Our store has been cloned by a scam artist. Meaning it has been copied in its entirety and reproduced elsewhere. It is down now thanks to the quick action by the registrar and vigilance of the BDH.
Unfortunately, in the age of AI it is very easy to copy sites. This will happen again.
PURCHASE ONLY FROM THE REAL STORE
At the top of this site you will see a banner that says OUR STORE.
Use ONLY that link, directly from our site.
The real store has been unlocked pending the investigation. We are super not ready to open, so the merch sales are locked for now but books are available. I will try to work on it this weekend, so we at least have something.
That thing about cloning myself – I really need to look into it.
PS: Mod R takeover!
While Ilona cracks on with somatic cell nuclear transfer, I am taking over to remind everyone there will be a:
Zoom Q&A tomorrow with Ilona and Gordon at 10:00 am Central Time
to celebrate the release of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me!
For everyone who did not manage to get a space: as always the recording will be uploaded to the IA moderator account on YouTube early next week with captions enabled.
YouTube’s own transcript function is now good enough that I won’t be posting a separate transcript this time. Spoiler discussion will be limited by House Andrews’ desire to protect us from ourselves and by the covenant of the traditional publisher contract.
See you tomorrow!
Happy Friday!
Oh no I’m so sorry! That is incredibly frustrating!
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, NOT. The world is a crazy place!
Ughhh people suck! Thanks for taking care of us, and so fast!
Like any good BDH member, I read, was sad… then zeroed in on the Zoom meeting tomorrow and squee! I can’t wait to watch it next week. For those of you who are able to make it, hooray!
Good grief, like y’all don’t have enough to do.
It would be nice if there were a scammer-eating dragon.
Or dursan. Dursan would work for me.
Soooo sorry to hear this, how despicable of them.
Well done to those who reported it. You both deserve a medal 🏅 for all your hard work and Mod R as she is Super Mod to us all
Very, very sorry this happened to you. I have a link on my blog for people to buy The Inheritance. I double-checked and it still goes to your store and the right book. It’s not being redirected or anything like that so I’ll leave it. If you need me to take it down, I certainly can. I can direct people to the blog and tell them to look for the link at the top.
Let me know if there is anything else I can do–post about it, post to the front, not post, etc.
Thank you Maria, that’s perfect 🙂
Boo Hiss! May the store fakers be visited at night by Saiman, robbed by ferrets, threatened by Dushegubs, and then run over by a stampeding Horde!
+1
I have stopped being surprised, sad as that is, by the lengths some people will go to to scam other people. I’m sorry you have another thing to deal with on top of everything else.
On the plus side, I’m very excited for tomorrow’s Zoom! Gordon, please don’t let us down! 😘
Is Gordon known for accidentally spilling out spoilers? If he does, will they be removed from YouTube? Can we bribe someone to, maybe, not remove them? ModR?
Yes to the first. Good luck with the rest.
Omg so sorry! Yet another thing to deal with.
Two comments:
1. Where is a fire-breathing dragon when you need one?
2. Can’t make the Zoom but looking forward to the YouTube.
And you know that the BDH is ready to take up arms anytime. ModR just has to call us to the field and off we will go.
Question about the Store: will the merch about the Kingdom be available internationally?
No official updates about it, sorry.
Ugh! Some people just *Suck*.
You have all my sympathy for having yet another (fresh! unique! new!) store issue.
P.S. TKWNKM absolutely sparks joy and is just what I needed in my life right now.
I’m glad the BDH were on the case then!
I know that has to be so annoying, just one more time suck 😡
Here’s hoping your weekend is better!
Registered for the zoom. My son has a track meet that starts at 9am est, so Im bringing my headphones and hoping the mobile service works. We have no idea yet of how many kids/teams and how many events. It could be done in 2 hrs or 6 hrs.
If I dont make it, you guys have fun!
As annoying as it it, take it as a mark of success. They actually think you are worth cloning.
As if you didn’t have enough on your plate already.
Hope your weekend is better and so looking forward to zooming!!
At times this world is so sad. You shouldn’t have to lose time dealing with this.
Hugs
Spoilers will be limited to protect us from ourselves…..I laughed so hard reading that! House Andrews knows the Horde so well!!! 🤣🤣
That stinks about the cloning. Where’s Aspid when you need him? Or better yet, Chernobog. That way the people who did this can go to Nav and have to explain themselves.
Hmm…too bad Kate killed Neig. He could have used the cloner’s bones as a smoothy. 😉
To everyone who will be on the Zoom call tomorrow: have lots of fun!
Hey, unfortunately I can’t attend the Zoom Q&A, but I would like to know if you have any news for the graphic audio adaptation for Catalina’s trilogy?
I know this has nothing to do with the article but I keep checking the GA website so if you have any news I would appreciate it very much ! Thank you & have a lovely weekend 🙂
Sapphire Flames started recording 3 weeks ago, the preorder should go up soon 🙂
Yay thanks 🙂
Thanks for the info, Mod R!
Mod R, I adore your transcripts! You always figure out what is said while: looking over at a dog, looking down at the table, talking at the same time, etc. You spell character and place names correctly.
I cannot believe YouTube has gotten as good as you. You are the best!
Second this!
Definitely not something you need right now!
Cloning, hum, 2 Ilona’s, oh and Gordon too, twice as much writing!!! 😅🤣😂
I’m waiting to get scheduled for a lung biopsy, which probably won’t happen until next week. My friend sent me the following: “I hope you have some good comforting things to keep you occupied over the weekend–like rereading every Ilona Andrews book 🤪📚”
Okay, I’m starting with This Kingdom 2nd read!
Also waiting for the you tube of the Q&A! I will be fluffy!
Sending wishes that things go smoothly and you get the very best of news. I just finished my second read and it’s almost as good as the first read, so you’ll have something good for distraction. ((Hugs))
Prayers for your procedure and best results. If you haven’t read the Innkeepers, that would be good hospital time reading too. So clever and witty! JCM
Best wishes for your biopsy, and hoping you can manage some of those things the BDH is not known for in the interim.
the problem with cloning is everyone wants to do the fun things. I am envisioning 4 Ilona clones raiding the yarn closet to start new projects while original Ilona looks at her empty tea containers with bewilderment. Who drank all the special tea?
Lol!
Ha! That sounds about right. Pretty sure cloning yourself is one of those things that never turns out the way u pictured it. Much more interesting to make an entirely new person with someone u love and admire.
I’m sorry to hear about the scammer problems. Sadly they seem to b everywhere right now, judging by the ‘urgent final’ messages on my phone. Ugh! We’re happy to w*it for the store to open whenever y’all r ready. We r fluffy in our faith in HA. Y’all know where to find us if the BDH can do anything to help.
😂 love this!!
^^ All of the above.
this sounds like the movie “multiplicity”!!!
Argh! So bummed in solidarity about the merch & web piracy!
Wishing you all rest & brain space this weekend. I’m excited to watch the uploaded YouTube zoom once it’s up! Or next weekend, depending on when my brain can make it happen.
I’m back to re-listens of so many HA graphic & audible worlds while plugging along to clean house well enough for my thorough landlord’s check on my rental. If I were a stress cleaner in the “cleaning helps me manage my world” sense of the word, vs the “yikes! Now they’re coming I must crunch!” variety, life might be simpler!!
Scammers? Bah, a plague on all their houses!
happy Saturday from the UK. sorry to hear about the unhelpful cloning, as you said, if you could clone yourself to get more work done= helpful, if others are cloning to scam = release the horde. Just need grey hat hackers to take revenge on the scammers directly.
Thank you for the quick reaction to the cloned store. I would only use the link on this site, it it is better to be safe than sorry. The internet and the Kingdom of Rellas are both wild and ruthless 😱
Looking forward to shenanigans on the Zoom today.
First reaction = shock!
Second reaction = retribution/justice
Is there any way to identify and hold accountable the sleazy perpetrators?
It requires extreme focus to create a new world and populate it with rich, diverse characters. Interacting with the distinctive personalities in your immersive world until a book magically appears. Then you come up for air and mentally land on our planet…to be slapped by this onslaught of reality. It’s a miracle to create a book as engaging and transportive as the Ilona Andrews books. It’s brutal to suddenly engage with someone trying to profit from your work. I would like to know there are consequences for this. Shame on the thief! I am so sorry this happened.
Every time you take a step forward there are two steps back. Your perseverance is 100% appreciated.
Does this mean you hat only those registered will be able to see the zoom? Or will we, the sad ones, be able to see the replay? Thanks for all you do! I am so glad you caught the fake store.
From the article above:
“ For everyone who did not manage to get a space: as always the recording will be uploaded to the IA moderator account on YouTube early next week with captions enabled.”
Hi, I was in Audible today buying your books but I saw there are 2 version of the Inheritance one from October and one from January. They are very similar but there is a 6 cent price difference. I want to buy the legitimate Audible version that will support you all. Please let me know which to buy. Thank you very much.
They are both legitimate, one dates from the time when The Inheritance was an Audible exclusive. the second entry is from when it was distributed to all the retailers internationally and Audible treated it as a brand new product.
You can purchase whichever is more convenient 🙂
Thank You very much!