From Mod R:
From our Montlake Editor: Congratulations, Ilona and Gordon! What a way to end the first day on preorder!
We have never before hit #8 overall on kind. #18? Yes. But no #8. That is a lot of copies. A lot.
Me last night, sending email to BFF Jeanine, “The power of Amazon.”
Me, this morning after the phone call with our agent: Hey, honey?
Gordon: Yes?
Me: Apparently, it’s not Amazon that put us to #8. They haven’t really pushed it yet. The cover is still not up. So it’s not Amazon. It’s BDH.
You are so awesome. A ten year break before books and it’s #8.
Some things from Mod R’s list of questions.
Is Fated Blades the Release Schedule “novella to be named this fall”? Yes, release schedule updated.
Is the paperback release really in February 2022? Yes, as of now. It may change, it may not. Because the print is kind of a last minute addition, things are a bit in the air.
On Amazon India it does not appear in the listings when searched for Fated Blades Ilona Andrews. Is this still a thing? Can anyone confirm that it’s a thing and if it is, please tell me and I will get it fixed.
How is secare pronounced? First pronunciation in Latin and Spanish. Not sure who ScottScheule is channeling there but you don’t need to roll your R that much. The meaning of the word is here.
When the audio appears, will it be as a pre-order or straight up buy link? I do not know. I know that every effort will be made for simultaneous release with the ebook.
Can they have a countdown widget on the website, please? Done: https://ilona-andrews.com/
Will it preclude a collector edition coming out eventually with more of Louisa’s art? What if it sells really well, will the Amazon publishers consider it then? But what if it sells REALLY really well? Eeehhh… I don’t know. Let me ask.
Is it better to buy or KU? Whatever is your favorite. We get paid in both cases. 🙂
What are the previous books in the series? Silent Blade and Silver Shark. They are available separately or as a bundled edition.
Are Kid 1 and bf home safe? Yes, thank you for asking. They ended up staying a couple of extra days and then Kid 1 and Kid 2 had a spectacular fight over the phone on Kid’1 way back over nothing, which I refused to referee since I was trying to get the Fated Blades post up. ::sigh:: Parenting. Not for the faint of heart. They are good now.
Kid 1 brought me candy from South Padre. 🙂
Certainly the power of the BDH ???? but also kudos to you for providing a much needed escape ????.
We. Have. The. MasterCard!
Tell the truth now. You boast about us to your authors circle, dontcha?
Uh, nuts. The beginning of the post had *He-Man voice*. Gotra remember not to use less than and greater than signs to denote stuff like that.
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Yay! BDH delivers. If you wrote a grocery list, I’d buy it because you would create a kick ass story around it. Love the excerpt, thank you!!!
They DID write a grocery list … and it was awesome! Kate’s list, Curran’s, Jim’s Dali’s … Jim’s list just cracked me up.
I don’t remember the grocery list. I remember the rock. We were all rooting for the rock. I think it even had artwork. It was no Luissa, mind you.
Where can those lists be found?
Such daily items can be hilarious with the right author/s.
Hey Rob,
The grocery lists and other goodies can be found in the Small Magics collection here https://ilona-andrews.com/katie-daniels-books/#small 🙂
Which story has the lists? I couldn’t find them in Small Magics book I downloaded to Kindle
It was at the very end of the book. Not part of a story. I’m thinking Jim’s grocery list is for the Beef Wellington he made in one of the books.
Hey Tanya,
The Grocery lists are on page 328 on my Kindle copy, right after Jim’s POV. They were some of the latest additions to the book (which gets updated with goodies every now and again because we are a spoiled BDH :D).
You may need to sync your device to get to the new content. Instructions here: https://ilona-andrews.com/2020/small-magics-update/
I hope this helps 🙂
Dina did some pretty interesting shopping too when she was hosting the “peace” conference.
+100000
BDH: nom, nom, nom. Books good. 😉 Thank you for tolerating us. Be well, and all your families, too!
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I hadn’t read the Kinsmen stories, so I bought and devoured them today after ordering the book yesterday 🙂
Congrats! The snippet was sooo good! Can’t wait. Of course we the BDH are going to pre-order your stuff ASAP. 😀 Some folks might even pre-order your next week’s grocery…kidding…not kidding…i’ve read the posts…..
Congratulations!
We love you guys because your writing is phenomenal ❤
Sorry about the kids. My 18 yr old is out if the house and talks to his 15 yr old sister more often now. Peace will be back soon.
Can not find Fated Blade on Amazon or on Amazon through Ilona Andrews…wanting to pre order!
Hey Virginia,
Here is the preorder link on the home page https://ilona-andrews.com/
Which country Amazon are you under, I will try to help further if that doesn’t work? ????
Since this is the power of BDH and not Amazon, I’m hoping that means future books will NOT be Amazon exclusives. I’ve been reading IA since I discovered Silver Shark ten years ago, and am massively disappointed not to be able to read Fated Blades. But I refuse to order books from Amazon,although I know I’m in the minority on this subject.
Hey Cynthia,
The book will be available through libraries, I hope that will be accessible to you ????.
Hi Mod R:
In Canada, libraries don’t buy kindle books. The open standard (EPUB) format is used by libraries here. So unless they buy paper, it won’t be accessible.
Just FYI.
Both paperback and audio editions will be available in addition of the Kindle format.
I hope this helps 🙂
You’re not too much in the minority. I don’t buy from Amazon either. However, I make an exception for Ilona and Gordon. ????
Ditto….
Ditto, no Amazon orders from me.
I prefer B&N myself but the Nook app is buggy on my iPad Pro. It refuses to let me have any books that I didn’t buy after I got the tablet… I have 1000’s of books and can’t read them. Nothing I have tried works including reinstalling the app, working with customer service, etc.
If you published a receipt or food menu, we would read it.
EXACTLY
Ha, ha, No Image Available, I love it ????????
+1!!! LOL!
Woohoo, congrats! Ya darn right, it was the BDH! We love your books and your blog!
+1 ????
As soon as I saw the post for pre order, I bought it. (I pre order all my favorite authors as soon as I know about a new release)
We keep telling you not to fret. We love your work because it’s always of such good quality. Counting down. Have a great weekend.
It’s the power of love. BDH’s love to all things House Andrews.
Now I have 80s ballads in my head ????
There is a 16th Century Italian dance called “Fortza d’Amore” (can be translated as Power of Love), I keep meaning to see if it is dance-able to Huey Lewis. I already tried it with another dance, Celeste Giglio, and Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”.
Obscure-arts-r-us…
Ha! I was going to post something similar, I was beaten to it by quite a lot. =) But I think a lot us share that sentiment. =)
Sweet dreams are made of these…..
Huey Lewis & The News – love it
Write more books. We will buy 🙂
But seriously – once you get the readership and get followers through your site + various social media….. Non Traditional Publishing can really be the way to go. I am so excited to support you guys. I truly LOVE the worlds you build so I can escape.
House Andrews have been hybrid authors (traditional and self-published) for at least 8 years now ????
???????? the power of BDH!! I can’t wait for the book I love the kinsmen series they are always one of my quick rereads when my brain can’t decided what exactly it wants to devour.
I bought The Kinsman ebooks a while back and am now listening to them in Audiobook. I LOVE these!! Preordered, yeah the BDH posted it was up and to Amazon I went,
Never been so proud to be part of a Horde ????????????
+1 ????
This BDH member did not find it on Amazon, saw your Facebook post, clicked, bought, rubbed hands in gleeful anticipation and did a little happy dance before resuming life as normal.
The Book Devouring Horde has spoken! Amazon doesn’t need to advertise since the Horde does it for you. Congratulations! ????????????
Thank you for spelling out the meaning of BDH. I’m old, but I know how to use Urban Dictionary and their definitions for BDH couldn’t possibly be what Ilona meant. ????????
Hahahaha, after your comment, I had to look up BDH on Urban Dictionary… yikes, never heard the term before, lol
Woot-woot! Because everything you write is AWESOME and we can’t wait to read it!
Also…#1 in Exploratory Science Fiction!!!!
*Exploration ????♀️
We love your work. I was late to the Kinsmen party, but I am on board now so I preordered when the notice hit the BDH FB page. I love how we shoot you straight up the charts. It’s the best way for us to show our appreciation of your talent. Your stories give us so much.
Fantastic news and well deserved.
You write awesome books and we the BDH, will buy them all
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Thank you for looking after us so well
You guys deserve it! Your writing is very entertaining. I buy all your books without even reading what they are about first. So thank you! And keep writing.
Up to #4 overall! I love Silver shark and was hopeful for more Kinsman but totally understood why it was so long coming. Can’t wait!
Of course it was the BDH!
Love this series. Have read the original works multiple times. Y’all have such a talent for invention and such an amazingly creative bend in world creation- the snippet was nectar!
Congrats!!!! Am not at all surprised.
As a card-carrying member of the BDH, I happily pre-ordered and will be re-reading the first two books in the series before the release date. So happy.
PS Even without the awesome cover, the book is at #4 on the American Kindle Top 100 list and #8 on the Canadian Kindle Top 100 list! And #1 in Fantasy Romance in both countries. Wow, good going!!
Well… as of 9/17 at 4pm PST Fated Blades is #1 in both Romance AND Science Fiction & Fantasy! # 1 at the top of BOTH GROUPS.
I am so happy for you. And you really need a cover. 🙂
Congratulations! The BDH is awesome in their reach and they were inspired by HA.
Yaaaay! I just pre-ordered it (and then read the excerpt haha). It should have been the opposite haha. I re-read the kinsmen series a lot since I discovered your books, I just like them so much. I never thought another one would come up, so a very good surprise. I think my reading order was very different from other fans. I usually start with novellas first to see if I will invest in the longer series, so started with Kinsmen, then I tried the Baylor’s series and the innkeepers around the same time, but since they were not finished at the time, decided ‘ok will try kate daniels’ and finished that series super fast! Although I like Kate a lot, I just love Dina so so much, she is my favorite character of all time. And Innkeepers made me read the older series too, which were good, but Kate Daniels/Innkeepers and Baylors are my current favorite. Anyway, can’t wait for it to magically appear in my kindle app in November!
I started with Innkeeper also and absolutely loved it. Next I read The Edge series and loved it. So then I moved onto Kate Daniels and loved it. I am really looking forward to another Hugh book. I have meant to purchase Kinsmen but forgot about it until the Fated Blades announcement. I am waiting until November to read all three books in order. Since my birthday is in November, I am considering a present to myself. I am SO happy to be a part of the BDH!!!
After reading the first chapter yesterday, I went back and read the snippets. Everything is falling into place and the blank brain waves went away now that I understand the snippets better. Can’t wait for the book to come out in e-reader form and audio.
Thank you
And it’s currently #4 in the kindle store!!
I was so excited to preorder! I’ve read the Kinsman stories, but also ordered the Kinsman Universe today to reread. ❤️
So exciting! I read the excerpt and O.M.G!!!! Also amazing that Hugh will read this.
Nice work! You are so good to us!
Congratulations! And very well deserved. I love all the worlds you have created and the many hours of escape they have provided. Know all your hard work is much appreciated. Go BDH!
????????????????Congratulations!! Well deserved????
+1 Well said. I bet having the book on KU will help other new readers break into the cookie jar of your escapes :). We’re moving and I couldn’t sleep so I visited the blog for a brain reset, even just your blog is better than most competing books ^_^ Thanks for that
You guys have two things going for you…you write kickass books with kickass characters, you have a large, loyal following and you know how to snark….the three things you have going for you are…….(Cardinal Fang? Never mind….)
Seriously you guys have reached what authors and publishers drool over,critical mass with your readers. Your books are so darn consistently good that they/we are going to pre order the next book and/or buy it when it comes out. Unless you produce a turkey like a) Gone Girl or b)any Dune book past the first one, you guys have magic.
Doesn’t mean you get to neglect the fans or try and sell us stuff on QVC, that could negate the magic. Me you had from when Kate is baiting Curren (Roland liking Applebees bound you guys to me forever…unless you write
That should of been ‘,unless you write Gone Girl 2…
Cardinal Fang. ????????????
And nice red uniforms!
Cue “Monty Python” theme – “Liberty Bell March”.
We just returned from our Texas vacation. We toured the tunnels under downtown Houston during a rainstorm because they were in your books. We didn’t know about the tunnels on previous visits. Thanks!
As of 6:56 pm CT you’re up to #4 in Top 100 Paid. Looking forward to reading it. Congrats!
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More #1’s ??
Congratulations!!! It’s no surprise to us of the BDH because everything you write is awesome! I mean, who would have thought grocery lists could be so amusing?
Thank you for continuing to put out quality material for us to read! ❤️
As of this moment:
Best Sellers Rank: #4 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#1 in Exploration Science Fiction
#1 in Paranormal Romance (Books)
#1 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction eBooks
And right now, #2 for Science Fiction & Fantasy and #1 for Science Fiction!!! GO BDH!
Hello I am from India and as of now the book doesn’t show up on Amazon.in if you search for it. I ordered the ebook from Amazon.com.
And congratulations!!! You guys are amazing and I just love your books.
Woohoo!! Congratulations!! ????????
Big book birthday party coming!!
Hey! Writing from India and I can confirm, that the title is not available on Amazon here!!
Also, just wanted to say, I’ve been waiting for an expansion in the Kinsmen Universe for a very long time and now that it is almost here… Wheee! 😛
Hey Tanika,
Here is the link for Fated Blades on Amazon India https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fated+blades&qid=1631781670&s=digital-text&sr=1-4 , but you are right it does not appear in the searches.
Still, hope it helps 🙂
Hey!!!
Sorry about the late reply! I didn’t think to check back here.
Thanks so much for this! This makes it so much easier! 🙂
Well those preorder numbers should ring some bells at Amazon. Now waiting for the time to pass. TGIF!
I need a BDH identification card! With a special background maybe with Curran and Kate…
Or the Baylor Sisters…
Or the City of Dahlia…
Or Gertrude Hunt…
Or a scene of the Edge…
Just thinking.
That would be awesome swag! Collect them all…
+1000
Someone above mentioned “card carrying member of the BDH” and all I could think about was wanting an actually card for the BDH!
I would have to have them all!
Yes that would be a lot of fun!
It went as high as #7 yesterday on the kindle store overall!
Congratulations & well deserved!!!!!
A couple of #1s in Aus Amazon as well ~ Fantasy Romance, Science Fiction Romance, Paranormal
Read about the pre-order last nite, but didn’t place the order until this am. Sorry if it skewed the numbers.
I also donated to KCSM radio this morning.
Pledge drive. I’ve been streaming across the country for a couple or three years now, and figgered it was time to help with the cost.
Great Jazz station.
I am on Amazon and trying to find this book list and cannot. How do you find it?
Hey Maria,
You can find the Amazon preorder link here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fated+blades&qid=1631781670&s=digital-text&sr=1-4 or on the home page of the website 🙂
<3 Of course! BDH got its name honestly! And the snippets show how wonderful the work is!
The search function on amazon is a little wonky for it–I was able to find when I clicked on the direct link provided but it’s strange it isn’t coming up easily! I also was confused if I had the right listing since it didn’t have the cover art but it looks like that is the same even on the rankings for top books sold right now.
showing as No 6 on the list now in the USA store and No 17 in the Australian store.
I am really looking forward to this 🙂
I still re-read Silver Shark and Silent Blade every couple of months, so it’s not 8 years ago for me.
Thank you so much for returning to the Kinsman world.
Congrats! One more prove that you are The Best! Love your books and already hooked up several of my friends on them as well. Thank you for not giving up when times are hard and moods are low, and you feel like you are at the end of your rope… This shows your hard work and your ingenuity, and our love for you and your writing. Thank you!
I have Kindle unlimited and I’ve also ordered a physical copy, only because I need it for my Ilona Andrews books. I’ll probably have the read the book 5x over before the physical copy arrives. I’m so excited!!!
Y’all are currently #6 overall right now!!!!! #4 on the new releases list!!
Congratulations! So happy that the pre-orders are going well and hope this will be another hit. I’m a huge Kinsman fan (although a fan of all your work) so very excited!
Thank you for the new novella and again Congratulations.
Preorder done.
I love being part of the BDH gang and thoroughly enjoy this blog between books! Congratulations! ????
I tried to preirder it as a kindle ebook here in Germany but it says it’s not available ???? so I’ll just buy it as soon as it’s out. They already marked it as a bestseller though so that’s something ????
The dead tree book is available for preorder, just not the kindle version apparently.
Thank you for the great ways to escape reality, hope everyone’s doing well!
Hi Dana, I’m seeing the opposite :).
Just to confirm, The Kindle version for Germany is here https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Ilona-Andrews-ebook/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1631966997&sr=8-1.
Hope this helps 🙂
It actually does. No idea why it said it wasn’t available this morning. Oh well, thank you for the help! It was probably a case of turning it off and on again.
But so happy for them ????
The paperback is not showing as being available for pre-order in the Australian Store yet.
Congratulations ????
I pre-ordered it as soon as I saw the link ????
I’m not sure if I should read the excerpt because when I start I can’t wait for the rest ????
Now have a celebration????
As a relatively new member of the BDH (since June 2018) I can definitely say that it is your engagement with us via your blog and facebook pages that has kept me so loyal and willing to immediately support any of your new work.
I have a small number of other most “favourite ever” authors, whose work I equally love and devour, but their interaction with their readers is minimal or certainly less personal.
You guys really put the work in on both the quality and content of your books plus going that extra mile to let us a little into your everyday life.
That’s what keeps us hooked and making you “best sellers”.
PS Congratulations!!!! You deserve it.!
Looks like you’re number 1 in the UK?
Forgot to say yippee!!
Woooo hoooo pre order (which got autocorrupted to preordained) being live… a little late to the party but just ordered my copy now 🙂
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Congratulation!!!
Your are number #1 in Germany, too.
I cannot wait to read your book ????
Amazon can’t keep up with the international BDH ????
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Congratulations!! I can’t wait to read it!
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank 123 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
1 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction eBooks
1 in Science Fiction Romance (Books)
1 in Science Fiction Romance (Kindle Store)
Fantastic! I love reading this news, and the ‘Stars In Eyes’ image chosen.
????✋Yes! I can’t find Fated blades on Amazon India. 🙁
Hey Dedeepya,
The link is here https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fated+blades&qid=1631781670&s=digital-text&sr=1-4
I had to modify the URL manually though to get to it, it does not appear in any of the searches. Hope it helps ????
Yes it did! Thank you 😀
Just ordered it.
Yay! Hopefully the issue will be sorted soon 🙂
Congratulations…and well deserved…lol when audible becomes available should be excellent too. Thanks for your hard work
And this is without a cover, and searches not always finding it…lol
BDH! BDH! BDH! Go Team!
But seriously, you two are amazing people and authors. You write fantastic books that provide wonderful worlds and characters for us to enjoy. Congrats on the pre orders. Well deserved ????
Congratulations!
You’re also a bestseller on German Amazon in
#1 Foreign Romance
#1 Romantic Fantasy (English)
#2 Science Fiction (English) 🙂
Unfortunately, still no cover 🙁
I always wondered why so many good authors used KU when people would buy the books they produce. Thank you for letting me know that my using KU pays you, too. The first Innkeeper book came to me through KU, and then it was off the lists there and only for sale, so I did wonder about that.
I have pre-ordered the kindle version but want it in “my hand” as well. ❤️
What is BDH?
The Book Devouring Horde, the Ilona Andrews Fandom :). We get our name from the Hope Crushing Horde in the Innkeeper Chronicles and our omnomnom book devouring tendencies 😀
L.O.L. best description of the acronym!
First of all: Congrats!! I’m not surprised though. I’m re-reading Emerald now; it’s like coming home.
Here are my thoughts. Amazon wanted to establish a relationship with Ilona and Gordon ‘cause they want to develop a Prime video series involving one or more of House Andrew’s characters. I betcha, betcha!
From your lips to Chernobog’s ears hehe 😀
Ooo candy!
Just pre-ordered in Germany 🙂 And: #1 !!!!!
Woot woot!
Aside from this news, I just saw the pre-order link for Luisa Pressler’s wall calendar of IA artwork. September is hitting my wallet hard,w but these are little things that bring joy.
Where do I find this ?!!! I need it!
Hehehe. There is an upcoming blog post, but since the BDH is always ravenous ahead of schedule, here https://www.luisapreissler.de/shop/warrior-calendar-2022
Omnomnom!
Lol, sorry for spoiling! I signed up for Luisa’s newsletter and found out that way. Buying a print was on my wishlist but the calendar works better for me.
It’s in Amazon Japan too and is ranked 6th in the Fantasy Futuristic & Ghost Romance! And look whats in NO2. WILD FIRE! YAY
I hope the screen shot I attached will show up OK.
★Unfortunately KD series hasn’t been translated into Japanese but Hidden Legacy series has. Emerald Blaze has just been pubished in August here.
I’ve had my fingers crossed for another Kinsmen book for so long, there was no way I could wait an additional second to click that preorder link. Congratulations on your well deserved success, and thanks for letting me finally uncross these fingers, haha.
You rock so much and we (I) want you to always be able to write! ????
please tell me this is not kindle only. Apple Books does not show it.
Hey Michael,
Fated Blades is an Amazon exclusive, however it will be available in libraries, where you can hopefully access it. Thank you for your understanding ????
I have KU and bought it anyway. You’re worth it.
Me too! KU is good for tasting things to see if it’s good. I need to buy the wonderful House Andrews products so that they will always be available when I need to “get away” for a while.
Also, I just realized that the current rankings don’t include the folks who are waiting for KU availability. The BDH is greater than the sum of its parts…
Bravo! Well done!
This is going to be such a fun book to read!
You two *totally* deserve the recognition.
You don’t publish bad books. You don’t even publish mediocre books.
It’s as simple as that.
Thank you for letting us in on your stories…
WOOT!! We celebrate with you!!
We’re number one! We’re number one!
Everyone is excited about a new Kinsman. I loved Silver Shark and can’t wait for the latest!
Its not the adoration of the BDH. Its the writing and the creativity that deserves the adoration and support. Thank you for the effort you put into taking us out of our daily lives and into your worlds. I wait and watch, sometimes quite impatiently, for each new instalment. Always knowing I will be rewarded with several hours of entertainment which I happily return to read again and again.
Congratulations! Your excellent story telling is responsible for the #8. We just have to read your books, and reread them.
I just thought maybe while y’all were continuing series, maybe please write another Alpha Origins. That was an awesome world. I would love to see it expanded. Just if you are maybe thinking about it, lol. Very excited about anything you write. Thank you.
Hey Trisha,
There are no plans at the moment for continuing the Alphas, but there is a little known snippet that might cushion the blow if you have not yet seen it 🙂 https://ilona-andrews.com/lucas-and-karina-have-a-family/
Omg. How did I miss that. Thank you!!
Not strictly to do with this post, but I received a mail shot from Luisa Preissler this morning, to say that her limited edition 2022 Ilona Andrews Calendar is available for pre-order: https://www.luisapreissler.de/shop/warrior-calendar-2022?mc_cid=3cdadbb6da&mc_eid=7df672376c
Thought the BDH might be interested (already ordered mine ????)
I hit buy on the Fated Blades print so fast. It’s one of the most colorful and striking covers I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to frame it.
(sing it like Queen)
Well that didn’t work! “Weeee are the best fans in the wooorld” (sing it like Queen)
I would preorder your blogs if you did such a thing …..
Looked up the definition, and from the back of my brain: It Slices! It Dices! But Wait! There’s More!
There is *no* fated blades listed on Amazon India. I’m writing this from India. I searched amazon.in on my phone app & on the company website. Nada. Please fix. Thank you!
Hi Rev,
The link for Amazon India is here https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fated+blades&qid=1631781670&s=digital-text&sr=1-4 but we are aware it does not appear in the searches and looking into it.
In the meantime I hope the link helps 🙂
Well, it looked good. Can you blame me for preordering? 🙂
Besides my 15 yr old has devoured your Innkeeper (her favorite reread) and Hidden Legacy series (won’t touch KD, it’s too dark for her right now). So something new to read is always welcome.
Have to get on a computer to preorder. Will do once my hubby helps or I will mess it up. ????
Show me how to get this old face of mine into that tiny circle thingie! HELP!
If my hair would just turn gray or white, I want to play Grandma Frida! I absolutely love her.
You have to create a gravatar account.
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Thank you so much!
I pre-ordered Fated Blades before I read the excerpt.
Just got back from succumbing to the lure of the 2022 calendar pre-order. And my Edward Gorey one arrived a few days ago!
Congratulations on the sales. Also, oh drool, oh drool.
i am on KU so not yet pre-ordered even so i did check it out and put in my wish list so i can download it right away 🙂
What is ‘BDH’?
The Book Devouring Horde, the Ilona Andrews Fandom :). We get our name from the Hope Crushing Horde in the Innkeeper Chronicles and our omnomnom book devouring tendencies ????
For this and other basics, please see https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/friday-basics-and-a-list/.
Hope this helps 🙂
Tee hee. Thank you, Ilona Andrews for the post.
Siblings are humans and will fight together til the day they die. What I find amazing are the ones in my family who are not speaking to each other but when one ends up in hospital then other is right there harassing the doctors to heal the sick one. Family ????.
You are welcome from my single portion of BDH. I like your stories/ tales/ books. They make me happy, sad, weepy …. Okay, emote to be PC. ????
Glad to hear kids and SOs made it home safely.
Amazon is negatively pushing you …… it took me 3 tries to find you and they have it up with no cover so it’s all grey and doesn’t catch your eye at all
The cover is coming soon, the cover art however is here https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/fated-blades-available-for-preorder/ and it is breathtaking!
Love it! I hope there are more Kinsmen books after this too 🙂
Also On The Edge is on sale for 1.99 on Amazon. I bought it and am rereading it. The only IA series I haven’t reread multiple times.
Yippee and I better order my copy before you run out
You keep saying the books are over ten years apart so that impacts readership, but Im here to inform you this is correct but also sort of incorrect.
I reread your kinsmen books more than I do any other series, in fact, I just did another reread of Silent Blade last week. I love Kate Daniels and the Baylors, but if I try to reread one book or one part, I get sucked down the rabbit hole and don’t come up until ALL THE BOOKS are reread. Kinsmen are beautiful, in plot and style and writing, and they have the advantage of being short and sweet. Same universe, but I’m not automatically mentally bound to read the other ones because the story is over.
This is just to say, for you it’s been 10 years, but I think for a lot of us it’s been just a little bit since our last read through and it’s still as fresh and gorgeous as ever.
Finally up for pre order in UK.
I hadn’t read the kinsmen books but after reading that excerpt I’ve bought the other two and pre ordered bk 3, so excited to have a new series from you to read…even if its not new… thanks for all your amazing books xx
Hey Sharon,
The preorder has been up in the UK all along, I purchased it on Thursday morning from London 🙂
Woo hoo! Thanks for the preorder info. Glad to hear that Kid1 made it home safely.
Congratulations on Fates and keep’em coming!
Love ????. We love you! Thank you House Andrew’s!
Yeah, BDH!
I, of course, immediately ordered both the Kindle eBook and the printversion, as soon as I realized that it was up but still without a cover, and look forward to reading (Kindle) and collecting it (print)!
You write awesome books! You deserve to be #1! Maybe we’ll manage to get you up there yet… 🙂
Thanks for answering all questions in advance!????Maybe this event puts to rest the idea that the Kinsmen universe doesn’t sell.❤️
Congratulations, Ilona and Gordon. You deserve this. And you bet your laptop I preordered it. I don’t fangirl for many writers, but y’all are near the top. (The rest are Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia Briggs, Martha Wells, JD Robb and Jim Butcher.)
Is Fated Blades going to be available on B&N? I couldn’t find it.
Hey Lis,
No, Fated Blades is published through Amazon, so it won’t be sold through other vendors. It will be available as paperback, Kindle book, KU, and also in libraries 🙂 https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/fated-blades-available-for-preorder/
It’s Amazon only but possibly available through your library system
How could we, being the BDH, not order a shiny new Kinsmen book? Really not possible.
Congratulations on the preorder sales!
That doesn’t even count people like me who hate to pre-order. Like, seriously, you expect me to know how much money I’ll have months from now on a specific day in my checking account? That’s crazy cakes!! I like to live dangerously but not that dangerously. But I will buy it! Especially after that last snippet ????
Silver shark is my all time favorite novella. I have waited 10 years for another novella in that world. Of course I’m going to preorder it and I subscribe to KU also but this one I want in my ebook collection.
Thank you for writing it.
I am dumb. Please put me out of my misery. What does BDH stand for?
The Book Devouring Horde, the Ilona Andrews Fandom :). We get our name from the Hope Crushing Horde in the Innkeeper Chronicles and our omnomnom book devouring tendencies ????
For this and other basics, please see https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/friday-basics-and-a-list/.
Hope this helps ????
I just read the other 2 in the bundle from 2018. Love them! If you decide to do more in this world I wouldn’t say no reading them. They are awesome! Soo pre-ordering Fated Blade!
I really liked the Kinsman stories. It gives me something to look forward to!
I saw this post and immediately pre-ordered it on my Kindle! Now to re-read the first two stories!
Congrats!!! Just shows how much we really DO love you guys.
I bought an Amazon gift card to pay for my preorder when I ordered it.
I will NOT remember come November I have an outstanding debit due.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, food to buy gifts to get traveling ( gas/ train) lodging … it’s the time of year you’re constantly paying out …
As a courtesy to you, they croon, they won’t charge your card till you get it. Is It Me! There is NO Reminder anywhere!
Why stress, I bought the book ( pre order) when the funds were there When this type of situation first bit my butt over at B&N, I preordered in May, got the book in November, had done ALL my holiday bookings cooking rentals… and got hit with 6 NSF (3 bank/3 suppliers) before put a hold on my account. BALL OF CONFUSION
It was all about when things were posted.
All I’m saying is B&N will let you use a gift card to pay for a preorder WHEN you order. Can anyone please help me bring thisto Amazon’s attention. CAUSE I will not remember a month from now let alone six.
I want it, I ordered it, I pay for it, they deliver it, what a concept!!!!
And I don’t care what anyone says
It ain’t me ????
I put reminders in my email calendar preset to 1 week before 🙂
Preordered my Kindle version yesterday!!!!! Can’t wait.
That is so cool! I’m thrilled for you, but not surprised. Pretty much all of us have been on tenterhooks waiting and when you announced the preorder link, well I just was not alone in pouncing on it. Love the count down widget! I put it into my calendar with alerts, but that’s much more fun.
???? Celebrations all around! ????
What can I say? We just love you guys.
For a member of the BDH, buying your book is a no-brainer, since we love your writing????!
I just pre-ordered it on Amazon.de (I had to search for it specifically, so no Amazon putting it in my recommendations) and here in Germany, you made it #1 in „Romance (foreign languages)“ and „Romantic Fantasy (English)“ and #3 in „Science Fiction (English)“. … Aaand #341 overall – which is huge for a book not written in German and only available on pre-order!
But then, I wasn’t surprised ????
I am so happy that I can treat myself an unexpected IA story, so thanks for that ????
I really want a tee with BDH on it!
I would love to pre-order an ebook, but I read on my Kobo. Last I checked the Kindle books are a Mobi file and I don’t think that’s compatible. I will either wait for print or audio. Likely both like I have with most of your other books LOL.
Thank you for your hard work and for the short story I’m already excited.
In this case, it’s not us it’s you. The snippet was fantastic. I’ve waited almost twenty years for a sci-fi with romance elements where both main characters are on equal footing. I know they usually are through trade offs,but these two are absolute equals.
You are awesome. Thank you for writing the intelligent books you do. Thank you so much.
With the great rankings on the lists, I am hoping we get more members for the BDH once others give the books a try.
Silver shark was my fave ever
Tried looking for Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews on Amazon India and did not find it. Tried a few variations of the keywords too.
Hey Vanessa,
The link for Amazon India is here https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09G9VJTKT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fated+blades&qid=1631781670&s=digital-text&sr=1-4 but we are aware it does not appear in the searches and looking into it.
In the meantime I hope the link helps ????
Congratulations! On the book pre-order release stats AND sustained parenting! Mine are a tween and a teen and I had a vision, perhaps deluded, of them being wonderful friends in their early 20s. Good to know the sibling thing still happens at that age, but at least you don’t need to referee and teach emotional intelligence!
And yes, the BDH buy hard! I’m a KU subscriber but had to buy Fated Blades outright. How can I not have your full collection available to me at all times?
Please tell me that i can buy Fated Blades also on Kobo!
Im in Switzerland, when i started
to buy ur books in English, i could not buy whole series on amazon.de Kate series started with book 4, 1-3 where not available in English. Other series like Faith Hunter ect also not. Amazon let me not buy it on us only de. So i switched to Kobo wich had no restriction. All ur books and over 1k more are on Kobo. So please tell me i can buy it also on Kobo!
Hi Ewa,
Fated Blades is an Amazon exclusive, it will not be available from other retailers. Ebook pre-order is available on Amazon Germany here https://tinyurl.com/4955jx59 and when the audiobook becomes available it will also show up on Audible in Germany.
For more details, please see here https://ilona-andrews.com/2021/fated-blades-available-for-preorder/
Same here. Amazon.de is realy limited in English books. When a series is not extremly popupal u can buy it maby at book 5 or just the last 2 in a serie in English. Somtimes they add it years later or never, solo books often not at all. U can buy it only in German. I have also all my English book on Kobo. I really hope u sell it there too.
Hey Barb,
Fated Blades will not be available for purchase on Kobo, it is published in collaboration with Amazon :). The pre-order link for Germany is up here https://tinyurl.com/4955jx59, it is for the book in the original English. I hope you will not encounter any of the difficulties you mentioned 🙂
I didn’t realize I hadn’t read this series. I was so excited I bought all three!
I just requested my library order this book. They should purchase it because they have the other two.
🙂
Aaaand, why do you get this response?
1) Of course, quality work with characters that we cheer for, humor that amuses us, and stories we eagerly follow
2) Beyond #1, you two have connected to your BDH in real ways, through this and your virtual presence
3) True generosity on the blog
4) All of the three above compound in impact during the “interesting times” that we’ve come into in the last few years
Congratulations for the win. It’s not luck
Congratulations! Nice to see the power of the BDH. The Kinsman stories are frequent re-reads for me so I was very happy to see a return to that world.
I’ve been hemming and hawing about getting a KU subscription but I need to support my favorite Author lord’s so I signed up and got an audible subscription!