It’s Giveaway Friday, squeee!

House Andrews have witnessed the Horde’s long-suffering battle with our most relentless adversaries, W*iting and P*tience.
To fortify morale, they are gifting This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: 1 hardcover copy will go to a lucky US winner and 2 PDF ARCs to international winners.
To Enter:
Comment below and let us know:
- which country you’re from
- what your name would be, if, like Maggie, you would find yourself transported into a book (any book, by any author).
You can use your own name, make one up, or go full fantasy-protagonist and keysmash a lot of “y” and “z” into the usual unpronounceable creations. Have fun, Horde!
Giveaway Admin
This is a blog-only giveaway, only answers in blog comments count.
Winners will be chosen next Friday, February 27th 2026, with the aid of a random number generator.
The international winners will have to sign an NDA before receiving their PDF copies. This is not personal, but standard publishing practice to ensure the file will remain private with the winner. We appreciate your understanding.
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Comments are paginated, so the BDH chalance doesn’t break the blog (again lol). If you don’t see your entry, it means it’s on a previous page. Please do not resubmit, it is one entry per person.
Happy weekend and good luck!
Signed: Moderataria Rhae’zalyndrix, First of Her Name,
The Untouched by Sun, Lady of the Soggy Isles


1. USA
2. Aranel Manwathiel, Songbird of Chaos
Hi, from a little corner of the PNW USA called Anacortes.
My name would be Lee the Lucky Mage.
Wishing the BDH all the luck!
United States
Sheerah
Thanks for this opportunity! I’m from the USA.
Since I’m an M name, I’d probably stick with it. If I wanted something androgynous I’d shorten to Mel, or something a bit more barsa, probably Magnolia.
I’m from the United States. If I was transported into a book, I’d keep my name (Raina) but give myself a fancy title…like the Sariv.
1. USA
2. Sparkles Glitteratti, crafter of all things
A resident of Indiana–home of the Hoo Hoo Hoosiers! Thank you for the fun opportunity to name ourselves and the incentive to look up the meaning of my name. It is certainly much greater than I, however I choose Ma Dame Jeanna. (A name I disliked as a child and youth because few pronounced it correctly, but now I enjoy the uniqueness.)
Im in Australia. i would be Just Natalie *jazz hands*. a few years back i was in a community theatre show and they forgot to put my last name in the show program. My friends started joking that i should do a solo show called “Just Natalie”
USA- Maine
Juanika
USA
Devin
United States, Alayna
1. Australia
2. Melaiza (mash up of me and my kids names as I’d want to get back to them)
USA
Lady Yllaria, Empress of the 27th Isle, Daughter of King Rupert (King Rupert, may he rest in peace), Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Ninja Ferrets, Emissary to the Galactic Wizard and their starship.
1. USA
2. Christina the Thorn
1. Australia
2. Tabitha de Grey
1. USA
2. Cat the Purple
USA
Ivy
USA
“Kazziah”
1 USA
2 my name would be Bellamina Rachua.
1. USA
2. Elyrra the All Judging
USA
Val short for Valkyrie
United States
Sage the Quiet Chronicler/Librarian of Valdemar; Queen of Nerds clan Dalbec.
USA. Kat.
1. USA- Arkansas
2. Aria Gryphon
I’m from USA. my name would be Princess Sarah. Prime Animal Mage in Hidden Legacy.
1. US
2. Adaline Bramblebrook
1. Malaysia
2. Inquisitive Izzy from House Clumsy Penguin
Thank you for this opportunity!
Jim thorpe pa, USA
My name would be Taryn Van Cleef
US.
My children and husband refer to me as The Dark Force In The Universe. TDFITU for short. That would be my name.
1: US – Washington
2: Shawna of the land of doggies and kitties who sort of get along
Hi! I’m from California (US) and I’d keep my name, Sanam, since it means lover and I LIVE on transmigration romance novels.
1. USA
2. Anikki, The Reluctant, Healer of Myths, and The Burning Star
usa
I’d probably keep my name.
thank you!
USA
Daria the occasionally brave
USA
I’d be TIM (short for Trouble in Memphis) 🤣
Sian Davies from New Zealand.
greetings from Lady Margaretta Zvolsky
1. USA
2. Trinity, keeper of wolf puppy and fluffy kittens
1.USA
2. Maureen the Conflicted
Germany
With name there are two options, a) I will probably just use my normal name, Peter. But if I want to hide my origins I would try to find out a local name before I have to introduce myself. Because names are rather culture specific and someone is gonna ask where my name comes from and that is gonna be hard to convincingly lie about without knowing a lot about the world.
But if I want a fantasy wizard name I might go for Gandalf the Planeswalker.
I’m in the USA and my name would be Aut the Bookworm
1. Brazil
2. Lyra
ooo… books!
1. USA
2. Katya
Country: USA
Name: my online persona, Tiarys! (didn’t really mean to fantasify it, just changed the spelling years ago because people had trouble pronouncing the original spelling correctly XD)
I’m in the US. My name would still be Stacy. I might say it was short for Anastasia.
from Singapore.
my name would be Cessie The Cranky
One of those Banshees from Kate Daniels World
USA
If I were to be transported into a book i would probably be known as Mary the Perpetually Befuddled
US. Agatha the Finder.
1. not USA
2. Shadow
Hello and thank you for this chance!
1. I’m from SoCal, California USA!
2. If I were to be transferred into a story, I’d wake up with a name like Emerald Jayde or something generic sounding.
I’d probably be a basic cannon fodder character that would run away and live a life away from the main story arc to survive the upcoming war. (Sorry I read a lot of light novels). 😊
1. Canada
2. Tali, as long as I could either get to Baha char or if not your series to Ravenhall.
1. US
2. Ilona Frost – Yes, it is a mix of my two favorite fantasy authors, who happen to be besties, which I loved learning after the fact. I’ve used this as a username for different gaming platforms over the years.
USA
Kotra the Klutz
😉
USA
Tahrah, Queen of the Mountains, Leader of the Grey Witches, Arcane SSS Elemental Sorceress, Goddess of Justice, Protector of Truth & Nature, Daughter of Earth & Spirit, Guardian of Death’s Gate, Mother of Cats, Sister of Crows, Friend of Dragons, Lover of Stephen – the Chieftain of the Blue Artic Warrior Clan.
The USA
My name would be Becs- herald of the teeth cleaning utensil and indoor privies.
United States
Jinny Jackalope- the cat whisperer
1. US
2. Benedict Zifen
With love from Malaysia ☺️
Hmmm 🤔, “Hebat ” 😁
US
Thavy (The-ve) meaning Angel or Goddess from above.
USA
Grace as the real me is the anthesis of grace forever tripping or spilling on myself
I’m from the USA, and my name is/was/will be Constance Greystorm.
1. Indonesia.
2. Don’t know yet since I want a name that fits in with the world/culture/society I’ll be transported to, so I’ll be doing a bit of recon first before choosing it.
[fingers sooooooo crossed]
United States
Mad Damastren Gharandur of Black Ward Mountain
No matter how magical the universe, I’ll always live up to the name of Florence the Flawed.
Greetings from Belgium!
1. USA
2. Jinx the Fortunate, the Curse Witch, the Lord of Luck
1. US
2. Suma the unrelenting wisher
USA
Aspen – Master of spreadsheets, prompt in spirit, but deadlines are mortal concerns
1 French Polynesia
2 Nihate Arada – It is my first 2 names but reversed (my name is actually Adara Tehani). It sounds very pretty to me.
USA
Vita Alchemista – potion maker and antiquities collector
Hi there from Germany.
My Name would be: Liora of the rising sun.
USA
The Nadja Doll because I’m rewatching What We Do In the Shadows and I think it would be awesome to be a possessed doll in an IA world.
1. USA
2. In real life, I have a long, distinctive, and very feminine name. I like it a lot, but I remember many years ago when I went to a country with a very different language and culture from mine that I was told by a cute guy (with a grimace and a nose-wrinkle) that my name, at best, sounded like a masculine-ish last name that *might*, with great reluctance, be used to name a house. So if I accidentally portaled into another world, I would at least start off with the most common, nondescript female name I encountered, whatever the local equivalent was of Mary or Anne or Elizabeth. I’d choose my impressive empress-pope name upon my coronation.
From New Jersey, USA, Dharma Kurland.
Australia.
Using the name Bryce 👍
United States
Robin Grant
I’m from the US and my name would be Jasmine
USA
Lily the Something*
* The “something” to be determined once I figure out what book I’m in and what name will help me fit in/survive the most. 🙂
1. USA
2. Athelisia the Wise, Lady of the Southern Weyrs and Guardian of the Sadie-Dempsey Chapter of the Order of Felis Catus .
USA
Cluck Commander Debby the Poultry Wrangler, in the employ of Baroness Sethra Lavode (Undead Enchantress of Dzur Mountain and Environs)
1. United States
2. Zhiray, Harbinger of Good Omens (a play on the translated meaning of my Chinese name)
1. USA
2. Clalyra
I’m from the USA!
This is basic, but I’d love to have the name of a certain Lady Amalthea in The Last Unicorn. It would be confusing but certainly fun 😉
US
I would be Thaleia ay’Eldrene. Inspired by my first fantasy series way back when I was 13 years old.
1. United States
2. Aurora. Simply because it seems vaguely regal, but could also be slightly altered if needed to better fit in with the locals 🙂
I’m in the US and I would definitely be named Moonflower in my role of being transported into a book world!!
U.S.
Mare
1) USA
2) Genya of the Unicorns, Lesser Bookwyrm of the Great Library
usa
None shall know my true name – I shall be known only as “Aaaaghwrblghhh” in honor of the last words of many enemies.
1. USA
2. Lirije as a first name with several negotiable surnames depending on the type of world she gets dropped into.
I’m from the US, which isn’t as great a thing as it used to be.
My alter ego is Rhithyn Yr Gwlad Yr Hav, but I also might answer to Hey You. It’s really pretty mellifluous, so if the language of the new world was NOT English, it would be a source of private amusement.
– Canada
– The Hunter (I love the idea that no one actually knows the story behind the character or their real name but everyone whispers – “oooh, here comes The Hunter! Be afraid, be very afraid!”. But like the actual name of The Hunter is kinda everyday like Jane or Emily.
the United States
Sara the Lady of the Snow
I live in the US.
I would use just initials—AJ.
USA
Alana the Huntress, Keeper of the Wild.
USA
Anna, the lioness
USA
Andrew the Creepy.
“Have any tea? Can I have a cookie? What about cake? Don’t run away. I never get to have any fun.”
usa
sunchaser cat lady
USA
Tabby Cat
1. USA
2. Raysa Empress of the Sun and owned by the Cats 😹😹😹
That would be me in charge but still slave to cats
United States, probably Olive because I’ve always liked that name. Olive Chonk.
The US
Tsubiki, bc it sounds cute
Good morning
1. South Africa
2. In a fantasy setting – Rissiepit or in a modern setting – Lynda Skinner
Rissiepit is a term for a virago, similar to Firecracker. My own name, as it is my own and I have come to love and appreciate it over the years.