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Hi everyone, Mod R here.

I’ve seen a lot of questions about the reading order of the Kate Daniels World books since the release of the Wilmington Years series.

A complete list of books in order- for all the Ilona Andrews books, not just KD- is always available on the Release Schedule page here. You can also save the page as a PDF and keep it in your documents for ease of access. A small FYI here that other book websites don’t always have the correct list (for various reasons) and, when possible, you should refer to the author’s own.

I thought I would go a bit more in-depth on KD World today, with a timeline overview and details I remember Horde members wanted clarification on. If you want a short-ish summary of the main KD series story, you can find it here.

Brief Kate Daniels timeline

Magic is not a precise force, and its movement in the world is mystery. Even though humanity at large only noticed its return in the world during the atrocities of the Shift, which began with a flare in the early 2010s, magic had been slowly seeping through the cracks and building momentum for decades prior.

It awoke Roland sometime in the 1990s (some think as early as the 70s- Disco Fever Roland is too much to contemplate, however). This is also around the time he found Hugh, so Hugh has a couple of decades on the rest of the main cast, although of course he was kept young through Roland’s magic.

Curran and Kate were both born in the same decade as the Shift, about 5 years apart. When we first meet them, in the early 2040s, Kate is mid-20s and Curran close to 30.

Their adventures in the main KD series span approximately 5 years, with the battle of Atlanta from Magic Triumphs taking place in the summer of 2045. The biggest time skip between books of the main series is Magic Binds to Magic Triumphs, with almost 2 years going by between Kate and Curran’s wedding and their adventures with a 13-month-old Conlan. Snuggled inside this time skip will be the entirety of Hugh’s Iron Covenant series, which will all take place before Magic Triumphs.

Main Kate Daniels Series

The chronological order, including Curran’s POVs (which can all be found in Small Magics, carefully marked to where they belong) and short stories is the following:

  • Questionable Client– Prequel, a year before the main series begins, can be found in Small Magics
  • MAGIC BITES
  • Curran POVs from Magic Bites- his version of Unicorn Lane and dinner at         Fernando’s
  • MAGIC BURNS
  • Curran POV from Magic Burns- Soup
  • MAGIC STRIKES
  • Curran’s POVs from Magic Strikes- Midnight Games and Hot Tub plus Kate’s Origin and Naked Dinner which happen immediately after the book’s timeline.
  • Magic Mourns (Raphael and Andrea novella)
  • MAGIC BLEEDS
  • Curran POVs from Magic Bleeds: Conclave Scene and Awake
  • Magic Dreams (Jim and Dali novella #1)
  • MAGIC SLAYS
  • Gunmetal Magic (Andrea’s POV book)
  • Magic Gifts (Kate novella)- this happens roughly at the same time as Gunmetal Magic. I will take the opportunity here to answer a common question: you can buy the ebook of Magic Gifts separately, but if you’re looking for the print version, it can only be found at the back of the Gunmetal Magic paperback. Afaik, there is no audio version.
  • An Ill-Advised Rescue (can be found at the end of Magic Rises, but takes place a month before the action of the book happens)
  • Magic Tests (Julie’s POV, can be found in Small Magics, happens right before Kate sails to the Black Sea in Magic Rises)
  • MAGIC RISES
  • Magic Steals- Jim and Dali second novella, takes place back in Atlanta whilst Kate&co are in Colchis
  • MAGIC BREAKS
  • Jim’s POV associated with Magic Breaks, immediately after the end of the book- can also be found in Small Magics
  • Curran POV- Moving Day into the subdivision, after Kate and Curran have left the Pack
  • MAGIC SHIFTS
  • Magic Stars (Derek’s Novella). This sometimes appears as Grey Wolf Book 1. There will not be a Grey Wolf Book 2, further adventures of Derek will be contained in the Aurelia Ryder series. (MetalRose4Ever!)
  • MAGIC BINDS
  • IRON AND MAGIC (Hugh’s book #1) + its unreleased, as-yet-unnamed sequel
  • MAGIC TRIUMPHS

The main series ends with Kate and Curran eliminating Roland’s threat and walking not-so-gently into their good Happy Ever After.

The King of Fire, Julie POV short story. 5 years after Magic Triumphs, whilst establishing the queendom of New Shinar with Erra, Julie receives a late night call from the Oracle of Atlanta. Sienna delivers a prophecy about Kate and her line being severed by Moloch. Julie is the only one who can change the outcome, at great personal sacrifice.

The Wilmington Years Series

7 years have passed since Magic Triumphs, and 2 since the King of Fire and the prophecy that Kate must not learn about (at least not from Julie). The sharp-eyed of the Horde will also pick up on the fact that it takes Moloch 2 years to regenerate after Julie dismembers him in King of Fire. We can keep that in mind as something that happens in the background for some of the characters that may not be featured too prominently in the Wilmington series. Ahem.

Magic Tides and Magic Claims both happen in the same year (roughly 2052, but it really doesn’t matter) in summer and early fall, respectively. As of yet, we don’t know whether there will be a third book, so we cannot speculate on its timeline- but House Andrews have said the Wilmington years will probably all precede Blood Heir.

Conlan is 8 years old. Kate and Curran have left Atlanta in order to give him a normal life, away from the pressures of being the son of the former Beast Lord and Consort- and from the suffocating attention of the various factions. The Lennarts live for most of the year in North Carolina and it’s where Conlan goes to school.

You (gender neutral) guys. They still maintain their interest in the Guild of Mercs and they still visit family and friends in Atlanta during the summer! There is no need for confusion as to why they’re in Atlanta during Blood Heir. The subdivision of shifters who left the Pack with Curran and Kate still exists, and they still enjoy the special independence-from-the-Pack status. Conlan has friends and adventures in Atlanta, and he goes to see his werebear grandparents. This is all covered by Nick in Blood Heir when he gives Julie/Aurelia the lay of the land upon their first meeting in his office.

Kate’s power confers youth and immortality, so even during Wilmington and beyond, Kate and Curran will continue to look in their early 30s. This effect extends to most of their friends- if Kate cares about them, they will benefit from her magic, and survive mostly unchanged through the passage of time and almost all physical damage. The exception here is Uncle Nick Stupid Head, who is, well…a stupid head with a very stressful life and a troubled relationship with any magic coming from Kate’s bloodline. Fear the Shinar, even when it bears gifts.

Blood Heir

This happens 9 years after Magic Triumphs, 4 years after Julie found out about the prophecy and roughly 2 years after the Wilmington Years stories. It is the furthest book in the Kate Daniels World timeline, until its sequel arrives.

Let me put this another way: things that are hinted at during Blood Heir, like the vision of Kate with a baby girl, what Derek saw etc have not happened yet, because nothing in the storyline has reached further than this.

“But where is Kate’s baby during Wilmington years?” Not even a glint in Curran’s eye yet, Horde! We will have to do that dirty, filthy thing we all know about and w*ait. “But Conlan says he has a sister!” I’ll take “Who is Julie Olsen-Lennart?” for 500, please, Alex. “But what happened to Derek?” See under BDH Actions, Filthy in the sentence above. P*atience.

Sandra– This is a Kate POV that takes place *during* Blood Heir.

What’s next?

THE CLAMS ARE COMING! Only a couple of weeks left, yay clamming dance of joy. We will devour and enjoy and talk about it for months to come!

Sequels in the KD World *will* happen, but I cannot tell you which first or when, as they will not be announced until House Andrews are happy with how far they’ve gotten in the manuscript and they’re ready to share a preorder.

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  3. I know this puts me in the minority for the BDH, but even hopping up and down excited about a new book coming out, I can wait. Patiently, even.

    Of course, I just bought the first five Graphic Audio versions of the Innkeeper books ….

    • I did that… and I’ve finished them all within a month, they didn’t even last till my drive to Scotland!

  4. Counting down till I get my Magic Clams-media. As it is I’m trying hard not to make other silly Clam related puns, much less tithe-y ones. Apologies if this is too risqué for the site. 😂

  5. I refuse to believe that she wasn’t already a gleam in the eyes. I suspect his eyes gleam every time he sees Kate…

  6. I must *strenuously* object to the language used in the blog post and some comments.

    Words like patience (ew) and wait (how dare you!) have no place in the Horde’s vocabulary. Part of our charm is our complete inability to keep a lid on our impatience.

    Love us, love our impatience. 🙂

  7. Thanks for the hard work in putting all that together for us Mod R – it was very helpful! 🥰
    I’m listening to the GA MB now and will re-listen to both GA releases to get me to the next release date. 😄

  8. MetalRose4Ever!

    Thanks, Mod R! That was a great summary. I just finished the GA of Magic Burns last night and I still have Curran’s voice in my head. Loved loved loved the POV at the end.

    I have to work thru the holiday on Monday, so I told my boss I was going to take it on 6/13 instead. With clams for lunch!! But I too am waiting patiently because I know it will be worth it. Besides, we got Maggie the other day!!!!!

    My life is blessed by HA and Mod R. Period.

  9. I love that our authory overlords are so obsessed with this series that they can’t stop writing it, just as I can’t stop reading it. It’s a beautiful thing.

  11. Great Summary, thank you ModR!

    It now being half term…great time for a re-read prior to Clams release methinks….

      • Thankyou Mod R. Your timing is impeccable. I have just listened again to all the “ Kate” books and enjoyed Renee Raudman’s narration. What a good narrator she is ! I imagine for people with visual impairment good and acccurate narration of books by favourite authors must be a real boon.

        I also appreciate GA ‘s treatment of Magic Bites and look forward to the rest of the series. When I read that GA was planning to do the whole series I was a bit indifferent to the idea but I’ve come around as I’ve realised that their claim is true: it really is a movie in your mind.

  14. Wow, I’m shocked that Hugh is so young! If Roland found him in the 1990s,that would mean he was probably born in the 1980s. I always thought that he was at least centuries old.

    • Based on a comment that came up during one of the Zoom chats that I won’t mention because I haven’t seen it mentioned elsewhere so I guess it’s still very spoilery to Hugh’s next book or two… Hugh would have been born after Roland woke up, not the other way around.

      • Thanks, Tink, but that doesn’t make sense, either. If Hugh was born in the 1990s or later, he’d only be in his 30s at most, which means he and Kate would be of a similar age.

        However, that’s not possible because he was trained by Voron. Not only that, but Hugh was so far advanced in his training that he took over Voron’s position as Roland’s warlord (so he must’ve been at least 20) when Voron left to raise and train little Kate. So that implies there’s quite an age gap, at least a decade, between Hugh and Kate.

        (Am in the midst of re-reading Iron and Magic. So good!)

        • “ If Hugh was born in the 1990s or later, he’d only be in his 30s at most, which means he and Kate would be of a similar age.”

          If someone is born in the 90s or slightly later, they are not 30 in the 2040s 🙂, I think your maths is a bit off.

          Kate and Curran are both born in the 2010s. That’s why they’re 25 and 30ish respectively in early 2040s. I address all of this in the article 🙂

          • You’re right, you did – I clearly need more coffee! I made the mistake of thinking the Kate Daniels novels were set in the present day, which of course they aren’t. D’uh.

  15. Thanks, Mod R, this was a very concise and helpful summary. So when is the store opening again????

    • Hopefully for the Magic Claims release, but I don’t have official confirmation 🙂

      • Yah! for Mod R & the return of the store. Can’t wait. The Merchs are coming, the Merchs are coming!

  16. tgif and thanks for the time line, especially placing Sandra. ready for the Clam Festapalooza!

  17. This is is such a nice summary for all of us, whether we know/remember the details or not! Thank you!!!

  18. So how many are celebrating release day with a clam bake? 😎

    Thanks for a fun post Mod R!

  20. Yay! The clams are coming! Thanks, ModR, for the overview and reading order.

    ModR: Here it is! Save it as a pdf so that you can access a handy copy at any given time. Print it off. Post it on the fridge. Keep it with your precious documents such as your will.

    BDH: nods sagely. This is good advice . . . That many of us will not follow. Others will have backups for the backup copies.

    Looking forward to the Magic Clams. I assume I’m not alone in snickering any time I see ANY reference to clams?

    • Fun fact: the day the preorder link for Magic Claims went live, if you went on Amazon and searched for “Ilona Andrews” it auto-filled “clams” in the search bar 😂

  23. Oh, no, my eyes, they burn- there are two filthy words! I was barely handling the “wait” when you hit me with the “patience” one. 😛

    • Diane, the list on Fantastic Fiction is not in the correct order 🙂.
      That’s why I provided the list on the Ilona Andrews website and said that you should consult the author’s own source first.

  25. Thanks Mod R for the very nice summary. Even with with “wait” and “patience”, it’s still nice.

    What’s really interesting is that I bought frozen clam strips at the store this morning. If they last in the freezer until the book comes out, I might have them for supper with a nice glass of lemonade. 🤠

  27. Been given dates in this post caused me a nose bleed, like the knowledge was too much for my brain.

    Also, love “Kate’s power confers youth and immortality, so even during Wilmington and beyond, Kate and Curran will continue to look in their early 30s. ”

    Yess to Kate looking young and people that not know who she is wondering how old was she when she had Colan.🤣

  28. Every time you post something like this I get the itch to reread the entire series. Again. For the umpteenth time.

  29. I have read the “trilogy” (my name for it) of Magic Binds, Iron And Magic, Magic Triumphs several times. And I seem to find something new and wonderful every time.

  31. Thank you so much for that very neat summary Mod R! I am so excited for the next KD book (Clams and any series after)! I had just recently done a reread… so I need to hold off until the book is actually out!

  33. Thank you for the Clarity.
    Will you be posting this in a permanent place for all to review in future.
    Have a Fantastic Weekend

  36. I feel like I should plan a clam dinner for the release date, or save the book/re read the book for when I will be in NC. Also can Merciful Order of the Clams be a thing in the merch store? I’m trying to figure out how I can shoehorn a quote from any of Ilona Andrews works to my next job interview. In my last one, I used the title and artwork from Stormlight Archive for the presentation and I like that it gives me something to talk about while setting up powerpoint.

    • I don’t usually join things, but I would be honored to be a member of the Merciful Order of the Clams!

    • I am rereading Iron and Magic right.now. for the billionth time. I can be patient, because writing about the butcher and the abomination won’t be easy.

  38. Magic Dreams (Jim and Dali #1) was my introduction to the KD world. A girl with high magnitude myopia driving race cars! My high school self rejoiced! (20/400 vision)
    Magic Tests is also in the anthology “An Apple for the Creature”, which is where I first read it. Fun series of books! Love my local library!

  39. Oooo…. I had somehow missed the short story to kick off Blood Heir – so thank you very much for the link! Must have been a point in time I couldn’t stalk the blog due to travel (which makes sense, 2018 is kind of a blur).

    I’ve also kicked off a re-read so this with ALL of the extra bits will come in handy – but I know me, I’ll get going and forget to check the list and just go to the next book, curse and then go back and read the shorts out of order LOL.

    • A Merciful Order of Clams cookbook perhaps, with a contribution or two from Orro…

  42. Thank you! Most was info I know or just never worried too much about. (On my tenth reread of series does it matter if i get a couple short stories out of order?) To me no, I love them all WAY too much to worry. The blood heir timeline is good to know So extra thankyous for that clarification

  43. Thanks Mod R! I can hardly wait (yeah, I typed THAT word, even though it’s naughty!!) for the delightful seafood feast in just a very short time now! 😂

  44. I guess this is off topic, but do we know if Dali decides to go for the surgery performed by Hugh? I don’t remember and I thought someone else would 😁

    TY for timeline Mod R!

    • Yes 🙂. “JJ” in Blood Heir is Jim Junior , and he also has a little sister.

    • She must have, because in Blood Heir, when Aurelia has her “I’m Julie” chat with Nick, he tells her that Jim is tired of being the Beast Lord and wants to retire to have more time for his family. Jim has two kids, JJ and Diana, had missed a lot of JJ’s baby/toddler milestones and wants to be there for Diana’s.

  45. If the store ever opens again, I’m asking for “Merciful Order of Clams” merch. It’s kinda perfect in that it’s funny without the books, but also pokes fun in the books at the Merciful Order of Aid. Maybe beer mugs?

    • Maybe something suitable for drinking whatever those cocktails with clamato juice in them are called? (Bloody Mary’s? Caesars?)

    • How about a picture of a clam juice bottle, a can of clams, or a clam on a t-shirt that says “Member of the Merciful Order of Clams”?

      Why do we need to be merciful to clams? We’re not that merciful to the Order when Uncle Stupidhead (aka Nick) does something stupid to Kate.

  46. We of Gen X will claim Hugh as one of our own. The Millennials can’t have him. (but they can borrow him on occasion).

    Thanks, Mod R!! There’s some stuff in there I had skipped and now I get to go back and fill in part.

    my GA of the Magic Burns is on deck for my next trip… I have been gleefully rubbing my mitts in anticipation.

  48. You wrote that “Jim’s POV associated with Magic Breaks, immediately after the end of the book- can also be found in Small Magics.”

    I never saw that so I immediately borrowed the ebook from my library 5 minutes ago.

    I just searched it for “Jim” and found 2 instances, both in Kate’s POV in “A Questionable Client.”

    Is there something I’m missing? There are no Curran POVs in that same ebook either (the library Kindle version downloaded from Amazon). (Or am I remembering wrong and they’re found somewhere else?)

    Please help! I really want to read these!

    • It sounds like your library has an older copy of Small Magics and should resync their content 🙂.

      The book has periodical updates, Curran’s and Jim’s POV plus Grocery Lists were added a few years ago (December 2020).

      • It downloads directly from Amazon, though?

        Also, if that’s the problem, I’m flabbergasted. Because if my library has an old copy, I don’t know what other libraries could have.

        The San Francisco Public Library serves the entire state of California, you can get a card there as long as you live anywhere in the state.

        It’s budget for 2023?

        172 million dollars.

        If it has an old copy, it is seriously dropping the ball.

        https://sfpl.org/about-us/budget-information/budget-information-fiscal-years-2021-2022-and-2022-2023

        • Hi Jen,

          It’s not a matter of budget, it’s simply a matter of syncing content 🙂. If it downloads straight from Amazon onto your device, you can go in your My Content and Devices and see if there is an update available.

          If you had a sample on your Kindle of the old version, sometimes when you download the full content, it will give you the file that matches the sample, rather than the new updates. It’s fixable 🙂 http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport.

          If you use the Look Inside function here on the book on Amazon, you can see the table of contents, with Curran’s POV on page 181, Jim’s POV on page 313 and the Grocery Lists starting on 319 🙂. That’s what you should have in your copy. https://www.amazon.com/Small-Magics-Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B015JNEOEK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=YI21CLCMZMVA&keywords=small+magics+ilona+andrews&qid=1685158758&sprefix=small+magics%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1

          • Yeahhh, it’s definitely SFPL. You’re right, they don’t have the latest version synced.

            (I didn’t have a sample downloaded, so it should have downloaded the latest version. I also deleted it and then redownloaded it, but that didn’t work either.)

            I’m glad there’s a solution. I’ll email their support.

            Honestly, I’m perturbed because this suggests that even with their massive budget they don’t have a system/process running that automatically syncs their ebooks to the latest versions.

            Which means that every single time I borrow an ebook (which is all the time, since I don’t live in the Bay Area anymore), I’ll be wondering if I’m reading an un-updated version. I can no longer trust that it’s synced. 🧐

            I mean, “Small Magics” was updated Dec. 2020, you said, which means they’ve had over 2 years to sync the updated version.

            Over 2 years.

            I suppose it just could have fallen through the cracks of an automated system because of a technical glitch, but I doubt it.

            Well. At least I’ll know to check.

            …For every single ebook that I suspect might have an update. 🥲

            • Hi! I recently purchased small magics from Amazon on April 1. My copy does not have the Curran POV either, even though the description page says it should have it. There is no update to the file available in content and devices, so I have the only file available to me. Is this an Amazon issue do you think?

              • Ohhh, that really IS weird! You just bought it, too, so it should be the updated file.

                If you get a hold of Amazon and get them to fix it, please update here! I’d love to know what you find out!

              • Hi Brandy,

                If your copy doesn’t contain things it specifies in the Table of Contents (in this case a Curran POV, Jim POV and Grocery Lists at the end), yes I would take it up with Amazon or whichever retailer you acquired it from! I linked above the kindle customer service 😊.
                The older version of the file might have downloaded if you had a previous sample of it or, if you don’t have a Curran POV at all, another glitch.

                @Jen- my understanding was that your issue had been fixed? Do you still not have access to the content? I have emailed you privately 😊

                • Hi Mod R! Thanks so much for letting me know! (The gmail app gets finicky and doesn’t always notify me properly of email I actually *want* to read, so I didn’t see it.)

                • Just a quick update: I spent an half hour on the phone with an Amazon rep and they couldn’t figure out why I had an old file-they actually told me several times I had the correct file, even though I told them the content described on the Amazon page was not the content delivered. I finally had them refund my money, then I repurchased and downloaded but it’s still the old file.
                  Meanwhile, I checked the book out from the library through the cloudLibrary app and read the updated version there.
                  Guess the original version loves me too much 😂

                  • Omg! I’m so sorry! I’ve sent the issue to House Andrews’ agency who will escalate it with Amazon too. Glad you got the content somehow but will update once we have an answer!

  49. Hey I finally had my immortality question answered! Which was good since I wasn’t quite sure how we asked q&as.

    I had been wondering for a while if Kate had given Curran immortality, either voluntarily or involuntarily and whether there had been a conversation about it. Interesting that it is shared with those she cares about. That’s nice to know.

    (Yes I know there was that comment made by Gastek in an earlier book when he pledges loyalty, but I always interpreted it as him asking about immortality and Kate suggesting she would keep him alive, but in the whole ‘you’re a friend, I’ll always protect you’ sense’. Only because she had never mentioned before that she was powerful enough to share immortality. Phew! rant over)

    • Maybe she doesn’t realize there’s some spillover effect from that part of her magic?

      Does HA note somewhere in the books that shapeshifters have a longer lifespan, though actual life expectancy can be shorter due to high-risk lifestyle…which would hide the effects on Cuuran? Or am I confusing it with similar discussions in the Mercy Thompson stories?

  51. Oh Damn!!! You guys know really how to create tension and interest in these stories!

  52. Thank you for the great info – something that I was wondering about was Curran the God Killer’s size and Curran of the Wilmington time. I thought that in MT Kate realized that he was taller and when I read Tides, I believe the description put him back to original height – 5 ft 10ish –

    Is the idea that once he used all of his extra powers to resurrect Kate that he would eventually go back to original form? Just idle, useless, curiosity.

    (Can’t wait for the “Clams”)

    • Yes 🙂.

      “ None of his divine power remained. His hair no longer grew unnaturally fast, although he’d kept his added height, for how long was anybody’s guess.”

      Andrews, Ilona. Magic Triumphs, Kate Daniels Book 10. Ace, 2018. Kindle edition, page 321

      “Anyone‘s guess” is confirmed now “less than 7 years” 😉

  54. You’re a goddess, Mod R. Now I have to go back through my Kindle library and make sure I’ve accounted for all of these! I’m thinking I may have missed one.
    Thank you for doing this!

  55. Hi Mod R!

    Thanks for all the great information & links. I have to say though, that this paragraph:

    “It awoke Roland in the 1990s. This is also around the time he found Hugh, so Hugh has a couple of decades on the rest of the main cast…”

    confused me. I thought Roland found High as a street kid in medieval France. (per “Iron & Magic”) which would make him considerably older than Kate or Curran. Am I off about this?

    Best regards,

    Patti

    • He did not find Hugh in medieval France 🙂, just in France.

      “The kingdom of France began with his reign. The descendants of his bloodline sat on the throne of France for almost nine hundred years.”

      Andrews, Ilona. Iron and Magic, Iron Covenant book 1. NYLA, 2018, Kindle edition, page 4

      Hugo Capet led France until 996. If Roland knows about what happened 900 years after his rule, they are not in medieval times 😉.

  56. Thank you for the synopses; they’re nifty. I eagerly await ‘Magic Claims’ and with the notification ordered a dead-tree version to have that, too. But on the way there … I decided to search Amazon’s Book listings for ‘Magic Clams’. One early listing was a book for jouraling, titled ‘Keep calm and love shoes’. Their write-up of it must have been the cause of it’s inclusion, as someone transcribed that as “Keep clam and love shoe”.
    A final snicker … do these magic clams have feet? (H/T to Johnny Hart.)

  58. Thanks for showing us this. I had forgotten about SANDRA. It explains Kate’s actions during blood heir.

  60. Yessss!!! Thank you! I was just trying to figure out the timeline the other day and you confirmed it all. Ya the best ModR!

  61. okay, kinda sorta not related but totally related…

    since faith can make things real in the post-shift world

    and since religion and faith are pretty powerful in the post-shift world

    and since Jedism is a real religion… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jediism

    CAN JEDIS EXIST IN THE KATE DANIELS WORLD…

    • Absolutely. However, their existence is secret due to a very powerful magic force called Copyright Infringement.

      • *falls off bed laughing

        To think it is now Disney and there might also be Disney princesses and princes and villains 🤣

  62. “Kate’s power confers youth and immortality, so even during Wilmington and beyond, Kate and Curran will continue to look in their early 30s. ”

    Wouldn’t the apples they get from Teddy Jo and eat, especially in pies, also confer some level of vitality/immortality too?

    • My understanding is that Kate can eat the apples because she has all the magical power, rather than the other way around (that she gets magical power because she eats the apples).
      Roland and Erra are immortal and keep people young without the benefit of Teddy Jo’s hookup, so it’s probably bloodline magic 🙂

  63. Wasn’t there also a short story about Saiman’s cousin? Am I imagining it or do I suck at reading and can’t see it in the text above?

    • Adam (Saiman’s cousin) – “Retribution Clause”.
      It’s in Small Magics, paperback print version. Also in Hex Appeal, an anthology. Also paperback.
      I got my copy of Hex Appeal from B&N, after having borrowed it through the interlibrary loan program from my local library. You can check Half Price Books, Alibris, or other resale book sites if you want to buy it, but don’t want to pay retail for a hardcopy.

  64. Thank you for the comprehensive list- much appreciated! I’m looking forward to rereading all the books/novellas as my summer fun run (mental exercise counts, right?).

    I am glad to hear the dynamic duo is having fun with their just for fun project. Here’s hoping everyone’s batteries get recharged over summer, and everyone gets a chance to kick back, relax, and enjoy a few good books while they’re at it. I have to finish my reread of Patricia C. Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles before I can jump back into Kate’s world, but your list has inspired me to do so. Thanks again- awesome way to inspire a reread bonanza!

  65. Wait. Wait. “its unreleased, as-yet-unnamed sequel” but not unwritten? Please Please Please?
    As for titles, I now get that. I’m currently writing a book, working title “Amelia takes a vacation.” I hope to have a better title after it’s written and edited because *I* wouldn’t buy a book with that title unless someone I respect a lot recommended it. (Loosely based on the idea of the Mrs. Pollifax books of the 70’s)

  67. I can’t help but think it should be the Order of the Merciful Clam and I have a logo in my head as well for a merciful clam. .

  68. I tried to find the answer but nothing! Will there be another Innkeeper book?
    Thank you so much for sharing your gift of writing! I am a fan for life!

    • Yes, there will be at least one more full length novel 🙂, but other projects come first.

  69. In other words, in 2000 it was just a matter of time before the fewmets connected with the windmill.

    Somehow I prefer House Andrews timeline to the one in RL.

  70. While we’re on timelines, etc., a question for HA or Mod R that has been rattling through my brain a while:

    Roman says at one point, I think in the interview at the Inn with Sean, that he really liked being an Army Ranger and would have stayed in if his brother hadn’t been killed. At that point, he had to come home and take up the “family business”.

    Could it be that his younger brother (which we know because one of his sisters calls him “the oldest”—as in, ” Do something! You’re the oldest!”) was one of the volvhs killed by Kate and Saiman during “A Questionable Client”? Specifically, the one Saiman got with a pencil?

    • Oh, see what you’ve done now! Roman is my specialist subject 😀

      So, first of all, I think Roman is the oldest *now*, as in he became the oldest of the siblings once the older brother died, presumably before the action of the main series is set in motion.

      Secondly, is the man who dies in Questionable Client said older brother? No. He is identified as Grisha, son of Pavel Semionovich (Pavel is the one who is stabbed with a pencil, btw.) Both Grisha and Pavel died, meaning they were not Roman’s father and brother, as Roman’s father is hale and healthy later on in the series.

      Roman is the son of Grigorii Semionovich, according to Magic Slays. Grisha was likely Roman’s cousin, who shared with him a paternal grandfather (Semionovich is the patronymical part of the Russian name, meaning “son of Semion”, which both Pavel and Grigorii ostensibly are).

      Roman’s full name is Roman Grigorovich Tihomirov https://ilona-andrews.com/blog/dont-fight-with-fate/ (Which will make me Mod R Liviovna Tihomirova once we get married, which let’s face it, is just a matter of time and Chernobog!).

      • Oh, well. It would have been interesting if it had been Roman’s brother—elder or younger! (The 40 hour labor saga fits better for a first labor…but it can happen either way.)

        But it makes sense this way, too: Grigor Semionovich is Chernobog’s senior volvh now because older brother Pavel was stupid enough to get himself and his line offed by Saiman. And Grigor’s half brother is Belobog’s volvh.

        (And you would not believe the crazy mishmash Automistake was trying to make of this whole post!)

        • I don’t think we know that Pavel was Chernobog’s volhv 🤔
          There are many gods in the Slavic pantheon, and all we get told about him is that he was “the premier volkhv in the Russian community here.” So he could have been Perun’s, as the supreme god. That’s my first guess, but it could even be Veles’.
          It seems that volvhing is a family business either way! 😊

  72. Dear Mod R,
    Every time I think that you couldn’t be more fantastic, you do something to prove me wrong. This time it was the KD world timeline. Let me preface that with the fact that my first exposure to the Curran pov’s was through a collection put together here on the site, it had a downloadable link for nook or kindle format (I used both) whenever I re read the Kate series, I use that copy to sprinkle through the main series.

    Getting back to how fantastic you are, you list the Curran pov of moving into the subdivion, this confused me because I KNOW that the Curran pov’s end at the Magic Bleeds about Curran Awakes. I know this because that was where thst original collection of Curran pov’s ended. I’ve never read the Small Magics Curran pov collection because I already HAD it in nook and kindle versions.

    Imagine my surprise when you listed the subdivision pov and I’m all “Huh? What’s she talking about?” I didn’t need to check my separate download bc I slready KNEW that it wasn’t there. But Mod R is NEVER wrong, and is the all knowing depositore of all things IA. So I got my copy of Small Magics (this was a no brainer move) and I wasn’t surprised to find a wonderful extremely long, final Curran pov, which is entirely new to me! Yummy!

    Thank you for that, can I call it an easter egg surprise? Something NEW from IA!

  73. Hello Mod R! Can you tell me where can I find this POV, please? I checked the PDF available from the website, and it is not inside of the PDF.
    After Magic Breaks: “Curran POV- Moving Day into the subdivision, after Kate and Curran have left the Pack”
    Many thanks for your assistance!

    • The pov is in the book of short stories called Small Magics. I got the Curran pov’s as a download from the website, it did NOT have that pov story in it. It wasn’t until I saw this blog that I ever checked those pov’s in that book. It was like an early xmas present. It’s also the longest of any of the Curran pov’s. Very fun story.

    • Hi Em,

      As I specify in the blog post, the Curran POVs are in Small Magics 😊.
      The website PDF is old, and the Small Magics epub gets periodically updated with new content, like more Curran POVs, a Jim POV and character grocery lists 😌

      • Hello, thank you again. Um, I checked the Canadian version on amazon.ca
        It does not contain Moving Day.

        It was still fun to re-read the book. 🙂
        But please make Moving Day available to the northern neighbours … amazon won’t even let us buy on the US site …

        Thank you again!!

        • Hi A,

          That is not how it works, the same file is uploaded on Amazon for all countries 🙂

          To clarify: Prequel to Magic Breaks (Moving Day) is not a separate title, it is part of Curran’s POV (updated version). Curran’s POV is 132 pages long, split and carefully marked into scenes from various books. Prequel Magic Breaks (Moving Day) is on page 285 on my Kindle copy of Small Magics 🙂

          I just checked Small Magics on Amazon Canada, with the Look Inside function here https://read.amazon.ca/sample/B015JNEOEK?f=1&l=en_CA&r=d3a9c671&rid=9Y31VQT8Q9Q9THCJAZ3E&sid=140-3429371-9148547&ref_=litb_m and it has the correct Table of Contents, also including Jim’s POV and the Grocery Lists 🙂. It’s all available.

  74. I now long for a “Merciful Order of Clams” shirt. I really, really, REALLY want one. Pleeeease?

    • Thereabouts, yes, around the turn of the Millennium. Roland slept through both the 1700s and the Les Misérables years, which are the 1800s 🙂

  76. there is not a ILONA ANDREWS THAT I HAVE NOT ENJOYED.several I have re read. PLEASE DON’T STOP WRITING. LILA

  77. So, I know I’m late but I went digging in the collectors edition of small magics I have, because this post made me realize I haven’t read Curran’s POV of moving day. While looking for it low and behold I found Jim’s POV about Currans’s abdication. It does exist, I know everyone was slavering for it after the post about it awhile back.

  78. Curran POV- Moving Day ?
    Where could we find this, please?
    I thought I had read all stories: this is news … Thank you.

  82. And can we all agree we hope there will be Magic CLAMS merch at some point when House Andrews has time?

  83. Quick question – I keep remembering reading a short where Kate took Julie to pick out a horse. And it turned out to be a very special horse (this would have been after Magic Shifts). Did I imagine this story? Was it a free fiction short? Inquiring minds want to know…

    • Would that horse have been Peanut? I do remember something about Julie not being happy with the Fresian, but not a specific horse buying scene afterwards, I can look though 🙂

      • Yes, pretty sure it was Peanut. However, I will warn you that sometimes my favorite book characters end up in my dreams and scenes exist in my brain and nowhere else. Only if you have time…

  84. so helpful!!!!!
    Mod R is the best !

    Patient is very hard .
    dYING at the hints !!!
    Anyone know what mod R is referring to — “ We can keep that in mind as something that happens in the background for some of the characters that may not be featured too prominently in the Wilmington series. Ahem.”?

    Happy reading !

  85. Forgot to thank you for the epic Timeline Mod R!
    Also an unrelated question, it being frINNday and sadly Tapas has finished the first season/book some weeks ago – would you happen to know if there are plans or at least a possibility that there will be more Innkeeper novels adapted to Tapas in the future?
    I went to Tapas for the Innkerper after seeing some of the artwork here on the blog and really liked it, it being a serial there as well was fitting too and I just wondered. Thank you in advance.

    • Hey Carolin,

      The Tapas team that worked on Innkeeper went through some changes, and the new people are getting together to discuss their projects. As soon as we have official news one way or another, we will update everyone!

  86. I have tried to many Graphics Audio books over the years and always quit them. They are just too much. If I wanted a movie, I would watch a movie. It is probably sensory overload for my autistic brain.

    However, I started listening to Kate and these are well done, at least 4 hours into it. They didn’t go crazy with sound effects or record people eating food or slurping drinks (please tell me this doesn’t happen). So well done on this, I have never made it 4 hours into one of these without wanting to throw my phone across the room. The different voices do throw me off though, I have listened to this series 4 times in their original versions.

    This summary is very well done and adds context I was not aware of. I am going to use this to go back through in this order as the GA versions are released.

  87. Just wanted to thank you both for the hours of pleasure you have shared in your writing. I hope to continue to enjoy whatever you write for some time to come.

  88. Woooow, tanks so much!
    if it was clearer it would be blinding.
    thanks for the work.

  89. Hello,

    When am I read :

    – Jim’s POV associated with Magic Breaks, immediately after the end of the book- can also be found in Small Magics

    and

    – Curran POV- Moving Day into the subdivision, after Kate and Curran have left the Pack ?

    Thanks! 🙂

  91. Love4theWord
    8:37 AM (1 minute ago)
    to Ilona

    I’ve already read the newest book, Magic claims.

    You write such lovely characters and they just fill me with joy. I love the series and hope you never never stop. I think it’s amazing how you found a way to ‘start over’ and write new stuff.

    Also love seeing Luther.

    Please keep it up.

    A fan!

    Love and blessings

    Seraphim

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