoy the nature. After that I’ll try to find a local bookstore and find a good book to read 🙂

  464. I believe I would like to try some of the food. Your descriptions of food in this series never fail to make me hungry. Thank you!

  465. I would visit the terraces enjoying the food and view (people are part of the view), try to locate the buildings mentioned in the stories, take selfies there, and if possible, go visit one of the old temples in the interior, because wow! They sound like a once in a lifetime experience. And I’d love to visit that city where the dances were during a festival. Basically be a tourist.

  466. I want to find one if those forest temples and explore a new ecosystem. Hot rival optional.

  470. What an awesome prize !
    If I visited Rafa I would definitely go for the flowers, flora and fauna! I love my gardens so flowers are my first love. I would enjoy the food as well but flowers first and foremost!💕

  471. I would head for the food first and then once I am completely full, find a spot to people watch.

  473. Definitely the terraces! I have this image in my mind as to what they look like and I’d want to see for myself. Lounging in a comfortable seat, sipping cool wine with tasty tidbits to nibble and people watching. But then, what the hell, shopping and visiting the gardens.

    I’m afraid dabbling in clan squabbles would be a hard no.

  475. I would figure out a way to visit a First Wave Temple in the Dahlia Forest and have a passion cone, pink wine picnic there. It would be quite a trip to visit there from Pennsylvania to my favorite of all the Andrews Universes!

  477. I would immediately find a hub to log on to the bionet and see if I have some psycher abilities!

    Once I confirm I’m a dud, I would explore the terraces and eat my way through. Folks on Rada seem to be the type to use nostalgia to fuel up and I bet there would be so many outstanding culinary delights to sample.

  478. I would spend time in the gardens and shopping on the terraces. Dalhias have always been a favorite.
    I’d also try to find a cooking class since I really want to try to make the passion cones at home!

  479. I hope I would have mental powers and if I was fortunate I would always be available to help my clan prosper. I would reward myself with excellent food and culture in my down time.

  480. I would go see the flowers after a yummy breakfast and lunch, but before dinner.

  482. Oh, I would love to visit the terraces on Rada! To see the beautiful flowers, and the view…*swoon*
    Thanks for opportunity to win such a gorgeous prize!

  483. I want to go to the lake and see the fireflies and wait for the moon flowers to open

  484. I would definitely want to try the delicious food at the Terraces. I am all about food that is worth the calories!

  485. I want to explore the whole planet from the Market, Terrace, and everything else. I would like to see one of the kinsmen fight. that would be amazing.

  486. I would stay in a small apartment near the Terraces and sign up for passion cone making classes and see if they had any VR studios for melding and psycher duels.

  487. Thanks for the giveaway chance. I’m an introvert so there would be a ton of walking around and people watching and definitely eating.

  491. I would wonder around trying to be unnoticed. Do all the things one must do to survive and recon my new surroundings.

  492. I would love to go to the terraces, try the food, see the view, and watch the people!!!

  495. I would definitely go food “shopping”. Then find a place to sit, have a few drinks, and watch the flow of people.

  498. I would definitely go. See the flowers and spend time in the gardens. Then I would go as far away from most people as I can. I do this in real life too. Live in the mountains away from people and their drama.

  499. Love the illustrations in this one! If I were to visit Rada, I would just soak up all the culture – visit shops, eat all the food, and find somewhere to perch so I could people watch. No need to get in the midst of clan fighting for me 😅

  500. I would buy a bottle of pink wine, head to the public gardens, lay down a blanket amid the dahlias, and daydream.

  501. I would love to go and swim in the ocean- see all the exotic fish, and hopefully not get eaten by one.

  503. I would first get passion cones. I adore eating pastries and good food. So definitely a trip to the Terraces is required. Next thing is touring the various gardens. After that, getting a job with one of the families. I know that might be risky, but I think it would be worth it.😃

  504. Market and flowers for sure! Eating all the good food is my favorite thing to do when traveling.

  505. Would I go near a clan battle? No because I’m not nosy enough to die red shirt style. But…. I am very curious to see the strength, skill, and agility in action. So I’d most likely go off looking for a sporting event. That way I can snack on what is considered by locals “street food”, watch aliens with Godlike abilities, and live to tell the story.

  506. I would definitely go see the flowers! I would love to find some outdoor patio where I could sit and look at the flowers and eat passion cones

  510. I’d go to the terraces to get some food and then go sit among the flowers 🌸 to eat!

  512. I would sit on the Terraces, eating delicious food and taking in the sweet smells of the flowers.

  515. I would definitely see all the different plants and flowers. And then go eat as much different food.

  516. I would want to know about their art, such as what their subject matter is, what surfaces (if any, maybe their images are 3-d or multi-d holographic, or maybe something we have no comprehension of, no point of reference to) they put their images on, do they use brushes etc. like we do? Do they even need their hands to paint/create art? What subject matter they sculpt, & what do they sculpt with? Do they have colors we’ve never seen? Are they able to see colors we aren’t able to see?

  517. Definitely checking out any libraries and bookstores while munching something delicious! 😋 (promise I wouldn’t get crumbs everywhere!)

    Now, if I were allowed to just watch a battle, I think that would be pretty cool, but ONLY watch! I like living thank you very much.

  518. I think any and all of the daytime activities would be fabulous, but my priority would be seeing the starflowers bloom under the two moons. If that was accompanied by pink wine and passion cones, so much the better!

  519. I would love to visit the market and scope out their tea! I would like to see their gardens.

  520. Thank you for the chance to own this beautiful collection! I love flowers so would head straight for the nearest garden center to get my hands on some native dahlias. I’d ask for the care and feeding of them to make sure they could grow well at home. Then I’d probably go have lunch somewhere on the Terraces and admire the plains below as well as the moons above.

    I would then have fun browsing the stalls and merchants and perhaps pick up a random bracelet and discover a new skill before heading to the shuttle to take me home.

  521. Hope everything calms down soon! I would go eat all the yummy food for sure but the market to people watch also would be amazing!

  522. if I could visit Rada I would absolutely tour the gardens, wearing a pretty flowy dress, and not rest until I encountered my true love among the dahlia’s.

  523. If I could go to Rada I would try the food, enjoy the flowers, and get involved in kinsmen matters!

  524. I would be in heaven with all of the flowers! Dahlias are my favorite and seeing so many varieties would be amazing. I know they are competitive gardeners, but I would love to beg or buy some bulbs for my own garden.

  525. As a former resident of Rada and teacher, it has long been my goal to return to my old neighborhood to retire and write the definitive and unbiased history of the enmity between the clans. This would be my contribution and legacy to our world.

  526. I want to go see the coast then go there the Dalia’s. I’d stay away from the fighting because this is a vacation

  529. If I were to visit Rada, I would try to find some passion cones and fresh fruit stalls!

  531. me I would people watch. the flowers amd food would help the day be beautiful an yummy but people watching is so much fun. see different people, different personalities, different clothing,hair eveything would be so much fun!!!

  532. I would DEFINITELY eat on the terraces! And try to get my habd on some of those passion cones. Libraries and battle dancing come later…first we eat!!!

  533. Me me me! lol
    I’d walk the terraces people watching and take millions of pictures of all the flowers. Then sit at a cafe with a great view to eat.

  534. I would definitely go to see the flowers! I am an avid gardener and that would be a beautiful sight!

  536. I would totally visit the Terraces because I love trying new food! I would also go see the flowers because I love nature and flowers. Thanks for the giveaway!

  537. I would go see the Dahia’s. I loved the descriptions and unfortunately we don’t have the climate to grow them well. I was going to plant them

  538. I would be the ultimate tourist, eat all the things, see the all the sites, take all the pictures, and post everything to my instagram so my Horde friends back on Earth could enjoy it vicariously also.

  541. Definitely go see the flowers. I am a gardener on this planet so I would really like to see the types and varieties on theirs!

  542. I would start at a cafe on the Terrace for some passion cones and people watch, then visit the old market and load up on fresh produce and dahlias before returning to my little house and dahlia-filled garden just like Meli’s.

  544. Hmmm! I think I’d just live a quiet life, perhaps visit the markets and learn how to make some of the local foods (like passion cones) and try to work up to opening my own shop someday.

  546. OOO visit the terraces for local food and then I would head for the streets to gawk at the architecture and look for museums. Love just walking through new towns, browsing at local shops and enthusing over architecture.

  548. I would go to the market, and the gardens, try and interact with the locals and soak in all that incredible atmospher.

  549. I would get a picnic meal from a restaurant in the Terraces and go see the flowers and eat there. Then I would want to visit the ocean to see one of the sharks.

  550. I can’t say as I haven’t read the books yet. but it would be anywhere there is natural beauty!

  552. The food on the terraces sounds great, but I’m going out to the oceans. I want to see all of the marine life on Rada. I really want to see a Silver Shark in person!

  554. The local medical clinic would be the first stop but I am more likely to be able to take things home from their drug store. Their version of Neosporin and bandaids are likely to be mind-blowing.

  555. I would definitely go to the Terraces for food, go see the flowers, but for sure find a bookstore to explore.

  557. I think I would try all the fruits from the vendor! When I read that part I couldn’t help but be curious.

  561. So much to see. How long do we get to visit? The Terrace, the market and the gardens are a must. But getting to hear the stories from the people who live there would be my favorite thing to do. Thanks for asking.

  565. “…what you would do if you were given the chance to visit Rada, the Kinsmen planet”? As a first timer (I haven’t read these yet) I’d have to find a library to get acquainted with the place.

  566. Passion Cones! I would love to try pink wine slowly savor a passion cone while I enjoy the view from a terrace cafe.

  567. I would love to soak in the atmosphere of the Kinsman world, esp. the flowers, but stay away from the clan conflicts!

  568. I would definitely go to see the flowers. Food would be my second choice. Maybe look for some passion cones for someone to gift me.

  570. The terraces always intrigued me so I would check them out first. I would definitely also try the pink wine and get some dahlia tubers to plant in my garden.

  571. A chance to visit Rada?!! The first time I read it I fantasized about all of the Dahlias!! As a very amateur flower gardener I would talk to as many locals as possible about growing techniques, soils, fertilizers, pest control, different strains/types hybrid and heirloom stock,,,,,,, the list is endless and of course beg and barter for some seeds, bulbs and tubers (bring some of my own to share) Since this is a fantasy world I wouldn’t have to worry about travel and transport restrictions of course 😉
    Then I would have to go find a outdoor cafe and relax, meet more locals and share some passion cones. It would be such a joyful relaxing trip. I think I’m going to go to a garden nursery today.

  572. I haven’t read this previously but would love to! If there, I would hike to see nature.

  573. I would visit simply to watch everyone and everything and try out any and all appealing food along the way. Walking around to view gardens and architecture would keep me from feeling too stuffed after nibbling the day away. Sitting in the soft wash of the evening air and enjoying the drift of humanity (and any others) who go by would be my idea of a great day!

  574. You can’t go there without trying the passion comes but I’d also like to wander around taking pics of the flowers and I’m a big people watcher when I travel. I’d also do a little shopping for some spices!

  575. If I could live there I would like to be apart of a botany team that creates new and interesting dahlia hybrids. If I could only visit I would just eat my way through every bakery and people watch and maybe be a witness to a clan battle which would be enough entertainment to last a lifetime!

  576. Honestly I would want to do and see ALL of the things! I would love looking at all of the different architecture and clothing and customs of a different planet. Iwould need to find a library -because books are life. But I am from the South, so first and foremost, I must go to the Terraces and try all of the food.

  577. I would try pink wine and passion cones. I would also really want to access the bionet.

  578. I would be walking a garden with some pink wine, unless my transfer gives me magical powers avoiding the battles.

  579. I’d follow where the day draws me. Perhaps meandering towards the Terraces, drawn by the smells on the breeze.

  580. I’d visit the Terraces for some yummy food then go to see the flowers. See what touristy things I can find, plus what the locals go for in entertainment and other stuff.

  583. I missed these books and would love this one I have all the Kate Daniel’s books and I reread them often. You are my favorite authors.

    • Hi Teresa,

      Please answer the giveaway question to be entered in the contest. Your current comment does not qualify.

  585. If I could visit Rada, I would want to meet some of the Kinsmen and find out what they’re like in person. I’d also love to try some of the food, especially the passion cones.

  587. Definitely the markets. Whenever we are lucky enough to travel we always try to get to a local market. People watching there is so much fun. You never know what you will find in a market. In Ecuador, I was in a market watching an Abuela spin llama fleece into yarn. I spoke to her and mentioned that I had always wanted to know how to do that. She invited me to sit down and learn. It is harder than you think. I kept dropping the spindle wrong and all my work kept unraveling. Eventually, I managed to spin about 2 yards of wool. All the locals kept coming by to watch the crazy Gringa. Fun! I imagine that the markets in Rada would be fun to explore.

  589. Fun! As a garden-loving girl, I’d be visiting to see the flowers. I visiting botanical gardens every place we vacation.

  590. The flowers, of course. Touring around and then going to eat would be number two (Makes me smile just to think about this.)

  591. Definitely some combination of time outside with the flowers and time inside visiting Rada’s equivalent of museums!

  592. I would wholeheartedly go find all of the foods and then take a nice stroll through the gardens. Most importantly, I’d find a grocery store so I could bring delicious eats back 😃

  593. I regret to say I would immediately bypass all the city stuff and head straight to the provinces, where I would go on a dahlia-themed garden tour. (They have to have those, yes?) My dahlias are just starting to bloom and I’m beginning to understand why it’s one of those obsession flowers, like roses and orchids.

  594. If I were given a chance to visit Rada, I would want to walk around looking at all the gorgeous and fragrant flowers, visit a tea shop after window-shopping the dress shops, look in awe at all the beautiful and scary-powerful people, and check out the downtown skyrise towers.

  596. I would LOVE to visit Rada! Would definitely want to spend time at the Terraces eating passion cones and exploring the city and winding roads after. One of the reasons I love to read is to explore how society could be.

    Annnnd it’s definitely time for a reread of Kinsmen! Silver shark is one of my favorite books. I even got my husband to read it and at the end he was so sad it was just the one with Claire. He said “but Claire is so cool!” 🤣 My husband is so busy that he gets distracted and rarely finishes books, so this is the HIGHEST of praises.

  598. I would set at one of the terraces, drink pink wine and watch the world go by. Or perhaps visit the shore to watch the colorful life forms dance in the waves

  602. Boy oh boy! I’d have to eat 1st, then stroll through the gardens while my meal digested, then after my physical and soul self were taken care of I’d go help with
    the clan battles, as a healer, noncombatant.

  603. I’d go to the Terraces on Rada and indulge in the exquisite cuisine. I’d gape at all the wealthy patrons and their fancy ways like the Clampetts in The Beverly Hillbillies.

  605. My passions are books and food so that’s where my adventures would go. I might manage enough time to explore some battles though.

  606. For me, it would be the flowers. My trip would be focused on seeing public gardens and flower markets.

  607. It feels like cheating, but, yes, I’d just enjoy the flowers and try all the food at the Terraces.

  610. I am so uncoordinated that the battles would not end well for me, and people really aren’t my jam even though I love food I would still probably pass up the market BUT the flowers are right up my alley and the landscape and greeny in these books sounds stunning so that would be where you would find me.

  612. I think I’d be having sensory overload and running around trying to explore and experience everything as fast as possible for fear I’d be snatched back to Earth at any moment!

  613. Oh my goodness! I would visit the gardens! I imagine them as so gorgeous! I’ll stalk the dahlia growers and do my best to smuggle home some tubers. I grow dahlias (and everything else I can) and would have so much fun talking to the gardeners… I’ll make them like me and bribe, er give them a tuber from my own dahlias I have grown from seed called Busy Bee because it is covered with all sorts of lovely bees and pollinators all summer. Rubs hands together in glee…. Yes, please! 🙂

  615. I’d go visit the Terraces not only for the food but just to SEE the place. It sounds like you’d have amazing views of a really unique place.

  616. so many choices! I would love to visit the market and sample the foods. I definitely want to taste the passion cones. I would love a trip out to the temple and check it out.

  617. If I was able to visit Rada, I’d head straight to the Terraces, try to find some of the best food and sit back and people watch.

  618. A First Wave temple for sure. The awe-inspiring fusion of technology and nature deep within a forest of turquoise and indigo.And climate-controlled to boot. Also then I could run through a field of feather trees, call it a field, have my companion be mystified at why I’m calling a forest a field, and I would be low-key smug in the knowledge that they are actually grasses.

  619. I would definitely go to the terraces! I cones for eating sound delicious! I would be very interested to see a battle, but not participate, not months, I really have the capabilities!

  620. I mean, it’s simplistic to say visiting the Terraces to eat the food, but that IS what I’d do! 🤣 Any time I travel, trying the local cuisine is a must. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  621. Although I don’t have any kinsman abilities living on Rada is incredible. I’m hoping to see kinsman battle but it is so rare. Being poor doesn’t give me a lot of contact with them but I work for the greatest florist in all Rada and enjoy glimpses of kinsman when they visit.

  624. I would find a way into the clan battles with a pit stop to the Terraces for a yummy treat. One can’t fight on an empty stomach.

  625. I would definitely head for the yummy food. As much as I’d like to think I could hold my own in a battle, I wouldn’t last long. 😄

  626. I’m here for the gardens. It’ll be like the Epcot Flower & Garden festival, only better! I’d like to find out if they smell and look as pretty in person as they do in my imagination. 🌸

  628. I would HAVE to eat a passion cone!!! If while eating it with tea and that amazing terrace view a crazy attack goes down well I’d feel obligated to jump in and help protect the innocent bystanders..afterall…they interrupted my treat and that can not be tolerated! lol

  629. Well first I’d like some kinsmen power so I can safely make my way around. I’d love to see the beautiful colors and shops and food as well. But mostly I want to see some powerful kinsmen going at it over a misunderstanding and have the ability to step in if necessary as a peacemaker or villian (depending on my ability and who’s fighting and why). I love your books and this series!

  630. I want to try the passion cones and all the food! But I also want to see the temples and the flowers. I want to see it all!

  633. ooooh! My trip to Rafa would definitely include sampling of passion cones! You make them sound so delicious, how could I not?

  635. I would 100% be found wandering the terraces looking for delicious things to eat. New smells, new flavors, and new variants on tea, it would be so exciting!!

  636. Hi! I’d definitely go to the market, buy amazing food to go and then take it to the gardens to eat among the amazing flowers!

  637. I want to visit the Temple in the jungle. It sounds beautiful and peaceful and magical. Just what I need. Best wishes from CA!

  638. Such a beautiful planet! I would go to the provinces and swim in the ocean!

    And of course see all the Daliahs

  641. I would learn to fly an aerial so that I could visit all the different places on Rada and experience what they have to offer. I love traveling and learning about new places, their cultures and their food! Things that definitely would be on my to-do list include: shopping at the Old Market and sampling the foods and fruits (I love open air markets!), sampling delicious foods on the terraces while people watching and enjoying the amazing views (must try Adler family cafe), rent the oven at A Taste of Dahlia and see if Meli can teach me how to make Passion Cones and then eat said passion cones with pink wine, visit the provinces and enjoy dahlias in bloom, attend festivals like the Summer Solstice Festival on Adra, and hike the Dahlia wild to visit First Wave Temples. I do martial arts but am a lover at heart – so I would like to train in the training halls with people like Meli, Celino, Ramona and Matias, but would hopefully avoid fighting any actual battles.

  643. I would definitely visit the terraces and revel in trying all the food. Then I would go see the beauty of the provinces and eat delicious food there.

  644. I would like to be up in the tallest tower to see all the geography, then a zoo type area where I can see all the different animals and a botanical garden to see all the different flora and fauna. And then maybe sit in a tall cafe and try the food and people watch.:-}

  646. I would go to the Terraces and slow eat and savor and people watch and sample as much of the cuisine as possible.

  648. I’d go to the museums and hopefully experience a festival like the summer solstice festival to learn, make friends, dance and eat!

  649. I would absolutely be checking out the food scene! It’s my number one thing to do when traveling.

  650. While the food sounds delicious, and having some combat implants done would be cool, I think I’d like to visit, and learn more about the First Wave temples. A religion or philosophy that promotes a seamless blend of natural and man made, where its worshippers become part of nature without disrupting it, seems like something I, we, definitely need in the times we currently live in.

  651. Hi !
    Thank you so much for this offer. Unfortunately, I cannot read anymore except via my Kindle (ol’ lady with only 1 eye and that one is failing), so I’m not applying for this prize. Just wanted to tell you again how much I enjoy your writing.

  652. Go to the market for the passion cones! I’ve wanted to try them since I read Silent Blade!

  653. The first thing I would do is check out the dahlias. I’m growing them for the first time this year and they make my heart sing. Then I would go eat in the terraces. I would definitely avoid interacting with any of the kinsmen, but I would wear shades and carry a book so I could watch them unnoticed.

  655. I would definitely visit the Terraces. I want some of that pink wine and passion cones and to see all the dahlias and shop in the old market. But seeing an old temple would be amazing too. Especially if I could get it to light up with water!

  656. I would want to see the flowers, eat passion fruit cones, and I’d like to witness (not partake) in a kinsman fight

  657. Oh, what lovely vacation! I’d love to eat a passion cone and drink Dahlian pink surrounded by flowers on the terraces. And of course watch the dances of the Summer Solstice Festival, well out of the way of any fights.

  658. I would look for Meli and she if she would share her recipe for passion cones. They sound delicious!

  659. I would go to a salon for the best haircut and dye job of my life, eat as many passion cones as I could handle, and spend time in the provinces watching people snip each other over dahlia gardens. Good times.

  660. If I could go to Rafa I would rent the cottage and wander through the gardens, occasionally venturing out for additional food to make soup!

  661. I would stop by the terraces to eat passion cones first then go out to see the dahlias.

  662. See the terraces, eat passion fruit cones and do a food stroll. Then rest in a garden to enjoy the sights.

  663. Well . . . I would have to choose the Terraces for the food and opportunity to people watch

  664. I’d want to see and smell and taste everything! Experience every single thing in such a magical place.

  667. I like to think I’d get involved with the clan battles, but who am I kidding. Terraces for the food is much more my speed.

  669. I would just like to say that I love all of your books, and the Kinsmen Universe in particular has the most special place in my heart! I truly adore yalls short stories.

    The Kinsmen world is so utterly unique. I would love to walk the streets of Dahlia and encounter that sweet aroma that enticed Celino to enter the idyllic cafe that changed his life. Bearing pink wine, I would request to learn to bake the passion cones! Or to go into an apartment unit, find the hub unit and venture into the cyber world. Until of course, I hear the flip flop of a street vendor selling the most amazing fruit outside. Or! I love a makeover, I would visit the same Allure Salon and scandalize the people of Uley with equally bright hair. But then still approach them with kindness because I love how tight-knit their community has become since facing so much adversity together.
    I imagine they have found more comfortable political relations since Claire’s marriage.
    I’m admittedly not very athletic, so I don’t know that I would battle anyone (I would very much like to keep living now that I’ve made it to my dream destination, thank you!) but perhaps I’ll try my hand at touching a ene-ribbon bracelet, just in case! Then take an aero plane to visit a museum, see pictures of the Vunta and the beautiful land making up the Clusters, maybe find a wedding picture of Deidre and Lord Nagard.

  672. I would visit the markets and the flowers and explore the world. I would not get involved in the clan wars. 🙂

  674. I would find their best art museum, because I think the best indicator of a culture is what it considers beautiful. After that, I would try to go to some of their churches, because this would give me a sense of how they pursue their ideals. (As an author, why do you think so many authors avoid discussing religion, even though it is such a dominant force in contemporary and especially in previous civilizations? It seems like a crucial part of world-building that everyone has collectively decided to ignore)

  676. Eat raspberry cones, drink pink wine, and sit on the terraces and watch the people stroll by…..

  679. If I were to be invited to the Home planet of the vampires, it would be because I am a champion warrior, expert in Aikido, Shotokan karate and a mix of Japanese sword techniques (Kenjutsu) and western style melee sword fighting, and quarterstaff.

    • Hi Paul,

      The giveaway question doesn’t refer to the vampire planet, I’m afraid.

      Also, only one entry, please.

  680. If I were in the kinsmen universe. I would definitely want one of those passion cones! But really all the food there sounds so good! Pink wine too!

  681. I would go sight seeing, because foreign places, you know. I’d watch the people, look at their clothes and listen to them talking to try and pick up the language. It would definitely be the trip of a lifetime!

  682. OH! oh that’s easy: we’d all log into the bionet! ohhhhhh so cool. think about it – baha char has connections to all the worlds, eh? how about going BEHIND the muckrats’ gates?
    or – wait! wait! how about sliding into one of the mysterious weird silos there in kate’s forest – and she opens it and there we are: the BDH in all our shiny bionet glooooooory!

    • addendum – after i posted this i realized that even though the bionet works on Rada, it probably doesn’t connect properly to bahachar [even though bahachar EXISTS on the world-wide-net in ebook form, it’s probably not possible to Get There from Rada]. THUS: i would still want to log in to the Rada bionet – think about it: zipping around in a real/digital world that molds itself to our unconscious world view, being a creature wholly comfortable there, strong smart capable and so utterly amazed to explore a whole new world…

  684. If I were to visit Rada I would want to visit the Guardian Inc headquarters. I’ve always been enamored with the description of building, and how one feels like they’re swimming while walking through. I’d also like to visit the rooftop and cook a meal using quaint fossil fuels lol

  685. I would of course have to try Meli’s passion cones, but then support Ramona’s and Mattias’s families so as to keep life interesting.

  686. I read the kinsmen books years ago and really enjoyed them. It may be time for a re-read. I would love to try all the food! I would definitely stay out of the clan battles. Not much for fighting. lol

  687. I would 100% go to the Terraces. I would love to have some passion cones and pink wine….

  688. Oooh, I want to take a city tour in one of the space cars looking at the architecture, flowers, and parks then check out food and shopping.

  689. I would absolutely go to the Terraces for food, pink wine and people watching. And If I’m lucky, I’d get some of those passion cones.

  690. I’d love to explore New Delphi. See Mel’s little house that sounds perfect. Shop, eat food, and just sightsee. I’d probably avoid politics, I’m not a diplomatic person and would end up saying something that causes a clan war lol

  691. I think I’d spend the entire first day flying around in an aerial, seeing the sights from above. Then I’d watch some tutorials and switch from auto to manual controls and really see what it could do!

  692. I would love to visit Rada! I’d be stearing clear of conflict, as that is my default response. But the market would beckon, so I would be eating yummy food, maybe swiping some cuttings (not sure I’m that brave, though) and wearing a camera to document the whole thing so I could relive it anytime.

  693. I would love to explore the entire planet. Acres of flowers, cherry orchards, exquisite gardens, and deep forests with forgotten structures to outrageous skyscrapers, cities of terraces and the fruit seller on the corner. Spaceports! Museums! Libraries! (I seem to have a knack for randomly walking and ending up at libraries. It’s worked in four different countries so far!)

  694. I would visit the flower farms in Rada, scope out the competition, gather my notes while eating a delicious pastry on the Terraces and then plan out how I can open up a flower farm of my own there!

  695. I would go for the food. Not only would I get delicious food, but I could people watch without the fear of annihilation.

  696. I plan real travel around restaurants to visit so food people watching on the terraces.

  698. Hi Ilona,

    Not having any abilities of my own, I would stay far away from any battles. But I would definitely love to visit the terraces for cool food! I think I’d also just like to tour the architecture.

  699. I would 100% go to the terraces for some yummy food. The passion cones would be #1 on my list. Then I would set off to explore the flowers.

  700. I’d definitely want to see the dahlias but I’d also be really curious about the bionet (assuming psycher ability)!

  701. If I went to Radu I would visit the Terraces to explore different foods and also check out the beautiful plants and flowers. This is a gorgeous edition! Thank you for the opportunity to win it. 🙂

  702. I wouldn’t go without my dog, Auggie. We would visit the gardens, walk around the markets and shop for souvenirs, ending the day at the terraces people watching with passion cones for both of us.

  703. Definitely the Terraces for yummy food ! I would want to taste All. The. Things: spicy soup, grilled meat skewers, passion cones, and pink wine (just to start, not to be too greedy). Hopefully I would be eating selections from Meli’s and Ramona’s family recipes – I’m sure they would hit the spot.

  705. If I were to end up on Rada…. I would first find myself a job, probably working customer service since those skills translate pretty well regardless of world. I would need a steady income so I could afford all the little shopping trips, tasty food, and lovely flowers I would indulge in.

  706. I would love to try the food but I especially when want to visit the abandoned temple described in Fated Blades. It was so pretty and out in nature, quiet.

  708. Oh, I would definitely visite the Terraces to discover some awesome food -and hope I will find some heroine of mine cooking special scones in a borrowed kitchen at a certain old restaurant…
    Then I will have to find a local to take me to the orchids festival. I love flowers, just haven’t got the green thumb to grow them.

  709. I would fight in battles along side my friends and find some insanely attractive male to love me and protect me!

  710. Kinsman is one of my top two series for rereads! If i could travel to Rada i want to visit the markets and learn to cook Meli’s passion cones.

  711. If I visited Rada I’d definitely try out the terraces first, but I’m not going to go near the ledges. I would not trust myself to not fall off.

  714. Although the Terraces sound awesome, I would like a good book, a frozen latte and an afternoon in Meli’s garden.

  716. Id spend the afternoon walking through the beautiful gardens, enjoying the dahlias. Then, visit the terrace to grab some passion cones, in hopes of luring in an assassin cutie. As the sun sets, relax at a café with a cup of herbal tea, enjoying the view of the gardens while researching the clans latest drama.

    • Then spend the evening on the bionet running through fields of wildflowers dreaming of the silver shark.

  719. I would love to travel and see all the sights that I could. I’d take photos if I could as well. The flower gardens would be amazing but so would so many other things.

  720. It’s an internal battle for me with my love for all things floral 🤣 but I also het very cranky without food…..so food first and then enjoying the gardens and hopefully no people 🤣

  721. i would love to see the clan battles. It’s more of an art form and love to see their battle dance.

  723. glad things are just over busy!

    hmm, so many options… how long would I be there? a tour of the markets and the gardens, get to talk with some people in both places would be a great start

  724. Passion Cones! I want to try one so badly. I’d eat Passion Cones and people watch–and maybe try to find that restaurant on a rooftop and grill my own meal <3

  725. I would love to visit Rada long enough to visit the Terraces for some yummy food, go to see the flowers, and view the architecture and the decor. I would love to reread Silent Blade and read the rest for the first time. Anything you write is just what I want to read.🥰

  727. i would sit on a terrace surrounded by dahlias drinking pink wine and eating passion cones.

  729. So I would visit the Terraces to sample the passion cones and pink wine, then take a flight to the super cool first temple of the ancients, on my way to the premiere botanical gardens in the province, to learn their sacred Way of the Dahlia…💜😁💕

  730. Visit the Terraces for some food, find a nice spot to soak it in, and make an effort not to mentally broadcast “I am an alien from a dimension that thinks you are fictional”.

  733. There would be alliances to honor and defending the family is the purpose for being.

  736. I think if I were to visit Rada I would check out the architecture. Some of the buildings sound really cool!
    I’m sure I would enjoy the gardens and the food as well.

  737. I will just be people watching with my mouth open because I can’t even imagine ways I can process the world!! Of course stopping at the library is a must! I don’t know if I will be eating anything though 😭

  738. I would definitely go for the sights and smells. I’d love to see the flowers, and to breathe it all in the way I imagined Claire first did. No desire to get involved in their fights although I know they’d be perfectly respectable to bystanders.

  739. British Baking Show devotee here, and I love to bake all the things, so I’d 100% attempt to learn to bake passion cones.

  740. I would need at least a week to explore. The food sounds amazing, especially the desserts (passion cones!). The provinces would be amazing too. The flowers, the fireflies…maybe see if I can find a First Wave Temple.

    The Kinsmen universe is so textured and exciting. It is one of my favorite series to read for a quick pick me up.

  741. I would have to win to tell you where I would visit. I haven’t had the opportunity to read these books. I would love to.

  742. I would definitely check out the Terraces for some excellent food. Would not get involved in the clan’s battles but would enjoy being an ally of one of the families.

  743. Ooohhhh thank you for the giveaway! Very exciting! If I could visit Rada, I would visit with the flowers. I love going on walks and looking at flowers 🌻🌺🌷

  745. While my stomach and I agree that trying new foods is always the first point of order in a destination vacation (pastries, of course, being the primary fetish), my favorite thing to do is to just vibe. Sit at an outdoor cafe and observe people while absorbing the atmosphere. Nothing would make me happier on Rada than to find a nice little nook at the marketplace and let the world exist around me whilst I nibbled on the choicest of noms.

  746. One of my favorite things to do is wander through a new town, nibbling on freshly made food, photographing the glorious garden flowers and other interesting finds, slipping into little local shops to pick up souvenirs to gift family & friends, drink in the local art scene, and buy some ‘look at me, I’m special’ statement pieces to wear at home… basically have a relaxing day to myself. Rada sounds perfect for this. As for action, intrigue, or clan warfare, nope. I’m a plump old lady now and having outlived my enemies I expect to enjoy a quiet retirement. (Just kidding, I’m just ancient… and my longevity can be attributed to having lead a queitly contented life.)

  748. Hi,

    Visit the Terraces for yummy food, ask for recipes and take in the views.

    Love the Kinsmen universe. Thank you for the opportunity on the give away!

  749. I would sit and enjoy the scenery as I tried a passion cone. They were described so well I just want one!! This world is one I visit and reread constantly to calm my anxiety due to modern day life. Thank you for all your books they are my escape and an immediate buy for me.

  751. I would definitely go shopping and eating on the terraces! It is my dream to go wander around a market in India, eat good food, and buy all the beautiful fabrics ever. Rada embodies this dream of mine! 😁🤗

  752. The food that was being made sounded so yummy. I would really want to try that as well as walk around the Terraces.

  753. I would take some snacks and visit the beautiful flower gardens and enjoy some peace and quiet.

  754. I’d visit the market, shop and explore the galleries, museums, eateries and try those infamous passion cones, and of course, the public gardens to enjoy the flowers. And there’s always libraries to chill out in, and find a good read for curling up under a rose arbor in the afore mentioned public gardens.

  756. Since I am Lienne Escana’s best friend from childhood, when Ventura and Claire are kidnapped for no apparent reason, I put my second in command of the company, get into my specialized aerial, and jump in to help my bestie!

  757. If I could visit Rada I would visit the ocean – the chance to see a silver shark and to swim in those waters. Then, perhaps, a trip to the Terraces.

  759. I would go to the terraces because yeah good food is life! Fine someone extra ordinary to share my love of food with!

  760. I would visit the markets and enjoy the food and some pink wine. I always appreciated the detailed food descriptions.

  762. I’d love to try and put together an archeological expedition to some of those enticing ruins out in the back country, to try and clarify the early colonial history of the planet.

  763. I want to try all the food: the passion comes, the pink wine, all of the fruit that Claire tries in “Silver Shark.” I would love to go to the terraces and wander through the shops and cafes. And I would love to see the provinces that Ramona grew up visiting.

    This series is one of my absolute favorites due in large part to the exceptionally vivid world building.

  765. Absolutely visit the Terraces for the food, then walk around to see the flowers after the meal!

  767. I would definitely go for the food, but I’d tour the gardens first so I wouldn’t be too full to walk.

  768. I would try the food especially the desserts, watch the people, window shop and probably get a souvenir or two, people watch in the market, visit a garden, is there anywhere I could visit their domestic animals,… It would all be so interesting.

  770. I would visit all the gardens I could. When I vacation (usually to the Myrtle Beach SC area) I shop at the local garden nurseries and bring back plants that with thrive in my garden in Maryland. I would check and see if I could import something back to Earth to plant in my garden. Another living, beautiful floral souvenir!

  771. If I were to visit Rafa, I would sightsee and sample all the yummy good. I would avoid any fighting.

  772. I would find a small cafe that specialized in passion cones and enjoy one on the terrace amidst the flowers and watch the flow of life.

  774. I would walk among the Terraces, eat, shop, play with the wildlife among the flowers and look for drama…

  775. I’d be checking out all of the Flora and fauna. New animals to to squee over? New flowers to to smell? Love it.

    Thank you for the giveaway!

  777. My life would be exciting and (very) short should I try to indulge in a fight. So I would got to market, find a bistro of some sort and people watch. Safer for my health! 😁

  778. I would definitely want to see the flowers and the Terraces. Your descriptions make them seem beautiful.

  781. I’m new to Rada so I’d hope to meet a friendly local who could point me to the local hotspots for eating, shopping, and photography. Absolutely no bloodshed please.

  782. I would love to try the foods of Rada and explore it’s history; maybe take a class on the cuisines of Rada.

  785. Oooo…. the market. Definitely the market! The food, the shopping and absolutely the people watching. And ALL the Dahlias! OH! And have to visit the ‘net!

  786. Oh, I’m going to the Terraces. So much so that they’ll recognize my face and bring me new foods to try every visit. They may even name a dish after me 😹

  789. I would insinuate my way into a clan as support staff. Ring-side seat, plus I could spend their money at the Market instead of my own! 😉

  790. Count me in! I’d love to see New Dalia and see the flowers 🌸 of another world with a different culture and visit the market like a tourist. I’d also love to be able to see a neural network as an elegant animal. I’d probably be a wee scruffy coyote!

  791. Food would be my 2nd priority. My first priority would be a high end boutique for cybernetic and genetic augmentation.

  792. If I had the chance to go to Rafa, the first thing I would do is check out the real estate sales and check on the legal requirements for immigration. I think I would like to live there.

    I would also visit all the plant nurseries and fabric/fiber/yarn stores to see what was offered on this exotic planet. Ohh the daaahhhhlias, must see the gorgeous dahlias. In fact I would hv to plan my trip at peak season! The terraces would be lovely to see too. Wonder what their Arts industry is like. Take in a play/musical. I’m sure there would be lots to see and do.

    Thanks for the chance on winning the book Ilona!

  795. First I would get all the enhanced abilities I can buy, bribe and steal! Then jump on an aerial glider, whoo hoo, to visit A Taste of Dahlia. I really want to ask the proprietor, Ascanio, if he knows Aunt Bea! That’s how Aunt Bea knew where all the bakeries were, it runs in the family😜

  796. I would look for a fruit seller and buy samples of each to try. Then I’d take a wander to enjoy the dahlias.

  799. I think I would want to just hang out in someone’s country estate – eating the food and enjoying the slow pace.
    Or I suppose I wouldn’t mind transferring from my earth job (veterinarian) to being one on Rada!

  800. If I could visit Rada, I would like to spend the day with Meli…just getting to know her better.

  803. I think I’d go to the gardens. I’d like to say I would stay out of the clan drama, but I’m also occasionally a trouble magnet.

  804. I would visit the Terraces for the food, then take a walk for the flowers and visit some Messina and temples.

  805. If I had the chance, I would visit the gardens while eating a passion cone. Then I would wander around the markets!!
    If possible, I would enjoy watching the Kinsmen drama play out!!

  807. Silent Blade is one of my favorites of all time. I would of course immediately want to eat passion cones and then see the dahlias.

  808. You mean I have to choose? I’d want to do everything. Eat the food, meet the people, see the sights!

  809. I would totally have to visit the Terraces before getting limbered up for some fightin’

  810. I am not from the US but I’m such a fan! If I were in Rada, I’d eat those yummy passion cones and sip some pink wine surrounded by dahlias 🤩 and definitely train in their martial arts on the side. 😉

  812. I am a foodie so I would sample food. I also garden so I would want to see all the flowers.

  813. I’m a lover not a fighter 😉 so I would visit Rada to have a lovely romantic getaway with my honey. I would make him walk a dalia garden city tour with me and then reward him with a buffet of traditional Rada foods and wines. Then cap off the evening with a night in an intimate bed and breakfast on the coast. Such a lovely world y’all have created. So much to do, so little time. ❤️

  814. while the flowers would be lovely, and the description of the food mouth watering, I want to fly in the personal transportation devices that I can’t recall the name of!!

  823. if I were given the chance to visit Rada, I’d sign up for a baking class to learn how to make passion cones in the old provincial style

  824. I think it’d be fun to go diving or snorkeling on the coast, especially cage diving with a silver shark. The photo op!

  827. I like to be in the know about what’s going on so I think I would totally be a part of a family. I’m super loyal too so the idea of being with other people who are similar is exciting. Plus getting to try out the revolving new tech is so cool. I’m also a total peace keeper so maybe being a liaison for the ruling families would be my niche. Powerful in my own right that people knew not to mess with me but they also just didn’t because they knew the importance of my work between the families.

  828. Rather than a particular place, I think I would just hunt down our dear couples and spy on them… very stealthily. From a distance. Don’t wanna be mistaken for an attacker/spy/etc.

  829. If I could do anything, I would have a cool power and join the battles. In reality as a mundane devoted fan I’d visit the flowers or maybe the beach. The silver sharks sound fascinating.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  830. I would definitely visit the terrace to try all the different food options, and I would definitely try the pink wine.

  833. In real life I’ve worked in video games… I would go to Rada and get on the bionet and figure out how to write entertainment programs for it. Trick would be to figure out how to compensate for the various “perspectives” of the users seeing the elements and obstacles of the games.

  834. Oooh what to do? Would I be able to sign onto the hub? Pink wine and passioncones? Dahlias! Arial rides! So many options!

  836. Definitely checking out the food! Eat out at the Terraces and find a recipe for Passion cones.

  837. Yes to visiting the Terraces to see and eat all the things (esp. passion cones) but also flying all over to see the lay of the land from an aerial view.

  839. Since I garden, I’d definitely visit all the gardens with dahlias – picnic if possible with food picked up from the cafes.

  841. if I could visit Rada, I would go to university and learn about their tech and try to get a job working in the tech industry and hopefully get to meet a head of the family through my expertise and work experience.

  843. I’d want to check out the wine, the food and flowers. but hopefully observe some wicked battles! I mean, the chick just eavesdropping on clan business in the background.

  844. I would stroll through the market and then pick up some passion cones to eat in a garden while admiring the dahlias.

  845. oh my goodness, yes I would go to the terraces for the food! Then I would hope to head to the country for a summer visit to a very impressive vineyard-owning couple.

  846. The Terraces of course. All that food and drink along with the ability to people watch. Yes, please.

  848. I believe in trying all the food. I mean, that scene with the passion cones? True story, I had NO idea how to get lemon rind until I took a baking class shortly after I started the kinsmen universe books. After losing a few layers of skin on my fingers, I have a greater respect for those cones.

    But yes, definitely the food. I truly believe in food introducing you to a culture. but I can’t just do the market. I’ve got to get to know the people and eat homemade food. If I don’t personally know anyone who cooks and hosts, I take a class and listen to the stories about where that dish came from. They may not be accurate but myths tell me as much about a place as an encyclopedia would. So yes if
    I would go to the market and taste some stuff, but also look for ways to deepen that experience.

    I wouldn’t do the flowers because chances are I would be allergic, plus I prefer activities that involve multiple senses. And involve food, of course. And while keeping up the clan issues would be entertaining, actually getting involved in battles doesn’t sound like much fun for me. I’d be the one singing why can’t we be friends until someone did us all a favor and chopped my head off.

  849. Eat all the food!!!!! Definitely visit every market possible to try all the varieties and learn new recipes.

    Also, clothes shopping to the max!

  851. The flowers! Seeing all the different varieties to see if they look the way I imagined them when I read the books. *chef’s kiss*

    As a bonus, I would totally take out an order of passion cones – even if they aren’t the same as Meli’s.

  852. I would definitely want to fly in a hover and get a chance to see the whole city. Just like in Silver Shark when she asks where to go for her hair and clothes to fit in, I would ask the hover to give me a tour of the best hidden gems in the city. Where to find passion cones, fresh fruit vendors, best dahlia gardens, and the best spot to watch sunset from the terraces. I’d want the full day tour.

  853. I would want to work with the botanists who are creating new varieties of dahlias!! Don’t come after my babies with any weapons-grade herbicide!!

  854. I’d grab some pink wine and see if I could hunt down Meli and her lemon rind passion cones! If not then at least see if I could take a look at the old province oven. Tour the place and get some pictures eating scones or something.
    Pretend like I’m on a kdrama set tour. The famous passion cone banter scene selfie! Kinsmen is 100% my first love.

    • Oh! Can’t forget getting my hair fixed by Horatio and wardrobe makeover like Claire did!

  855. hmm… as boring as it sounds, keep my head down and try to stay out of the way of the kinsmen!

  856. I would hang out for a couple days eating and relaxing, then I’d fine some but kicking action.

  857. I would go see all the Dahlias in peoples gardens. I once got to go to Monet’s garden with all the flowers and it was one of my favorite places ever. The varieties of dahlias we have here are so varied and beautiful so to see gardens where everyone is trying to one up the other would make for some great displays.
    Staying away from those fights!

  858. I would go to the terraces. Seeing the starflowers would be tempting, but I would love to wander the terraces.

  861. Food is very important to me, so being able to try the food would be first on my list. And next, I think just hanging out with the people of Rada, seeing them use their abilities would be cool. But I wouldn’t hang around for the battles; that would be too stressful.

  862. I would go the market, and eat all the food. And then pester someone to teach me how to cook it all. I’d love to see the dahlias, but I’m really allergic to flowers 🙁

  864. I am a total foodie so visiting Rada means a visit to the Terraces to eat passion cones, drink pink wine and try some of Meli’s tart and spicy soup.

  869. Interacting with other worlds would be the highlight of my life. Strange flowers and vegetation would be in my little to go bag to replant in a world class garden secretly in my backyard. My daughters would look at each other behind my back and say “Did she tell you where she got these” – being old means you can just smile and pretend you didn’t hear them. Thanks for the my smile of the day!

  871. nice! I would be buying as many different dahlia variations as I could get my hands on and eating all the delicious food.

  873. Oooo. How fun! I’d totally be going to the market and getting involved in the clan fights. Oh and eat a bunch!

  874. on YouTube I watch a couple traveling the world in their van. I love watching all the different foods they experience. So I am here for the food.

  875. I’d want to visit one of the hair salons, then go shopping. Who knows what I might find?

  879. I would travel! I’d love to explore everything. From the Old Market to the Terreaces, the seas to the gardens.

  882. If I was visiting Rada I would go to eat yummy food on the terraces and then visit the flowers. If I was born on Rada I would battle with my clan 🙂

  883. if I could go to visit Rada…

    1) Hit the terraces. The food there is renown as the best on the planet.

    2) visit the Provinces to see all the flowers. My husband will insist on this since he is a fanatical gardener.

    3) Watch some of the infighting while sitting safely on a restaurant terrace ON the Terraces where I will be safely out of the danger zone.

  887. I would definitely tour the provinces to see all the different dahlias.

  888. I would go to their book stores to see what everyone is reading, and find out if they are also members of thr BDH 🤩

  889. First: get a bottle of pink wine (whatever brand I could manage on a tourist budget)
    Second: Bring the bottle to the bakery that Meli borrows for baking, and beg for however many passion cones she’d consider parting with for pink wine and tales of far flung blue planets.
    (that would be top of my itinerary. I would love to plan more, but I have two very young children, and must contemplate interstellar vacations another day)

  890. In Rada, I would find a way to log into the neuro-network to see how my brain translates the net’s environment into images and what type of creature I would be there. Would I be an arctic fox in fjords or a wolf in the forest or something else? Of course I would have to get out undetected so as not to be deported. Then I would get a slice of fresh bubbly pie and enjoy the gardens, as if I had been up to nothing at all.

  891. I would try a passion cone and some pink wine if it was offered to me (since the cones cannot be bought) but really in the Kinsman universe I would want to try a neural net. I want to know what my mental world would look like.

  892. Oh my! If I were in Rada I would visit the Terraces to check out the food and listen for any good gossip about the Kinsman, 🤔 maybe even get involved! This series I have enjoyed and re-read a few times.

  893. Shop for a beautiful sundress and sandals. Go to the market to buy fruit and see and smell the flowers. People watch and stroll on the terraces. Have a late dinner outside and watch the sunset. Steer clear of kinsman battles…..wish I could move there!

  894. This is pretty difficult. really I’d like to see it all, but I suppose if I had to narrow it down I’d say the beautiful gardens and the view over the cliffs. Not much more peaceful and yet thrilling at the same time than that.

  895. If I were given the chance to visit Rada, I would likely find my way to an educational institution or scientific community as I would want to study the genealogy of the population. I would want to do either a study of collections of family stories & other data (think Brene Brown style research), or a comprehensive meta study utilizing the available data on the population. I’m not sure why, but this is the part of the Kinsmen world that fascinates me the most. And the fact that I could visit the Terraces to drink pink wine & eat passion cones, and admiring all the Dahlia variants, while doing said research… heaven 😊

  898. I would have to toss a coin when I got there to decide between the Terraces and the flowers.
    At 70, I am not about battles anymore but I do love food AND flowers. ,->

  900. I would love to go to the Terraces. The food you described sounds so amazing, and the descriptions of the area create a great scene in my head.

  901. I would go to the terrace to eat yummy food! Silver Shark was the first Linemen story I read and the food really stuck out.

  902. The food and the flowers would definitely be an incredible experience. I’m a gamer, though, so I’d definitely be up for an immersive experience if I could. I’d love to see where my imagination could take me.
    Thanks for the giveaway and hope you have a fantabulous week 👍🏻

  904. I would go to the Terraces. . . Food, shopping and people watching. . . This is the way. . Hee Hee

  906. I’d grab books and food from the market and then have myself a picnic in the flower fields….and probably sneeze the whole time…but I’d be so happy.

  907. If I visited Rada, I would actively get lost wandering through the streets and chatting with locals until my nose and stomach colluded to try some pastries. After I would sink into my food coma by drinking some pink wine while drawing or painting some of the flowers. And only after I have taken the time to enjoy my own company, I would look for an adventure.

  909. mmm, I’m definitely a good tourist type. all about trying the local dishes any place new!

  910. Definitely check out the market!But also visit everything else as far as I could go until I got in trouble!

  911. Would definitely want to try some of the pink wine, but way too much fruit at the market and then maybe check out a festival in Adra!

  912. I would start the morning off in the market, finding a place for breakfast. Then I would wander, browsing and shopping, until it was time to find another place to eat. After lunch, I would wander back to my place, maybe to nap.

    Then I would find the concierge to recommend the best place to explore the gardens the following day, with a picnic to break up the day.

    As the afternoon broke to a close, I would ready myself to head to dinner, a favorite place recommended by one of the hotel staff.

  913. I want to taste no I want to eat at least two of those fabulous sherbet or ice cream cones she spent years learning how to make for the idiot who finally came to his senses. For true.

    Why won’t this blog comment section allow me to access punctuation question mark exclamation point I cannot express myself in the written word sans punctuation Terrible. Multiple exclamation points

    • Hi Mary Kate,

      All punctuation is available in the comment section, please check things on your keyboard 🙂 ?!;'”:#

  914. I would spend my time in the Dahlias. I would take my time to see as many varieties as I could. I would find my 5 favorite and attempt to capture their images by drawing them.

  915. I love this series and and world is so fun! Please please write a full-length book set in the Kinsmen world!

    I would absolutely go and find myself a man who is Venturo coded.

  916. The flowers – I used to have full lush gardens when I lived just a little further south and I miss the flowers and the summer perfume.

  917. Love gardening, so of course I would visit the country gardens. And probably start a new wars stealing some dahlias for my new butterfly garden!

  918. If I only had the opportunity to do one thing, I would browse the terraces looking for the cafe that just hits all the right flavor and ambiance buttons. Then I’d hang there for a delicious meal and a feast of people watching.

    My ideal day in Rada would be to spend the morning immersed in the flowers and then retire to the terraces for a late lunch and the afore mentioned indolence. 😀

    This actually brings back a wonderful memory of a fine day my wife and I had in the PNW doing a very similar thing. Perhaps not the quality of the dalhia’s of Rada or the old world flavors of the terraces, but it was a fine day indeed.

  920. I would visit the Terraces and see if I could find someone selling freshly baked passion cones!

  923. I’d lose myself among the gardens, because I need the peace that kind of beauty can bring

  926. If I was granted plot armor I’d get involved with the clan wars. With most of your previous works the inter-sides battles have always been engagingly written.

  927. Food tour. And not just eating the food, I’d want to see how passion cones, pink wine, and other local delicacies are made. For example, why is a stone oven a key factor in perfect passion cones? I’d want to learn about it from a baker who loves talking about their craft to enhance my eventual eating experience.

  930. Gardens absolutely! Just went on a family vacation and I dragged all my hapless relatives to the rose gardens. Possibly they were a little bored, but I could have spent another few hours examining each and every flower. I’d love to see the flora on Rada. There is a “Heidi” rose. Wonder how they name their dahlias on Rada.

  932. Hands on anthropology by way of people watching, visiting the museums, and eating all the food (passion cone).

  933. I would eat breakfast on the terraces before spending the day traveling the provinces and seeing the nature.

  934. Getting old is not for the faint of heart!
    I would definitely get a class C combat implant.

    “She moved like a woman thirty years younger. A C-class combat implant enhanced agility, reflexes, and hand-eye coordination. It shaved a few milliseconds off your reaction time and improved your accuracy.”
    (Fated Blades)

    Oh! To be able to move gracefully again 🥲

  936. Should I be granted a visa to visit Rada my first stop would be the Immigrants Evaluation Bureau. I would want to discover if any of my talents would be of value so that I might be allowed to stay. My second stop would be the seaside as I must admit to being a beach person given a choice.

  937. I would visit the restaurants. Purchase some local clothing, get checked for latent psychic abilities and get a job with a kinsman family. Woo hoo!!!

  938. I would find a library for a book about Rada, then head to the market, shopping, good eats and people watching fantasies.

  942. I would rent an aerial, go to the market and buy everything that looked interesting, and venture off into the provinces to have a picnic. Hopefully the picnic spot would have a fire pit to roast kabobs over.

  944. I would visit the Terraces to eat! Trying all the different foods – but especially all the baked goods

  946. I would visit the flowers, and then stop by the terraces to try out passion cones and pink wine. Maybe I would head toward the coast to try and find a silver shark.

  947. Definitely visit each of the providences(?) I vaguely recall that they each were names after flowers? so that would be super fun to go and visit the various cities and country sides. it would quite literally be alien🤣

  948. I would want to pilot one of those flying cars along the beaches like some old Hollywood starlet with the sunglasses and the hairscarf. .. and maybe a button that shoots lasers at bad drivers.

  949. I would visit the Terraces and find some exhibitions of dahlias. They are some of my favourite flowers and I would love to see what they have done with them in Rada!

  950. Ideally I would both try the food and see the flowers. If I had to choose just one I would go with the flowers as hopefully the food could be imported 🙂

  951. I am a foodie – so I would definitely be sampling some yumminess at the market and I LOVE flowers and botanical gardens…

  952. I would like to spend a weekend at the Terraces enjoying the food and sights. See if there is a non-lethal version of the bionet for video gaming fun, and see if there is a festival with dancing and food happening and attend that.

  953. Boy, I’d love to win this! What would I do? Wander the gardens and try to talk the gardeners into sharing clippings to bring back home and plant.

  954. On to the market, shop, then sit to eat while time split between that, reading and people watching 😊

  955. I think I’d head for whatever the Rada equivalent is to a Library and dig-dig-dig, and then apply for library work. Aside from acquiring a library job, I would naturally hunt down some passion cones. . . just for the sugar rush, of course.

  956. I would try the wonderful food and enjoy the flowers. I would catch up with Ven and Claire.

  957. I would try every single piece of food that I could get my hands on. You’d have to roll me away at the end of the day!

  960. Definitely go to the Terraces to try the food. I’d love to try a passion cone!!! Then I’d have to go see the flowers.

  961. I would walk the dahlia gardens. When I was reading my first kinsmen story I had to Google what a dahlia was. Now they are my favorite flower and I’m trying to grow some.

  962. There are so many things I would want to do, check out the old jungle temples, visit the terraces, go out to the country and tour the amazing houses; but I think, because my favorite story is Claire’s (Silver Shark), I would want to work with refugees in Rada, help them adjust and get placed with houses.

  963. I would eat go look at the flowers. maybe try to save seeds and bring them home.

  964. I would look for the library and the art museum. Extra time would be spent reading a book on a terrace and people watching

  965. I would certainly get some delicious food and then hopefully find maybe a festival, watch some dancing. Just enjoy the scenary.

  969. I would try to go on a few locality tours – where the famous kinsmen live, arena tours, garden tours, property for sale etc. Definitely a bionet adventure (maybe that is how tours are done), go to water, go to jungle and go to mountains and wander and finish with a foodie tour – best of every category of Rada local cuisine.

  972. Ohh getting a chance to visit one of your books! I would love the market, eat all the different food, and meet all the fascinating people. sounds so lovely!

  974. Hire a yacht and go diving of course! I must ensure the galley has an excellent chef so I can indulge on some passion cones. As we hug the coast I might see many glimpses of land-loving flora and fauna. The day must end with some lovely pink wine and perhaps some of that quaint food that actually uses fossil fuels to cook!

  975. I would definitely want to see the flowers. I also want to go to the Terraces and drink some of that pink wine!

  976. I would look for restaurants with seating in the gardens. That way I can enjoy good food and beautiful scenery all at the same time.

  978. I adore dahlias so I’d look for a botanic garden or other public park and bring a little picnic (ideally with some passioncones!) to enjoy.

  979. I have always wanted to know what a passion cone tastes like. Walk the old market.

  980. Ooh the Kinsmen universe is one of my favorites. Silent Blade is my favorite of all – I love the cooking Meli does. I would visit the Terraces of course, but I would rent a little house with a garden full of Dahlias in Old Town and visit my good friend Meli, the chef, whom I’ve finally convinced to teach me her secret recipe for making passion cones.

  981. I’d definitely go to the market. Delicious food and interesting people to watch!

  982. Definitely visiting the terraces for food, then I’d do a bit of tourist shopping.

  983. Visit all the repositories of knowledge! Libraries, academies, museums, etc., with quick moments to appreciate the amazing food and markets on my hurried scurrying between said repositories.

  984. I have not read this series yet but I love the Inkeeper Chronicles and The Kate Daniel’s series. I would love to loose myself in another world that Ilona has created.

  985. I would definitely go to see the dahlias, of course! i indeed reading the descriptions of the competitions between neighbors. honestly remind me of the competitions between the flower society members here in my town.

  986. I would wander around, enjoy the sites and food and flowers (and beautiful kinsmen, from afar, a safe safe distance away). Oh, and buy some beautiful Rada clothes and get my hair done. That’d be fun.

    • Oof, I missed the US only fine print (dangit). Guess I will be daydreaming about owning a paper copy of Kinsmen in addition to visiting Rada, heh.

  987. Definitely grab a passion cone, check out the flowers, and find a spot to people watch. It’s one of my favorite things to do when traveling somewhere new – find an outdoor cafe and soak in the world passing by.

  988. I am easy and a glutton, I would get my 1st meal at the terraces, go look at flower and then back to the terrace for more food and tea, repeat until deported for over use of planetary resources.☺️

  989. I would ask someone to let me try an ene- ribbon. If you had skill with one of these, you’d never have to wrestle with a brush-hog again. Whip, whip … the path is clear! Over grown hedges? A thing of the past after two passes! What a time saver and likely lots of fun too.

  990. Backyard to the cottage with the chef. Learning to bake lemon zestiness,pick pink wine,garden Dalia’s,and meditate like a master with a whip…get it cooking/fighting. 😉

  993. I would make a day (or week… or year…) of it and visit the gardens, find a cafe in the Terraces for lunch, then go find a library or bookshop, (food break!), and later the market.

  994. I would hit the markets. A laid back day of sampling the food as I stroll around look for fun knick-knacks.

  997. I would want to do it all, visit the shops, join a clan, walk through the flowers, and hopefully get a strange new talent. I would also like to fine my very own Ven or Celino.

  998. I would definitey be walking around and looking at all of the beautiful flowers.

  1000. I would go to see the Dahlias. I think those are such beautiful flowers, and the thought of all the varieties makes my heart pitter-patter.

  1002. I’ll hit up all the tourist spots. Then slowly assimilate myself as best as I can and lurk around to hopefully get peeks at the kinsmen family, and if I get lucky, first row seats to some live battle.

  1003. I would definitely visit gardens, especially those with the amazing dahlias. Surely so civilized a place would have restaurants in or adjacent to public gardens, at least, even if we couldn’t tour the private gardens, and two interests could be satisfied at the same time. (The Kinsmen books don’t say anything — as far as I recall — about physical libraries open to the public, which would be obvious places for librarians to visit.)

  1004. If you would consider my entry, I would happily pay the shipping!! Fated Blades is one of my all time favourites of your stories, in fact it makes my top 10 “go to” books in between new reads. 🙂

    If it was possible I would love to have been able to meet Matias and Ramona and people watch from her family’s secret room, or check out the tunnel in the pool.

  1005. I would absolutely visit the food carts and try as many different tasty treats as I could

  1007. Walking the markets, sampling all of the food, buying flowers for myself just because I can.

  1008. If given the chance to travel (interstellar) my first stop would definitely be for the food <3 but under the radar would be my preference, as a visitor I'd rather observe than pot stir

  1010. Definitely go for the food! Browse the market stalls, taste passion cones… and work up an appetite by wandering through the gardens and gaping at the amazing architecture.

  1011. If I were visiting Rada, I’d visit the Terraces and just take the vibes in, maybe get a bouquet of dahlias.

  1012. I’d go to the market and try all the exotic fruit. It would be interesting to watch a battle from a safe distance.

  1013. I’d spend the ENTIRE trip just trying every single dish possible. ALL the meats, all the desserts. I’d go to the market in old town and ask for 1 of every fruit and vegetable. Maybe also get an awesome flow-y dress.

  1014. All the food!! Twice!!! I would take a bazillion pictures of every random flower I saw. I’d like to visit festivals and temples and look at art. All the typical tourist stuff

  1015. I’d go to see the gardens. I live in a hot state with not many opportunities to see non-cactus gardens that aren’t giant wastes of water, so walking around in and sitting to read a book in that atmosphere sounds like heaven.

  1017. Passion Cones at the Terraces! I swear I could smell them baking when I read Silent Blade.

  1018. So exciting! I would 100% eat the food. When I visit a place, I love to see sights and learn about history, but I am never happier than when I am at a random street stall eating a local food.

  1020. I would like to find a diplomatic banquet, avoid the sushi and hope to find a Reigh Lord that would kneel just once.

  1021. If I could visit Rada I would let my nose lead me to all the delightful smells of the food and the flowers. Hoping that it would ultimately lead me to Meli’s kitchen. The thought of being able to watch her cook and smell the yummy food is divine to me. I love the sense of smell and the authors describe Rada as a vibrant sensory planet so it would be amazing for sure.

  1024. I would definitely go to the Terraces for yummy food, love trying out new, delicious foods.

  1025. Oh definitely visit the terraces and try yummy food. Passion cones and pink wine and people watching. Also try and sneak a peak at any passing kinsmen, like celebrity spotting. If there was time then a visit to the dahlia gardens.

  1026. The Kinsmen universe always makes me hungry for sunshine. Give me a sun-warmed rock, a massive bottle of passion-lemon-infused water, and something fresh to listen to. Breeze in the fields, dance in the square, the hum of the market, just let me soak in the intensity.

  1027. There must be some amazing places to party and have fun?
    I wouldn’t mind going dancing, maybe on a vast terrace, under an alien sky, with some sexy people… I bet there would be a light show of some sort, and maybe floating go-go dancers, and crazy drinks (maybe drugs).
    But then a duel between hot-headed kinsmen would break out! It would be scary but also thrilling!
    After the excitement, I would go with my new friends to eat something savory and delicious from a street vendor, and then, knowing me, pass out in a pile of cushions at someone’s house in the hills, the smell of night-blooming flowers from the garden coming in with the cool breeze though the open terrace doors…

    Also knowing me, I would probably not do this, but just find a nice spot to sit and read lol.

  1028. So fun.

    I would investigate every back ally, looking for second hand, interplanetary bookstores, small shops, and hidden gems of cafes.

    I’d look for a nursery to pick up a beautiful flower or two, provided it was sterile and wouldn’t take over my planet.

    And, lastly, I’d watch how Rada’s sky changes from dawn to sunset.

  1029. I would get an aerial and fly over the terraces. I wonder if they have open topped aerials so you could feel the sun and smell the flowers 🙂

  1030. I’m sad to say I never read these but I’d love the chance. Others want to visit the gardens and that sounds lovely. Good luck to everyone!

  1033. I would be insanely pleased to have this. As far as my visit to Rada, I’d need more than a day. Personally, I could spend three days alone on the food. I’d like to hang out on the bronze terrace and eat passion cones. I’d also really enjoy a guided tour of the Davenport’s research lab. I want to see all the new tech!

  1034. I am torn between the food and the gardens, although I would also have to find a local yarn shop!

  1035. Definitely the Terraces for yummy food! That’s a big aspect of my travel adventures.

  1037. I would visit the gardens. They seem so lush and beautiful , and I love being outside!

  1039. I almost missed this! 😩

    If I was able to visit Rafa, I would want to see the flowers as well as eat passion cones and drink the pink wine. I’d also love to get my hair done by Horatio at Allure.

  1043. First, I would go to the gardens… walk neighborhoods and look at people’s yards… then, I would hit the Market, and buy things that made me feel like all of the gardens made me feel. Finally, with my creative well overflowing with colors and inspiration, I would find the foods, a cone, and all of the yummies!

  1044. The Terraces for yummy, gorgeous, food AND view the gorgeous flowers. Maybe the yummy, gorgeous, food first, in case.

    My mouth is watering, and I’ve even jumped to thoughts of Oreo. Sigh.

  1045. Did I mention that our internet connection has been temporarily out for…too long? Due to squirrels, and very poor customer service. I nearly missed this fun. It was a relief to check comment dates to be sure this Friday is the cutoff. Rushed trips to the library doesn’t cut it!

    Happy and safe holiday weekend!

  1046. I would visit the market and sample all the foods. Meet people and drink pink wine.

  1047. I would try the passion cones. they sound so delicious. also, I would want to visit the beach over summer. it sounds wonderful- like all summer trips as a child. 😅

  1048. Food for me on Rada. The terraces are amazing. And, flowers, of course. I’ll take a break on any battles. I can feel cooler air and great, relaxing weather. Perfection!Thanks!

  1049. Terraces for food and wine, then find some gardens to wander in. Then take an ariel, find a first wave temple to explore, then on to the Summer Solstice Festival in Adra and a stay at the Kamen, to watch the dancing and Party!

  1050. I would like to check out the food and flowers, (touristy things). I’d really do some in depth research on the Ancient Ones and their society, belief system, and building techniques.

  1051. I want to visit the countryside and soak in the flora. Just to experience all the fragrance described in the books

  1053. I would be drinking pink wine in a gardens 🌸 or learning how to cook with the local food or hiking to see the beautiful landscape. All sound amazing.

  1054. I would 1st go to the market, buy food, and then picnic in the gardens.

  1055. I would love to visit Rada. While I would be intrigued to see kinsmen battling their issues out, I would also be nervous as I have not been enhanced by combat implants. And since I don’t want to stand out as a tourist, I would wear an outfit with bright, vibrant colors. I would start in the Old Town of New Delphi. If the Rynok Market opened early in the day, that would be my first stop. After merrily haggling with the local vendors, for perhaps a Dahlia peach, I would then wander into the residential area seeking a house reminiscent of Meli’s prior home. Visiting the Botanical Gardens would be the next priority, especially if I could spot an indigo or purple dahlia. Maybe I could walk by the bud shaped tower that is headquarters for Guardian Inc. In the afternoon, I would go to the Terraces, in search of provincial flavors from an eatery like A Taste of Dahlia or a meal of skewered meats that had been cooked over an open brazier. My meal would not be complete without passion cones (with lemon rinds as the secret ingredient) and a bottle of Dahlian Pink. I would hope to spot the apartment building Claire lived in when she first immigrated to New Delphi. And I would linger in the Red Terrace to catch the sun setting behind the distant mountains. If I had more time, I would make a day trip to the provinces in hopes of finding dahlia-studded gardens and even a trip to the coast so that I could see the blue of their ocean. In the end, I would hope to feel the Radans’ passion for life.

  1056. If I visited Rada, I would ask to apprentice to Meli so that I can train with one of the best assassins around!

  1058. Food, always. That’s what I do when visiting anywhere, plan around the food.

  1059. If try the food and probably just gawk at everything. love these books. time for a reread I think

  1060. If I could visit Rada, I would slip into the first kinsman weapons locker/training facility I could find and pick up an ene-ribbon bracelet and see if I could be a melder. I made it to Rada after all. If I can operate the ene-ribbon, I am going to the Terraces to eat passion cones and get the scoop on the families. There has to be one that is weak and ripe for the taking. It is time to begin a new world order.

  1063. Plant Dahlias, bake, support the head of my Clan until it becomes necessary to support a new head. Pet my cats.

  1064. If I were to visit Rada, it would be a trip for the senses. I would learn how to bake passion cones. I would go to a wine tasting for the pink wines. (Dahlian would of course be the best!) I would visit some of the local gardens to admire the namesake Dahlias. And lastly, I would get a lesson in piloting an aerial vehicle…because what is life without a little bit of excitement!!

  1069. I would love to visit a first wave temple: to hear the water, feel the fire and meditate under a Rada evaner.

  1072. On Rada, I would definitely go shopping for the perfect potted dahlia in a pot made by a local artisan. I envision a shockingly violet flower in a blue clay pot the color of old terrace roof tiles.

    Just reread Fated Blades. Gearing up for Silver Shark. I had a chance to get one of these books before, but a family thing distracted me and now, alas, the time has passed. Hopefully this comment will be my second chance.

  1073. I would like to visit the countryside to chase purple fireflies, wait up for the moon rise to see the star flowers and climb the trees to eat orange cherries.

  1074. I would visit the Terraces and sample all the food .. and then I’d want to learn how to make it! The people watching there would also be fantastic.

  1075. I would visit for the flowers but would definitely sample the local fair. But no fighting please nice quiet vacation please.

  1076. I love dahlias, so I would want to go see the flower fields in Dahlia.

    Mostly though, I would be trying to avoid the kinsmen – I don’t want to be involved in their drama, just read about it. XD

  1077. I would DEFINITELY head to the Terraces for an all day munchie marathon lol but then head out to wander through flowers into the evening and enjoy the quiet, I think.

  1078. I’d want to eat passion cones, try out the bionet if I could, and look at all the amazing flowers!

  1079. Definitely the food. I also want to find that fruit vendor and get one of everything to try as well.

  1082. I would go bask in the flowers! Dahlias are my favorite, and there are so many varieties to enjoy. I grew up with a lovely yellow dahlia bush that threatened to take over the front porch, it got so big. Flowers as big as your fist, pops of sunshine…

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