Mod R presented me with a list of questions. Let us get to it.
When will the preorder be availlable?
We don’t know. Well, that was easy. The usual MO is to wait until the cover is done because people tend to preorder in higher numbers once the cover is up. Maybe having the cover is proof that the book exists?
When will the cover be available?
We don’t know that either. I’m knocking these out of the park today.
Can you make Tor publish it faster?
Hahahaha. No.
Will there be opportunities for signed books or bookplates?
Absolutely.
Will there be a e-book and audio version or just print?
There will be all the things. Tor is fully behind this release. So here is how this book sold: it went to several publishers on Thursday and on Friday morning Tor came back with an offer so impressive, that our agent called for an emergency zoom meeting to discuss it. They read it that evening, and they really wanted this book. So there will be everything: ebook, print, audio. The whole kaboodle. We’ve discussed maps and extras.
Will there be special editions/ hardcovers/ book boxes, since it’s Tor? We want all the special editions (Fairyloot, Broken Binding, Forbidden Planet and Illumicrate mentioned specifically)
We don’t know. But our personal feeling is that yes, there likely will be special editions. We are working on some extra scenes, deleted scenes, and so on.
Can you share a cover artist at least? Are you using Luisa Preissler?
We don’t know who the cover artist is. No idea. It probably will not be an object cover, simply because there have been so many of them that it’s hard to come up with a new distinct image. The direction is more toward illustrative rather than graphic. And that’s all I can say.
A note about Luisa Preissler: Luisa recently changed her creative direction. She is taking a break from covers and is working on landscapes instead. She now paints beautiful gouache art. Here is that story in Luisa’s own words and images, and here is how her first gallery went.
(She is teaching a class on her Patreon and I really want to take it. I haven’t yet, because I paint very, very badly. Like hilariously badly. Only my singing is worse.)
So although Hugh 1’s cover is in desperate need of a makeover and we would love her to do both Hugh 1 and 2, we are not sure that she will have an opening in her schedule. We will definitely bring it up, but we might have to go in the new direction.
And now you know why sometimes we do things other than sequels to the beloved series. Artists, writers, and musicians don’t usually stay in one lane. Creativity is a layered, branching expression of one’s inner self. As we go through life, the direction of creativity changes because we are affected by events that happen to us and the world around us. It is the natural evolution of us as human beings.
Will it be translated into French/ German/ Spanish etc?
Probably. Let me tell you a little bit about foreign rights so you will have a cool industry insight.
Twice a year, the publishing world gets together at two major book fairs: London and Frankfurt. The Frankfurt one is held in Germany and it is the largest book fair based on the sheer number of publishers who attend. It usually happens in October. London Book Fair, which is almost as large, is happening this week, March 11-13. It is held in London, to no one’s surprise, and both our agency and Tor will have a presence.
These are not reader-centric events, but rather events where publishers and agents from all over the world get together and talk about upcoming projects and sell and buy foreign (to them) rights.
While we don’t expect to have offers from foreign publishers, because the final edit was just turned in and hasn’t been accepted yet, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, and this was so long to type, let’s call it This Kingdom for short, This Kingdom will be “a topic of conversation.” At least that’s what our agent told us.
To sum up: yes, we expect interest from foreign publishers and we will let you know what is happening with that when we know something ourselves.
Does that mean you are going to London?
No, London Book Fair is not for the authors. But we would love to go to London. And Ireland.
Why are you using comps to announce the book?
We are not. Tor is using comps to announce the book. Comps are mostly for industry insiders to let them quickly identify what the book is about. For some reason, you guys are really concentrating on them, but it is a minor detail.
Will the series be called Maggie the Undying?
Yes. We all loved Maggie as a title, but unfortunately it’s really hard to go to book 2 with it. Something has to beat out the Undying. And then you end up with Maggie the Undaunted or something equally silly.
Is it a series or a standalone?
It is definitely not a standalone. The original plan was for three. The caveat here is that Book 1 ended up being enormous, so Book 2 will likely be equally so, and we may pack the story into two books instead of three. But for now, three is where it is.
Are the 808 pages Word pages or formatted pages and what will be the final length of the book?
So if you take Magic Bites and Magic Burns and put them together, that will be about the right thickness. Typical KD was 90-95K, because the publisher wanted it that way, and this is around 180K.
Is there romance or isn’t there? How spicy is it?
It has strong romantic elements, meaning that you can yank romance out of the book and it would be still make sense. Like Kate books – you can remove Kate and Curran’s relationship and they will still make sense. The romance is slow burn. You will just have to read it.
So is this a twist on the concept from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint?
Oh good question. Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is a manhwa, a Korean comic, and a webnovel.
The manhwa is available on Webtoon and the official translation of the webnovel might have been up for preorder some time recently. Not sure about that one.
ORV throws the reader into his favorite book as a character. He starts tugging at strings and influencing events. This is a common trope used by a lot of portal (isekai) manhwa and anime.
The variation on that is being thrown into a video game. If you are in the market for an anime with that theme, there are so many, but I want to mention two here just for fun. First, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The heroine ends up stuck as a villainess in the dating video game with hilarious results. Vegetables! All the vegetables ever.
The trailer, which is below, doesn’t do it justice. This anime is available on Crunchyroll. Although the trailer is subbed, the anime is dubbed and the dub is pretty good. (Link for newsletter readers.)
Once you watch that, there is this gem in Hidive.
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! has the exact same premise, but he is a middle aged dad, which leads to ridiculous moments, such as him telling another girl that her presence in the magical academy could mean only one thing – her parents love her very much and they want her to succeed.
But back to the Omniscient Reader, yes, This Kingdom has the similar premise of a reader being thrown into a book and changing events as they unfold. But Omniscient Reader is structured like a LitRPG, meaning it has a video-game like narrative. The character goes through a sequence of escalating fights with emphasis on classes and skills. It has more in common with Solo Leveling than Maggie.
(That genre is super fun. In fact, we are working on a very derivative novella in that genre on and off in our spare time because it’s been nagging at me and Gordon suggested that we need to download it onto page and out of my brain.)
This Kingdom has zero LitRPG elements. It is all about political intrigue and fantasy kingdoms, which is where the GOT comparison comes from. There are no defined classes or skills, there is no system window, etc. There are heists and murders and to quote Maggie, “Deadly swordmasters, thieves prowling through moonlit streets, dark magicians, ruthless nobles, hideous monsters…” It’s is meant to be an archetypical fantasy.
So a little bit different. A better comp would be the Lout of Count’s Family, which is available on Tapas. Highly recommend. And now we have it in novel form, available on Amazon and presumably everywhere else. Tada!
I haven’t read the novel, but the manhwa is awesome. He is the best dragon dad ever.
Since Maggie is getting sprayed edges, is there any news for a Kate hardcover/sprayed edges, uniform box set release?
We don’t know anything about sprayed edges or where they will go or what they will look like. We first saw it on Tor’s announcement.
We’ve brought up the possibility of reissuing KD in hardcover to Ace, which originally published that series. They are not interested in pursuing that at this time. As much as we all love Kate, it’s an older series.
How are you feeling about all of this?
Cautiously excited. For me there is a little bit of a disconnect, because in my head Maggie was a small weird book, and now This Kingdom reads like a medieval thriller. The book has grown bigger and more vivid. But despite the many editorial passes – or maybe because of them – I love the story. I love the world. I love Maggie and her fierce fandom heart. We both hope you will enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it.
Thank you for answering the questions.
Tor won’t know what hit them. 🤣🤣
My stalking paid off. 😁
Certified first 😀
+1! 🤗
So true 🤣
+1
Will Derrick and Julie’s story ever make it into print? I understand that they are part of an older story, but they deserve to get together, and we’d appreciate their story. Thank you.
The authors have said that Julie 2 will happen once the timeline of the other books catches up. That requires more in Wilmington first.
ofcourseiwillloveitiwanttoreaditwhatkindofquestionisthis… Sorry. I’ll be fine in a minute. Very happy to hear about the great reception and already looking forward to devouring the book, as always!
I love the length of this book. I always want your books to be longer.
Congratulations on finishing the edits. Enjoy a few days of rest.
+1
Take Louisa’s class! Who cares if you’re not good at it, if it satisfies you in some way you should do it. Or as one teacher said about church singing, “If you can’t sing good, sing loud” hahaha
This. All the this. Because if it makes you happy and it’s something you can manage time/money/any resource-wise, it is always worth it.
Seconded! Who cares if all you end up with is a bunch of muddy brown canvases and a better working appreciation of why someone else’s work is good.
Go! Paint some canvases! Try! Fail!
(And show the Horde when you’re done, darling 🤓 We enjoy commiserating.)
But no capes 😉
Luisa’s IG has a few shorts/reels that say to just paint. no one is good at the very beginning and if you are it still takes dedication and determination to improve.
I am ridiculously excited for a book which I can’t read for another year…
Thank you for taking the time to Update the horde.
Thanks for satisfying our endless curiousity about ALL THE THINGS! I’m happy to see Tor as the publisher because they really seem to get and root for SFF.
Woo hoo! Good things are coming . . . eventually . . . 🙂
Thank you for answering so many questions! I’m looking forward to more Maggie details getting revealed as the publishing journey continues.
IDK is a great answer but you know the BDH will not let it go so be prepared! 😂
Thank you for the info. Heh. I always want your books to be longer, but I also always gulp them down at midnight as soon as they are available. I may need to just call off work the next day for Maggie – the length + being functional the next day may not be an option. (To be clear, I’m deliriously happy with this quandary.)
I’m seriously considering booking actual vacation days around this release so I can have time to stay home and savour it. That way, if I pull an all-nighter, at least I can sleep in the next day instead of having to go to work 😅
Whoo hoo made top 10
It makes me sooo happy to hear that you enjoyed writing Maggie. I love your stuff and want you to enjoy creating it. Loved your comments about the creative process. Thanks for sharing so much of what you do with the BDH!
How many days til 3/31/26?!?
“ The book has grown bigger and more vivid.”
Congratulations! I’m glad your idea is getting so much love from everyone.
As always, I can not wait for the book release!
excited for Maggie! love that it only took a day after reading the book for Tor to commit. thanks for the comic recommendations.
Yay you! This, in itself, is satisfying: “There will be all the things.”
You cheered me up – I have been wrestling with the IRS website, to argue that I did report my SS retirement payments, right there on line 18, so Yeah, I disagree with their fine plus interest.
I hope you are having beautiful weather, and get to enjoy some of it.
Thank you! That was quite interesting about the new book. I rather expect Tor will drum up a lot of interest for foreign publishers. Everyone knows how much they’ve spent on this already for one thing. I rather imagine Tor will be going to the Frankfurt book fair as well. Mwahahaha
Will look into at least your tapas recommendation, I still have money to spend there. I tend to lose interest within a few episodes, but your comment on best dragon dad grabbed me 🤣
Great news about Maggie, but I’m still obsessing about Hugh. Do you have a title yet? Will you keep Magic from book one or Iron? Or both? I just realized the significance of ‘metal puppies’ when I redid yesterday’s quiz this morning. Oh, and after the US, in what country do your books sell the most? Hope you are taking this week slow and easy after the marathon.
There is no official title yet 🙂
I’ve actually thought that IRON & BLOOD would be a cool title, like a link between Hugh and Julie’s book title (as I suspect that Julie and Erra will show up in Hugh 2).
That is a good idea! Probably better than IRON & COW or IRON & CHICKEN.
I am totally calling it Iron & Cow from now on in my head.
+99!
OH Iron Cow. *blink* Its in my head now as a cute short story crossover with the kids at the Pale Queen’s estate with the Mastodons and Rhinos cavorting. heeheehee
Maps! Yay! Yay for all the things! I’m so glad you love what you’ve done with Maggie. You know we are going to love it too.
Thank you!
Will you and Gordon play the new game called Split Fiction? I think it might appeal to you.
Ok, these answers lights a fire to read this book. I am working my way through a reread of all your series. I love your worlds(Edge, Innkeeper, Kate, Baylors, Hugh, etc…) that I hate when I am done. This sounds like an incredible new world!! Can’t wait. You deserve a vacation!
Oh my gosh maggie is similar to the trash count?!?!NOW IM EXITED FHWINFBFOWNDID
so looking forward to this coming out. I have almost all your work, and the tax refund is going to get the Edge series, which is all that I’m missing.
Yay for new book/series! Did the one with the girl and the ancient dragon get shelved for the time being?
Puffles is an abandoned project from years ago that got a new snippet recently, but it’s never been seriously discussed for the immediately upcoming schedule 🙂. House Andrews knows how much we love it, so there may be updates at some point.
That would be so incredible. You give me hope! thank you Mod R!
Thanks for the explanation! I loved the reference to Solo Leveling. The anime is beautiful and really brings the manhwa to life. That said, I’m glad Kingdom takes a different tack.
I think this series (duology?) will be a huge hit!
Does Hollywood send anyone to the Frankfurt or London book fairs? Seems like that would be a good way for them to get a jump on what’s about to release so they can then get a jump on buying the rights for TV, movie, or streaming series.
I know KD is an older series but she is like and old friend that you don’t see for a long time but when you do you love to catch up and it feels like you have never been apart. I was so glad when you did the Wilmington set. Then we had Blood heir and I want to know what happened to Derek and… yep it is so easy to run down the rabbit hole. I enjoy this world and wish it could go on forever. But I do understand that a new character and new worlds are out there to be discovered and explored. Thank you for sharing this talent with all of the readers.
“Can you make Tor publish it faster?”
Seems like you need use some compulsion 🙂
I’ve read Lout of the Count’s Family (also translated as Trash of the Count’s Family) novel in its entirety, and it is awesome! I don’t believe the entire series has an official translation yet, but there are fan translations online.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!!! Whew, squee over.
I’m also really happy that you still love this book.
Thank you so much for your writing and ideas!
💐🎊💐MAPS!!! Im so exited for maps. I get lost in the real world and have to use my GPS for at least 15 trips before I remember the way. Maps in fantasy books definitely help me not get lost in fictional worlds too 😀
If you here strange noises from the West Coast that’s just me being giddy over how long this book is.
Thanks for answering questions!
Thank you, and I KNOW I will enjoy reading it. 🙂
thank you for your answers😸
I am super excited for This Kingdom and Maggie, but I didn’t miss that little titbit about working on and off on “a very derivative novella”!
I’ve been on a progressive / cultivation / litrpg reading theme for the past several months and am mostly loving the books I’ve read.
You have blown my mind and even without reading any, I am now torn on which of your not for publication / funsies I want to actually happen more, this or Puffles.
Now to do some praying, or spells, or bribery. . .
I guess I am a true horde member. . .
I was wondering how that managed to slip so smoothly under the radar 😅. I’m also on a huge LitRPG kick, and I’m struggling to find things of a certain quality, so I’m drooling over that news!
I’m guessing you’ve probably read the big ones like He Who Fights With Monsters, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Beware of Chicken and Heretical Fishing; but have you tried Rise of the Cheat Potion Maker and A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World? I enjoyed both those series in different ways. I’ve just started Rise of the Manor Lord – too soon to tell but seems tolerable so far. It’s difficult to sort out what looks good and what doesn’t, plus I’m not going the Royal Road route. I’ve been trawling Reddit for recommendations but hit and miss really.
Have you read He Who Fights With Monsters. I was just introduced to this genre with that series and I seem to have devoured it. 🙃
I was trying to be very chalant in not asking about the novella but rest assured that it didn’t go under the radar!
Have you read the Second Age of Retha series by AM Sohma? It’s my absolute favorite LitRPG series and I re-read it often because it makes me literally laugh out loud. But be warned that the series isn’t finished yet and is currently on pause. The third book does end in an ok place though, you are just left with some questions still be answered.
I got introduced to the genre of litrpg novels by the Threadbare series (Andrew Seiple). I personally prefer it in manga/manhua and/or anime form, turns out, but that might be because novel wise I’ve been on a sci-fi bender recently 🤔
Oh you HAVE to Read Iron prince and Cradle! Other recs: Hero of the Valley, The path of ascension. Shadeslinger, Mother of Learning, Oh great I was reincarnated as a farmer, Mark of the fool and Millenial mage
Nifty; I can’t wait.
Thanks for answering the questions about all the things! So great there is so much enthusiasm for Maggie by publishers!
I needed a reread of something to drown out the world at night, so I started on the Edge. So fun to revisit George and Jack and Rose.
So happy for you and for us, the BDH, Maggie is on its way! I’m not going to count the days!
My singing and painting are about the same, but I am going to take a watercolor class eventually. First I have to finish cleaning out my office to make room for new projects!
Thanks for the update. 💚 Have a great week!
If the first book is the success that the publisher is hoping for, I suspect that any sign that book 2 will end the story will lead to a display of sad puppy-dog eyes while waving large sums of money under your nose. 😅
Oh my, cannot wait for Maggie’s story. Love the questions and answers. Thank you!
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me – Who made this title, you or the publisher? Isn’t she killed a couple of times in the snippets you gave us? Undying is so much cooler and possibly more accurate. 😉 Sometimes book titles just seem weird.
Regardless of Title, it will be read within 24 hours of release!
The title was a collaboration between authors and publishers, but very close to the initial concept of House Andrews.
The kingdom never kills her- as she is undying, as the series name still proclaims 🙂
Thank you for always taking time to answer our burning questions.
I have to admit to a bit of pride and a lot of amusement at how often the detective skills of the BDH as a whole have come up in these conversations about Maggie. TOR needs to prepare.
We are a mighty and very very HUNGRY Horde. If we are not fed, we seek out food (information)— or we just wildly speculate amongst ourselves (freely sharing with anyone who happens to be online with us) until someone in authority feels compelled to drag us back to reality. 🙂
Thank you for all the Q & A!! So much going on!! Oh, to be an aide-de-camp for an agent or publisher at the London and/or Frankfurt book fairs. Sigh of longing!!
And also thanks for the links to Luisa Pressler! Her new genre of paintings are gorgeous! I am also moved by Monet – not an artist, but I have loved the Water Lilies since jr. high. (50+ years!!)
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ooohhhh bring on The Kingdom! can’t wait to devour it. As a side note, my son recently got me to read He Who Fights With Monsters. it’s my first LitRPG and I loved it. If the one you’re playing with comes out anything like that you will definitely have a new audience trolling your back catalogue 😊
Thank you for answering most of our questions. I appreciate the grace and humor that you all use with your ravenous fans.
I’ll try not to wish my life away, but next year can hurry up.
All the puffy hearts!
Wow, I’m rarely so early for a new blog post. Only 48 comments! For whatever reason the e mail announcing a new blog comes a day AFTER the blog is posted on the site. I try to remember to check the site early and often, but I am still often further away from a new post than being near the right now stage of the post. (When was it posted? Right now!) I like to read from the site because my browser does dark mode and my e mail doesn’t. So when I saw an e mail announcing a new blog I came here, and to my surprise (and because you apparently did two consecutive days of posting) I’m in early! Yay! Thanks for the Maggie questions snuck in after the Hugh questions. I can’t wait.
Can’t wait for either, or both! Or should that be w*it? Also did I understand that Hugh is already done? How is that possible? I must not be. 0_0
No, Hugh is not already done, it is being written at the moment 🙂
Mod R to the rescue! I didn’t think that I was right, but the way Ilona worded it, I misunderstood her. Drat.
Thank you, Ilona, for taking the time during your edit recovery to provide additional details on the publication process and for providing additional reading suggestions (for me) of new genres!
Just one more reason the Horde is so grateful for you, Gordon and Mod-R!
Peace, health and safety to all!
Thank you for answering questions! I’m so excited for Maggie! and I’m so happy that you love the story and world. I know we will all LOVE it!
I am soooooooooo excited! All hail the Author Lords! Also, doesn’t Ilona sound like she feels a lot better? That makes me happy too 😊
+1
I’m thrilled you loved writing the book! I also hope the rest of the books are just as fun for you.
I love all your books. I just finished listening to the entire innkeeper series then reread all the Edge books. I’m about to reread Hugh again to see if I missed anything. Pure joy!!
I’m going to an accounting conference in San Marcus next month. I’ll think of you, wave and lift a pint in your honor!!
Have a fabulous week!!
I always love it when you answer our questions and/or recommend stuff to check out (ie,distract us between books and snippets and Graphic Audio releases)!
That last answer made me a little teary! I’m so excited for this book. And I’d like to request lots of maps. All the maps!!!
Yes yes all of the maps! I love me some good maps
I am SO going to get the sprayed edge beauteous, gorgeous book with wonderful words and amazing story!! Preorder yaaaas! I shall devour with much enjoyment. Thanks for all your hard work!
Can’t wait to read The Kingdom. I love how you guys have moved from “the new shiney thing” to Maggie and now The Kingdom. What a cool evolution.
And we are all looking forward to reading it!! Thank you for all of your wonderful hard work, the ” ripper cushions” of such fantastical minds that bring the BDH such joy.
I am, as is everyone else, very, very excited. Nice to have things to look forward to while the world is so chaotic. Thank you. Ace is wrong though…hardcover Kate’s would definitely sell. Boo on them.
+100
Why does Hugh need a new cover? What is the purpose of changing covers?
The authors would just like an updated look for a new edition 🙂, perhaps celebrating the next release. Genre covers have moved on since Iron and Magic was published.
/Book Goblin wails/ “Too long! The wait is too long! To Bookhalla!
(If you are unfamiliar with Elizabeth Wheatley’s Book Goblin, go to YouTube and search for her. Book Goblin would totally belong to the Hoard. Elizabeth Wheatley is hysterical, and a damn good writer. BTW, Bookhalla is where readers go after they suffer for a book.)
Elizabeth Wheatley is of the Horde and has been featured on the blog several times 🙂.
Ooh yes, special editions! That would be fantastic.
Maybe one of the genre publishers could tackle Kate Daniels, like The Broken Binding, Grim Oak Press (their Dresden Files are fantastic editions), Subterranean Press and the like might be an option? It’s such a good series and a hardcover edition would be great.
And everything about the new book and series sounds fantastic. I’m so looking forward to it!
Thank you.
Thank you Ilona, this was all very interesting! My favorite part was where you said how much you love Maggie and this book, and how much you enjoyed writing it. That makes me all the more excited to read this! 💕💕💕💕
I’m so incredibly excited for this story. I think for the BDH it hits so close to home for many of us because of how huge our own fandom hearts are! Like, what in the world would we do if we were dropped into post shift ATL right at the beginning of Kate’s story? Like, hello? We’d *need* to be undying to get to the 3rd book. It’s like we all are Maggie and we’re already cheering for her before we even get the book!!
I cannot wait.
in addition to anime, Jasper Fforde wrote a whole series, beginning with The Eyre Affair, about an agent who enters novels and interacts with the characters. She sort of sneaks around in the spaces between the written scenes. They’re really smart and amusing.
Seconded; they’re hilarious.
MAPS! Thank you for all of the wonderful information. I am sure I will be able to comprehend it after I get past MAPS! I love MAPS!
If Tor came back that quick, it a great offer, then this book must be all the things. The only bad thing is that I have not yet developed the ability to bend time. I shall keep trying.
If anyone can, it’s the Horde 😁
+1
I’ve been thinking about this and it kinda sounds like the BDH has infiltrated TOR.
I’m trying to learn how to script and I think I can create a script that uses googler (https://github.com/jarun/googler) to search for “This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me” every few hours so we’ll know as soon as the pre-order shows up.
Now is it possible to have the script also order the book when it finds the pre-order?
We will also announce it on the website and all the Ilona Andrews socials as soon as it’s available 🙂
Then you will hear the roaring of fingers hitting the pre-order online, the stamping of feet in the bookstore, and the yell of “it’s ordered!” from the Horde. 😀
Yes!!!
How do we submit questions to Mod R? I mainly want to know if any of the books are scheduled to come out in a box set? If yes, when? I want to buy physical copies of everything.
You’ve done it right 🙂! I don’t have official news about box sets at the moment…but do watch this space!
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
(Look, normally I’m slightly more literate but it’s been a week 🙈)
Any information on pre order of Hidden Legacy Graphic Audio on Audible?
It was mentioned awhile ago and then radio silence. Really looking forward to it!
The preorder is available on Audible 🙂 https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Burn-for-Me-Dramatized-Adaptation-Audiobook/B0DWV653JQ?ref_pageloadid=VSjgVv62O3oi4vvL&pf_rd_p=af5062e9-57de-425c-9e02-6d8ad006b9aa&pf_rd_r=8B080GYWF7Q25X11JXVH&plink=zF9G6pYTulAmRDcj&pageLoadId=0SgKQgW5s2CsmLMs&creativeId=83220593-1d50-4883-bad4-b5d505543719&ref=a_author_Il_c9_lProduct_1_4
I’m so excited for Maggie! I can’t wait till we see the cover!
Having the previously released KD books in HC would’ve been amazing. Bummer that the idea was shot down. I hope we get KD special editions one day!
How many of us glommed onto the LitRPG being written in spare time. As a fan of Solo Leveling and many of its ilk, I’d be on one from HA in a hot second if you ever decided to publish.
Sooo excited! I am counting the days (metaphorically, because if I did it literally I would lose my mind waiting :P). I just wanted to jump in and recommend How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler as another great portal story!
I love that HA (best acronym ever!) is having fun dabbling with writing aLitRPG for giggles. However, all this talk of The Kingdom and LitRPG’s has me thinking of all sorts of randomness, like The 10th Kingdom.
Does anyone else remember this miniseries? I know it doesn’t technically level up, but it has that vibe, and Scott Cohen was a hoot. I mean, if you’re looking for something to distract yourself from the 2026 deadline, I’d highly recommend watching this. Lots of fun!
Yes! I actually have the dvd box somewhere gathering dust… Really liked this!
Thanks for answering the questions! I never think to ask any so thanks to the BDH for asking things!
I was trying to work out what to call the book when discussing with friends as the title is so long haha I tried to use TKWNKM but I now just say Maggie haha
So excited for this release! and also because it means the UK might get a SE which makes it easier for me in Australia to get than from the States!
wow Luisa is in Germany
didn’t know that 🙂
A bit sad that Luisa Preissler doesn’t illustrate books anymore. I loved her covers, both for Ilona Andrews and for Lindsey Buroker. She draws interesting female characters that convey strength but still look quite pretty. Of course, as an artist she needs to go where her creativity takes her. I wish her all the best in her painting career.
I am a sucker for isekai plot. Partner that with my absolute favorite writing duo and suffice to say, I am beyond excited!
My absolute favorite fantasy isekai is Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill. Its also available on crunchyroll for anyone who wants to try their first foray into this genre. For romance isekai, I recommend Why Raeliana Ended Up in the Duke’s Mansion and Doctor Elise: Royal Lady with the Lamp.
Aahhh I am so excited!!!
I just want to say thank you for answering the Horde’s burning questions. Appreciate IA and Mod R so much! ❤️
Omg I’m so excited for all the things. Y’all rock. Thank you for your art! I cannot wait!
Thank you for these answers! I am so excited & it’s wonderful to have a window into the publishing side of things. I had wondered why Tor was publishing this time & now it’s clear to see! And fun to imagine that they appreciate it as much as we will! Thank you again & well wishes for your bodies, minds, and souls as you do life!
“They are not interested in pursuing that at this time. As much as we all love Kate, it’s an older series.”
brb going to cry in the corner for a bit
Follow up on hardback for Kate: is an Ace reissue the only option available atm (ie they still have sole publishing rights?) or is that just the polite first query? Could a reprinting be done through someone else and does house Andrews have any interest in pursuing that with all that’s going on for them right now?
at the moment, it is in Ace’s hands 🙂
Been back after a few months gone. Maggie is 2026? So far away……. TT
So excited for this, thank you for such a comprehensive update! I’ve recently been reading the Lout of Count’s Family manwha and I love it, excited for the additional recs.