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Holy crap.

I’m shocked. Gordon is shocked. Our agent is being very cool about this. She is like, “Of course, it’s #1.”

No publicity. No marketing. No nothing.

BDH, you are so damn impressive. OMG.

OMG.

::fans self::

Okay, I will compose myself now.

Urgent things:

Print is in the works, should pop up in the next couple of weeks.

Audio: Hillary and James have the file and will record the book sometime in Early September, which means we will be seeing it maybe in October. We just finished pronunciation guides, and if you speak Japanese, we would love your help, because Gordon’s time in Utsunomiya was many years ago and he is a little rusty.

We just handed off the store support messages to our regular customer service specialist. She was not available before but she just finished her summer semester at college. She went through the customer issue emails at record speed, not realizing that I was still handling them on my end. (I feel like Ada – it’s good to be young.) So if you get a message from us after I already resolved your issue, please ignore it. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Some brief answers to Mod R’s urgent questions.

Sequel?

Yes. But not for a bit. This Kingdom sequel comes first.

Romance and spice in the sequel?

Yes. She threatened him and he liked it. Of course, there will be romance.

Credit to the artist?

Guys, Candice is credited in the usual place artists are credited in the ebook.

People who hire artists check the copyright page. Moving the link to her anywhere else will lessen her exposure.

What’s next?

Next we are working on Maggie 2. But, don’t go away, because we are going to try to have fun stuff available to you. We have a few deleted scenes and short fragments that we need to finish and develop into short stories and more inn-terviews at Gertrude Hunt.

Will this hit NYT?

Not a chance in hell. NYT is heavily weighted toward print books. USAT used to track ebooks, but they now changed the way they are compiling their list, so I wouldn’t expect us to hit there at all.

We don’t care. We are already happy as we can be.

This was an intense path to publication with sudden editing issues, which I won’t discuss here, and we worked so hard, and this is amazing.

Zoom Party

Also I’m supposed to remind you about the zoom release party. We’ve extended attendees numbers, so if you didn’t have a chance to register before, you can do so now.

Join Ilona and Gordon on Saturday, August 16 at 10 AM Central on Zoom – register here

And finally, can BDH name Elias’ cat?

Please suggest the names for the cat – trying to avoid spoilers here – in the comments. If you like the name, +1 it, and Mod R will sort through them and will have a poll for you on Friday.

::hug:: THANK YOU! You are truly the best.

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  1. Heh and yay!!!

    Fun reading suggestions. I nominate Alice, a nod to a classic and rabbit hole adventures everywhere. They can call her Allie or Allie-Cat. 😀

  2. Marshall for a Boy
    or
    Marsha for a Girl
    but everyone calls it Marsh.
    Since Ada’s cat is Mellow.

    Bear, Marsh, and Mellow. sounds like the start of an epic camping trip!

    (Yes I know marshmallow is with an a but it’s too good to pass up)

  3. I gave up trying to see if anyone mentioned this as the cats name but…. Tiddles.

    It’s pretty much what all my cats have ended up being called when I’m talking to them – regardless of actual name.

    Otherwise I second “Jim”, it’s a great way to hide the cat in an org chart.

    Also: big hugs, chocolates and copious cups of tea for poor Mod R who has to pull a list together from all. These. Comments!!!

  4. What about “Breakkitty”? This should be fitting 😁👋
    I absolutely love this story!!!

  5. My suggestion for Elias’ cat’s name is “Yes, that’s my dog” since Elias didn’t get along with Mellow.

  6. Just adding my bit to the cat-name debate…
    There are a lot of wonderful suggestions in the comments, but the names that I liked best are R.I.P. for rest-in-pieces (spelling chosen for the pun, sorry), all the gods/goddesses names (depending on kitty gender), the last proposition before I wrote this “yes that’s my dog” as usually cats don’t seem to like Elias… I also think “Jim” would be hilarious but very much an in-joke for the BDH.
    Whatever names end up in the poll, the choice will be very difficult ! Can we vote multiple times ?
    And of course, congrats on #1. Though I really don’t understand why anyone should be surprised…

  8. It is Friday afternoon here and I have just downloaded my new ebook … loving it and thank you both.

  9. Congratulations! This book is probably my second favorite after the Kate Daniels series which I will forever hold dear to my heart – it deserves all the success!!!!

    Ada is a badass woman, because she is a mum, she is in her 40s (this is so rare in book heroines!), and she never wanted to start a fight but she will finish it! This could be a whole saga seeing as we have a big intergalactic bad in the Tsuun, honestly it could be a movie series 😄

  10. Congratulations! No more than you deserve!

    I am sorely tempted to buy it but I’m trying to wait for the audiobook as I know it’ll be amazing. (Begins mantra … it’s only a few months to go … it’s only a few months to go…)

  12. Best Sellers Rank: #1 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
    #1 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books)
    #1 in Fantasy Action & Adventure
    #1 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Kindle Store)

    As of 5:05 MST on Friday.

    The BDH is hitting it hard.

  13. Thank you- it was such a fun and unexpected great book. I don’t know why I was surprised but the characters and world building are just amazing. Looking forward to the next installment!

    Thank you for bringing happiness to us! Good guys who keep their promises and protect children and animals at all costs!

    You guys are the best. BDH 4 EVER

    • Second, I’ve seen some great names in the comments, and I can’t pick just one!
      So,
      +1 Ripper
      +1 Jim (I liked the suggestion “just another employee, nothing to see here!)
      +1 Hades or possibly Hecate depending)

  16. But will it be a good alien cat or a secret villain alien cat?! I can’t handle secret villain cat!

  17. House Andrews definitely deserves #1 on the Amazon best seller list ^_^. “Of course” indeed. As always, your writing, world building, story plotting, character development, tension building etc. etc. etc. is truly exceptional! Thanks for another great read. Can’t wait to devour the next… and the next! I tako dalje.

  20. Congrats. Hey is Blood Heir finished? I don’t remember the finish. If it’s in the works, pardon the question. I love those characters and there was great tension there. So happy for you guys.

  22. 😂 I really don‘t know why you are surprised about the #1 at Amazon! I‘m not 💁🏻‍♀️😁!
    Also: + 1 for Buttercup 🐈

  24. You deserve every kudo. This book was fun as a serial, and even more as the finished book (which I devoured). I hope you make buckets of money.

  27. Congrats! Bought and read on the beach in Ningbo, yesterday.

    My vote was for CC! Why, despite the fun songs to sing with “Buttercup” (fill me up, don’t break my heart)… CC could be made to stand for lots of fun stuff that would fit into jokes! Chaos Cat maybe being the mainstay, but many other nicknames?

  29. I looked up rating today, Sunday, on Kobo and this is what I saw,

    #3 in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
    #11 in Science Fiction & Fantasy

    This looks pretty good!!!

    I use Kobo because my Sony reader library was taken over by Kobo.

  30. Congratulations!!! But I’m not surprised, because it was spectacular! My suggestion is: Saber

    Just wait until “This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me” hits; it is going to do the same! Granted and ARC and LOVED IT! The depth of world-building, the raw intensity of Maggie’s journey, and the sheer unpredictability of the plot kept me hooked! Already have a pre-order for a hard copy.

  31. My recommendation for pet names for this series is: Lion, Tiger, Bear, and O-my (you’ll never guess what he is)

  35. You deserve all the best ratings and more . We love your stories full of adventure, humour, daring exploits (my favourite is still the ferret heist) what a cool thing that would be and cute too !!! You make us smile and I have to remember to turn off and go to sleep or will read all night. Thank you Ilona and Gordon.

  39. congratulations. we’ll deserved. wanted patience for kitty name however buttercup is a cool name

  40. I’m slowly catching up on things after being out of it with some kind of creeping crud. I’m soooo happy that the release has made you happy! I greatly enjoyed reading the serial and of course enjoyed the full book entirely.

    All the best to you and yours, including the excellent customer service representative, as well as the superb ModR!

  41. Still going strong

    Best Sellers Rank: #137 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
    #1 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction eBooks
    #1 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction
    #2 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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