Welcome to the Breach Wars!
The Inheritance actually slipped into Amazon circulation late last night, so we had to scramble a little bit to match it on our store. I have a few store queries to take care of and I will jump on it right after this post.
Obligatory cover and synopsis.
We are at war. The interdimensional invasion brought us unimaginable suffering, but it also awoke talents slumbering deep within us, a means to repel and destroy our enemy. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. If you are a Talent, your country needs you. The world needs you. Be the hero you were born to be.
Adaline is a Talent. Ten years ago, she had a happy marriage and a job she loved. The invasion shattered both. Now she works for the government, searching the breaches for magic metals and medicine to help Earth repel an interdimensional enemy. Two kids, one cat, bills, benefits, mortgage and school tuition…Risking her life became routine.
She had gone into the dimensional gates hundreds of times. She was always well protected. This time everything goes wrong. Now Ada is trapped in the labyrinth of alien caves unlike any other. Her only companion is a scared German Shepherd named Bear. Together they must uncover the breach’s secrets and escape, because Ada promised her children that she will come home.
The future of humanity depends on it.
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A quick note regarding EU access to the store. The company that onboarded our EU tax compliance assumed that all books are tax free in US, which caused an issue when I tested the store and it dramatically failed to collect Texas tax. We had to temporarily remove EU access, but they assure us that everything is fixed. Once I get through the customer issues, I will try reopening and we will see if it works.
This was such a fun serial to write. Thank you so much for coming along on this adventure with us!
PS from Mod R: This is also our INHERITANCE spoiled thread. For everyone who rushed to the end (I see you, I am you) – there are added scenes along the way, all the new content isn’t just in the last chapter.
Thank you, Ilona and Gordon, for this sharing of your fantabulous caring and creative souls! This was my first serial as a Horde member and the experience was so very very enjoyable! Read the Author’s remarks first – thank you for being such caring souls! Then threw delayed gratification to the winds and went to the ending – so satisfying. Now back to the beginning for a complete read. Sending peace, health and safety to all!
Happy Book Birthday!!!!
Hi, thank you for the Bookfunnel option. I used it for The Inheritance for the first time with no hiccups. I look forward to using it when possible (since I’m sure sometimes it won’t be if not self published).
Is “The Inheritance” available for purchase by libraries?
Because I definitely want to ask SFPL to buy it through its Suggested Purchases function, but there are monthly limits per library card holder, so I wanted to check first.
I asked about libraries, waiting on an answer; it may be that we just have to let the file upload through the various systems before it appears 🙂
Awesome, thanks for checking!
I love it!!!! So great! And, yes, I read the ending first. Because I couldn’t wait to finish it! And now I will go back and reread the whole book. THANK YOU! ( Love the London part ) Again, THANK YOU! Can’t wait for the next book. You guys are the best.
Thank you for the opening address ‘Welcome to the Breach Wars’! I am so excited for this new series! Book 1 has already been devoured and am currently floating in my happy place with the biggest smile! Long live Ada and the goodest of girls Bear!
All the Horde who are looking for The Inheritance on Barnes and Noble without clicking on the very nice link at top.
I found The Inheritance on Barnes and Noble in the audio book section online. I typed in “Ilona Andrews” in Books. Then I went on the hunt. For some strange reason, Barnes and Noble buried the ebook within the audio books.
My advice for all the Barnes and Noble BDH readers is to use the link at the top for ease of getting the book. Unless you want to hunt for it the other way. 😂🤪😉
Let’s give them until tomorrow, B&N system is sometimes quirky.
I can’t replicate the issue, the book appears in the search for me with no difficulty or oddity 🙂
B&N gets quirky on my end most of the time. I wanted to put it out there where I found the book since there are those in the Horde who tried to look at B&N and had a hard time finding it. 😁🤷♀️
I’m wondering about triggers. Specifically SA?
Thank you
There is no SA in the book.
A list of content warnings is present at the beginning: divorce; parental abandonment/estrangement; violent fight scenes with harm to monster animals; mental health themes like anxiety and panic attacks, grief; insects and arachnids.
Best Sellers Rank: #14 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#1 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction eBooks
#1 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction
#1 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books)
Congrats eagerly awaiting the next book
When I clicked on the #14 it is now #3. So awesome!
Love, love, love this story!! And I loved all the extras added since the serial was issued
Hi – Sorry for posting this publicly. I just wanted to let Ilona and Gordon know how much I have valued your work over the past several years, and esp now when I dearly need an escape. I was affected by the incident at the CDC campus last Friday- and reading the serial in full is giving me a moment to breathe.
I’m so sorry you went through that, and glad the book provided relief! Big hugs, I hope more peacefulness comes!
Happy Book Birthday! Even though I read the serial on line I am reading from the start. It’s been fun and thank you for the sticker images. I can make my own stickers!
I am delighted to see that the book is in the Amazon top 100 on both the American (10) and the Australian (14) site. Well done 🙂 🙂
I have now devoured the newest offering and am both delighted! It was so good! And devastated! I must now chalantly W@!T, that most awful of four letter words, for the now much desired sequel! Woe! I’m unconvinced on only a sequel though. The Inheritance feels sneaky and like it really wants to stuff more story under the hood. I mean, can ONE more novel really capture all of a whole hinted arc? And what about Leo!? And Jackson!? They feel suspiciously storyful.
BUT! I make no demands, we need nice rested author lords to produce the precious. I merely sit, occasionally with soulful eyes not unlike Bear eyeing a much wanted but denied stalker steak, waiting for the next awesome book. Of any variety. They’re all good. 🙂
So, yes I went straight to the end; and well….. Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏. Thank you so much for this. You guys are so talented, thank you so much for sharing your gift with us.
Would it be a spoiler if I said the meet between Ada and Elias was AMAZING! Almost as good as “Here Kitty Kitty”.
Now, I will go back to the beginning and find all the new additions to the story. I also love the title page, it said Book 1…… this means there’s going to be a Book 2. May I ask when? ☺️
Also, will the Saturday interview be posted for those of us who can’t join?
So exciting!! Will you be launching on bookshop.org as well?
Will ask when the paperback comes out 🙂
Ah, ok! They recently launched ebooks so I have been trying to purchase digitally from there. I will grab from another retailer!
Thank you so much.
Happy birthday to me as well. Whet a nice way to celebrate during a heat wave. It’s not as if I’m going anywhere when it’s this hot.
Happy Book Birthday! 🎉 HA hit it out of the park again! And the punch was oh so satisfying to read! Go Ada! I’m so happy you mentioned the “s” word as I know you can do so much with the possibilities of this world.
Thank you!!!
I forgot to add that I loved the letters from both Gordon and Ilona! 😍
thank you, it was wonderful!!!! stayed up to the we hours as I resisted skipping to the end, and so worth it!! fabulous ending , and a kitty! you always deliver, thank you for all you do for us
Happy BB-Day! If anyone is into anime, checkout Solo Leveling. Same vibe as the book, but different.
I loved the added scene of Elias and Leo going to the house, that added a nice personal touch
I skipped right to the end to finish it. And now I will have a leisure reread very soon.
Will future inheritance also be a serial like innkeeper or a traditional book?
That was wonderful! Now I need to reread the Innkeeper Chronicles ❤️
Thank you for all the work on The Inheritance from when you released the first part of the serial in April to now! I looked forward to each week for new chapter snippets and now to have the book and the start of the Breach Wars series!!! While I want to demand the sequel now, I shall patiently w@!t, because you can’t rush the genius of IA!
The best early birthday present! Taking my cue from the best girl Bear, I demonstrated much p*tience and started from the beginning. Loved the story and especially that ending! The added scene with Elias and Ada’s kid was a gut punch, the post-breach reckoning was everything I was hoping for, and I did not have the galactic feline-adjacent distribution system anywhere on my bingo card. Good luck Elias! Thanks for the adventure!
What a wonderful story! Spoilers discussed below.
I checked and discovered The Inheritance on Kobo last night before I went to bed. After immediately purchasing it, I decided I wanted the whole experience, so I, through an extreme act of willpower, did not skip to the end, but started over from the beginning. I made it to chapter 3 before the words started blurring and my eyes wouldn’t stay open anymore.
I read the rest of the book after work today, and I was not disappointed. Getting the whole of the story as one, finding the new nuggets of content along way, was delightful! I especially like how several edits addressed questions and comments that were raised while the serial was being weekly published. We the horde helped, at least a little, in our feedback, to improve the story. That is really cool.
A lot of comments above mentioned “the punch”. The punch was epic! But here’s why: Ada punched through London’s shield, and broke it. While London and Elias’s skill level differs, we know that Elias’s shield would break a pure black adamant sword, which is probably magical because it glows purple. That adamant sword didn’t even cause the Blade Warden’s shield to waiver. If Blade Warden’s shields can stand up to pure adamant, but not to Ada, what does this mean?
Ada’s fists are more powerful than adamant!
Thank you, Ilona and Gordon, for publishing this amazing story during a dark time. As you intended, I was able to look forward to each new installment, and it was a bright spot every week. Even if an extra week went by between installments, knowing there was more to come was a true element of hope for me.
did you know Thursday, Aug 14 is Miracle Treat day at DQ? I feel an urge to get a turtle blizzard. can’t think why that flavour. 😆
Happiness – Thanks 😊
I admit I’m one of those who jumped to the end, though I’m now reading through properly.
Given the nature of the BDH I admit I’m wondering if any Ada and Kovo shipping went on.
This made me laugh. I read Kovo as younger – was that just me? Like too young to date – a juvenile maybe. So even if laid species aside that was a no no.
There was no Ada/Jovo ship 😂.
I just finished it and OMIGOD!!!!!!!!! Gods, you guys always deliver and then some. Thank you for the scene between Elias and the kids. Thank you for all of it.
I can’t wait to read it all again!
I’m pleased to report I did not skip to the end. I read it in order. And oh man, was it worth it! Sooooo good.
I know it’s not fair, but I’m hoping y’all fall in love and make it a series and not just a sequel – sorry! I guess that’s the curse of talent.
Regardless of what you decide to do, thank you for giving me yet another wonderful world to step into and escape reality. I fall in love with reading all over again every time I read one of your stories. I can’t wait to buy the paperback as well to share with my Nana.
Hope you get some much deserved rest!
Just finished again! We should have a poll to name the cute Giant Kitty Cat.
We could go with Toona since we get to keep it. Really excellent story and thank you once again.
Fabulous book! I started at the beginning,just when I got to the end…I had to stop for a group sister phone call!! Arghh!
But it was well worth the wait! Go Ada and Bear!!
I have read the ending three times. Loved it and was sad when it ended.
Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve already devoured it (and yes, I read the last two chapters first) and squeee! I’m a piggy in the backseat in the car with the windows open and a pinwheel!
Yes, I went straight to the finale. Then did a u-turn and read the whole thing, new parts and all, and love it all.
Congratulations to House Andrews on another home run! You really smashed this one out of the park!
I enjoyed the “Letter to the Readers”. Since Ilona now admits that there will probably be ONE sequel … does this mean The Breach Wars will turn into a 6- to 10-book cycle just as Kate Daniels, Hidden Legacy and Innkeeper have? (Jeanine Frost is probably snickering in the background…)
Regarding the ending, I suspect Elias is going to discover for himself the answers to two big philosophical questions:
1. Where does the 600 lbs kitty cat sleep? and
2. When does the 600 lb kitty cat get fed, petted, brushed and given treats?
The answers, of course, are: “wherever she wants” and “whenever she wants”.
What I am really wondering though is what happens when Samantha decides to give the “nice kitty” some catnip?
The big question is who empties the kittie’s litter box😉
As always with your work I enjoyed The Inheritance. Thank you for adding an excellent read to my day !
It was so good. I loved rereading it and getting the ending.
Thank you IA, I finished it last night, great ending, and I loved learning more about Tia. Looking forward to the next one…. how the Elias – Ada relationship progresses, and how they will kick some a** together!!
New book! New book! New book!
Channeling my inner Book Goblin here. NOT reading any comments until I’ve read the shiny final Inheritance I just downloaded! Thank you HA and Mod R!
The BDH is mighty. I just checked the Amazon rankings and THE INHERITANCE is #1 for all the Amazon rankings, both the main category and all of the book’s subcategories. WOW and again WOW! Quality tells and Ilona and Gordon always deliver a quality story. Congratulations and many many thanks.
Anne in Virginia
Spent a good part of yesterday reading from beginning to end. So glad I held myself from reading the ending first. Excellent throughout and I loved the added pieces along the way. Elias and the kids – soo good. The ending – of course just right. “The Inheritance” definitely stands among all the other must reread books HA has written. Joy, joy, joy. As an aside, bought this through HA website. Worked like a happy dream.
Thanks for another great book!
I’m with Eric.
“…tore right through his blade warden force field…”
Huh.
Wow.
Is that normal/expected?!?
Looking forward to Sunday’s insights 😎
Thanks for yet another great book. I was good and read it from beginning to the end. Bear is the best girl !
The punch was very satisfying. I look forward to the next offering from our favourite authors.
OMG you’re up to #1 in the Kindle Store! HOUSE ANDREWS IS UNSTOPPABLE WITH THE POWER OF THE BDH BEHIND THEM!!!!
It’s currently number 1 on kindle store ! Yayyyyy!!!!
Purchased mine as soon as I could. As I have been following the serial- I went right to the “new” chapters for the among…no patience
PS…Baha- Char… Will there be a guest appearance from our favorite Innkeeper, Werewolf, Arbiteator, or Vampire House
Waiting with bated breath for the next sequel installment
I am I Mac user–and yes, I know this is a cliche. I purchased a copy of Inheritance and got the email validating the purchase, but there is no link to the content. Suggestions?
Please use the store contact for issues, this is why they are there. I unfortunately cannot help in the comments 🙂 https://ilonaandrewsstore.com/pages/contact
I can suggest checking your junk/spam folder before, just to be sure.
Fixed it. The original confirmation came in through regular mail. The download got stuck in the spam folder. Should have checked that first…
Did not see that many pictures. not like when you posted the chapters. I know the print will not be color. still same amount?
All the original illustrations commissioned for the Inheritance have been included, with at least 3 that weren’t posted in the online serial 🙂
The other pictures used for serial chapters on the blog are stock images, and the licence purchased to use them does not extend to publishing in a book.
Thank you so much House Andrews and Mod R!! For the incredible book and the incredible HA support. I am one of those, as you say in your letter to readers, “going through it.” This has absolutely made a positive difference in my mental health. I am so humbled by your talent and generosity for producing this masterpiece NOVEL (!!) while editing “This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me.”
I appreciated the Book Funnel option, which I had used with Elisabeth Wheatley’s books before. I am amazed (though unsurprised) that even with this option that surely many of us used, you still hit #1 in the kindle store.
Thank you for the amazing book and all you do. I hope you have time for rest and recovery for yourselves ASAP.
Yay!!! 😁 Thank you!
I’m really struggling to buy. I love having the physical versions of your books BUT will the actual book have the artwork? Or is the artwork only available with the electronic versions?
The print format will have the same art, but in black and white 🙂
Thank you! It was great. I am ready for the next one! Do you wish to discuss?
Yes, I too am guilty. I had to find out what happened at the end…HOWEVER, I will now re-read the entire book and try to find the missing/new scenes. Thank you again House Andrews for an excellent surprise to our summer. Also is there BEAR fan club merch yet? if not there should be!
ModR,
Hey I went back to the beginning after I read the end! no worries I’m probably reading at least two more times this week! 🙂
ZenHugs
Elias got a kitty! 😻
Got mine last night… and literally couldn’t put it down until I finished it. Even though I read the serial, there were added/expanded scenes and an overall tightening of the storyline/characters. Loved it all!
Ordered and started reading on Wednesday. Love reading it.
I’m Japanese and glad to help with pronunciations if you need me.
Thank you so much Sako 🙂 , we already have the clip this time, but will absolutely take advantage of your generosity in the future!
Ada punching out London was just to die for! I think Ada is the perfect example of Elias’ opinion that power gain is based on will. Ada’s will is absolute.
And the whole “Does he act like he’s your dog.”
And of course adopting the poor abandoned kitty. Now Elias has a matching pet. They can go on highly secured walkies together.
So good! I had travel yesterday and was thrilled to get this in time to read. I was almost at the end when Ada was coming out and Cold Chaos was going in when I had to get off the plane. 😂 I had to wait until I got through the airport and onto the light rail before I could finish. Aggravating, but worth it!
I loved the additions with Ada’s kids.
I’m glad you had fun writing this because I sure had fun reading it. I didn’t cheat and read the end, I like to savor my favorite books so I started with chapter 1. I did spot some new material too. thanks as always for your great books and can’t wait for book 2!!
Chortle, chortle, chortle. I have purchased the book. It’s next up on my Kindle now.
I want a Bear stuffed animal!
“Does she seem like your dog, vice guild-master?” 😂😂
Ada was NOT playing and neither was Bear!!
Very nice ending, I always enjoy your work.
Tight story lines, great world and species development all with an easy unencumbered flow.
Absolutely looking forward to the sequel.
Hoping Ada perhaps meets w Dina for some answers to her questions about herself and the Tsuun.
I can vouch for the added content. Am now re reading from the start.
Hubby is also enjoying it. He didn’t read the serial so all of it’s shiny and new.
It was the best ! Thank you so much !
I did the BDH thing of reading the ending, then going back to read from the beginning. Now I have so many thoughts!
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1. Ada doesn’t know who to trust yet, but Tia is right there ::shifty eyes:: . . . Also, very cool that Tia could check if post-breach Ada was “still me.” 👀
2. Poor Elias—he already wonders (and agonizes over the question) if healers could have saved his wife, and now he himself gains healing abilities. Also quite bittersweet that he unlocks the healing ability right when he sees Ada reunited with her kids—a reunion he will never have with his own wife and son.💔
3. I had a good laugh at Ada’s ex being named Roger Moore. 🕵️♂️
4. London and Melissa and the second assault team know the truth—that Ada walked out of the breach on her own. Can’t imagine London and Melissa keeping that a secret, especially if London wants to create trouble for Cold Chaos . . . ? 👿
5. Did I understand correctly that the large cat that kept scavengers away from the assault team’s remains was the same skelzhar in the anchor chamber? 🐆
6. Wonder what other recordings have been stored in the sphere that Elias and team found in the second, younger, skelzhar. Could Ada’s entire journey in the breach have been documented? 🎥
7. And last but not least: squeeee at “He hadn’t felt so alive in years.” 😍
Yes, the gress brought only the 2 skelzhars 🙂 . The one in the anchor room and the baby Elias found.
Thank you for the confirmation, Mod-R! 🙏🏼
#6 – And who did the recording???
I got the book, delighted!!! Your website sales work so well, looking forward to buying more ebooks this way as they become available 💜 Jumped to the end and now will start from the beginning 😀 I wish for book 2 like, tomorrow… Maybe a blog series as well at some point so the wait is a bit shorter?? And more than just 2 please Ada is the best!!! and we need a Leo spin-off…
Love, Love, Love the “Letter to Readers”!
As Gordon so eloquently writes, the result was utterly predictable.
I own all of your books and have followed along on the serials.
I am so happy that the release of “The Inheiritance” so closely followed the last published episode of the serial. It would have been torture to wait much longer. I only wish Maggie would release sooner!!
Also, Ilona’s recommendation of Tears of the Wolf…. wow.
Thanks so much!
Finished it! I know I am late, but unreasonably extensive work demands kept me from finishing yesterday.
WOW! So good! Loved the chapter with the kids meeting Elias; I did not realize this was missing in the serial until I read it now. Also, I might have skimmed a bit on the known chapters, but I believe you toned down the whole „Malcolm is dead“ thing.
London (barely) survived; he may be back to haunt Ada when he realizes that she came back changed. No doubt he will try to monetize this information now that he is jobless.
Elias leveled up at the end AND got a kitty! This has so much potential for future interactions… I was aware during the serial that there was one alien kitty unaccounted for, but I did not expect that outcome.
Ada managed to keep her cover for now, but this cannot work for long. She cannot go back into the breach as a DeBrA, especially with another guild;,her cover will be blown at the first monster attack.
So, the fleet is off to a slow start, but I have no doubt it will stay true to the charted course! Maybe Tia will be the ships‘ navigator…
So many exciting hooks and loose ends to explore in the new series…
Thank you for this wonderful story. I am reading it for the second time( not counting the serial). You are amazing story tellers.
Happy (belated) book birthday!! So happy to read another book from my favorite authors. Thank you!
Awesome. What a heroine and sidekick! Looking forward to them sticking it to the Tsuun.
Hello authors,
MJ here from Spain.
I hope some publisher is encouraged to publish your books in Spanish, because they would be a huge success. The only ones published in Spanish (En el límite and the first two by Kate) are treasures in my library.
Thank you so much for the new book and congratulations on its success.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for this book! You have such an amazing talent and creativity! I read all your books and you never become repetitive or formulaic. You are among the best storytellers on the market!
I made myself read through… Worth It!!
(Sighs of happiness!) Just finished the book. Thank you Gordon & Ilona for the amazing world you have created. I love all your work do I don’t care which story you pick up next they are all a joy to fall into. I hope you both factor in a well deserved rest at some point because prolific as you are you could never write fast enough to keep ahead of our Book Devouring pace!
I’d be really interested in seeing the breakdown % of where people buy it (if house andrews wouldn’t mind sharing) Like I feel like most the blog peeps will get it direct but it’s also clearly selling like hot cakes on amazon too
Hi!
I bought the book from the Ilona Andrews Store. Is that a physical copy? Or ebook?
Thank you
The direct store sells digital copies. An email will be sent to you to download your file 🙂
Well, Ada’s list of allies is short if it follows logic. Cold Chaos with Elias in charge it is – for now at least. Possible it can expand to other guilds, Elias seems to be a treasure trove of contacts.
If it’s inadvisable to meet directly they can exchange messages in breaches via the escort teams.
Can Ada maybe switch to damage dealing? Her speed and weapon of choice screams pulse carver, maybe interceptor.
Will Bear be her companion in breaches forthwith? She should be able to swing it – like I’ll be more comfortable with my own GSD to warn me and keep the monsters at bay till the escort deals with them. Totally nothing to do with the food bill for my totally normal GSD, who is just a liiittle big. Like feeding the family dog raw meat is just gross you know. And no way does this sweet lovable family dog hunt monsters, no sir! Those big teeth? Look! She is smiling.
I got my ‘copy’ directly from the store Monday evening (so you did great!) and started reading at about 7:45. I did NOT skip to the end. I finished at 11:10PM.
WHERE’S THER SEQUEL?????
Seriously, awesome read!
I managed to abstain from reading the serial and waited for the book to come out – and BOY was it worth the wait! I did so love the book! 🥰🙏🏻
I feel like Sam, begging to keep the kitty (please, please, please!) is an avatar for the BDH. We get a book AND an unexpected kitty??? We have been a good and fluffy horde indeed to be rewarded so. Thank you.
so… is the tsuun from the innkeeper series? the Werecats? im going to have to find time in the next couple of days to do a reread of IK because the implications! Out did your selves though, a congratulations to all including Mod R
I am late to the show, but I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed this book. It was a fantastic immersive experience and I loved every minute of reading it. Thank you very much for the break from the every day!