You asked for an art roundup guide to the main players of Kair Toren.
We’ve put our best agent on the case. Please don’t tell her any spoilers in the comments, they belong here instead.
The art will be available as bookmarks, vellum inserts, and other goodies in the merch store when it reopens in mid-April.
Happy Friday, and happy (re)reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me! If you haven’t grabbed your copy yet, you can find retail links here.
I am stelka.
Maggie calls me Soo’sshi.
I know secrets.
Also fish.
The fish men complain. They make signs about me.
This means I am thriving.
You want all the humans in one place. So you can understand them.
I already do.
But I will show you. Watch closely.
This is Maggie.
She did not wake.
I fixed it.
This one is bright.
I stay. I watch the dark places.
I protect.
She has den. I added fish.
Den is better now.
We keep each other.
Would steal fish.
Sharp teeth inside smile.
This one kills clean.
No mess.
No noise.
Like biting the back of the neck.
Hands smell like metal and endings.
I would sit close.
But not that close.
This one stands.
Like stone that remembers.
Keeps pack from tearing one another apart.
Does not bend.
Does not break.
Teeth stop here.
If gone –
too much blood.
This one runs the den.
Counts. Fixes. Decides.
No teeth.
But all things move when she moves.
Even the tall dangerous ones.
She lives where food is.
Calls me vermin. I hiss.
Keeps everything in place.
Human from garden.
This one is quiet danger.
Like a hunter who already chose.
I do not like being chosen.
Pretty. Not safe.
Watching.
Would not nap near.
Would not share fish.
Would not bite first. Maybe second.
Humans should be simple.
This one is not.
He feels like story.
Stories bite.
This one is above hunters.
Above teeth.
This one is storm.
He burns bright.
Many fish. Many hiding places.
This one shines.
Like fresh meat in the sun.
Wants to be watched.
Always watches too.
Mostly Maggie.
Teeth still sharp.
Like trap.
I stole his fish. I go where I want.
Tasted like flowers.
For a better Stelka-to-human translation and a tour of Kair Toren locations (including the full map of the Kingdom of Rellas) you can revisit Ilona’s kingdom art reveal post here.
UPDATE FROM THE SIGNING TOUR:
House Andrews are signing extras everywhere they go! In case you didn’t manage to make it to the events, but are in the vicinity, you can still grab your own signed copies:
The Barnes& Noble Arboretum in Austin, Tropes and Trifles in Minnesota, and Joseph Beth in Lexington have numerous signed copies of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me.
In addition, B&N Austin has signed Hidden Legacy copies.
Tropes and Trifles has signed copies of Beast Business, Inheritance, Sanctuary, and Innkeeper and Hidden Legacy (including the little paperbacks which are being phased out).
Am I first?
This human first. I give them fish 🐟
Second time I managed to be first. I take fish, don’t like soup but fired will be perfect :-D.
Thank you for the art, it’s perfect!
Mod R I love your new thumbnail icon!
So exciting yay!!
Delightful!!! Thank you 💖🐟
The Shears think they know the city, the movers, and the shakers. They have nothing on the stelkas.
Wow! It makes the characters so real
Do we get a Sushi point-of-view story at some point? 🙂
I will add it to the list of questions and asks 🙂
love!!!!!
That was wonderful! Go Sushi!!
Thank you again, Mod R for making this week extra extra special. Hugs!!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am just finishing 1st read and trying to imagine what the Sleepless Duke would look like. The answer is smoking hot…🔥🔥🔥
*sigh*
I always preferred dark haired men 😁
All the art is amazing. Thanks for securing the rights to share these via your store.
Once again, Luisa Preissler just takes my breath away. Her intense visualizations of Maggie and Everard are just magnetic.
Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to track all the art down as I read and got lost in the posts.
Love it. Thanks, Mod R!
It’s no spoiler to say that the book is awesome! The art is awesome! Thank you! (Now I want a stelka. The Author Gods give us the best creatures.)
ooooh maybe they can work with Makeship or another stuffie company, and we can get our very own Sushi!!! Guardian of BDH libraries everywhere!
The Sleeping Duke and Sushi’s POV, woohoo! I’m on my second listen and This Kingdom keeps getting better and better!!!
😀 Love the stelka POV. Animal perspectives can be So. Much. Fun!
Thanks
Thanks for the art work. I love the picture of the sleepless Duke! Luisa Preissler is an amazing artist, she depicts the characters beautifully.
Finished book. GAH.
I know! I needed it to last longer, but the best books never do. At least there is gorgeous artwork to collect, and that will keep me busy for a short while.
Good fishing Sushi 🍣.
Mod R when can we get Canada shipment going?
Thanks for the lovely photos
For the merch store?
I’m afraid not for a while, the Canadian tax situation is much too complex atm for the scope of the store 🙁
There are a few companies that specialize in bringing packages from US companies over the border for Canadians. They set you up with a US address and then look after all the border paperwork/taxes and ship it to you domestically. Try googling Shippsy, or Crossborder (the ones I can remember off the top of my head, although I’m sure there are more.)
Such fun! Love Moderator R’s new look! Am reading the wonderful new book I bought in hardback so it will be mine forever. My Precious! Love the artwork and all the extras! Thank-You for these lovely gifts!
Sushi is a great tour guide! 😂
Thank you for all the artwork again! All the artists are so talented!
Sushi is so clever and such a good provider.
The Stelka is so cute!!
So.. we get a point of view from Arvel… a point of view from Sushi, one from Clover…. very short Solentine one.
Please please tell me that there will be a POV from Everard, Kaiden…. and EVERYONE else. PLEASE!!!
I’ve purchased and read everything by these authors and just finished devouring Maggie…..of course, I loved it. Do you have any idea when we can expect the next book in the trilogy?
The first draft of Maggie 2 is nearly completed 🙂 – including “the most intense figh scene” House Andrews say they’ve ever written.
An official date of release has not been decided as far as I know, however.
It is absolutely delightful.