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


South Africa
shackcat
Canada!
I’d go by Patience Grasshopper
Kung fu…
I’m old…loved that TV show!!!
not an entry 🙂
Location: Canada
Name: Janey the Dreamer
What a fun idea!
1) Canada
2) Ashley, Lady of Naps
USA
Isharlia, lady of hooks and briber of felines
United States.
Jenny the Rampant Cheese Enthusiast
(Title stolen from a character in the ‘Liches Get Stitches’ series. Is it really stealing though if it describes me to a T? I think not.)
Jaci, The Mystical Moon, from Brasil
Oooh, I am in the US and I would definitely go for something peak fantasy and vaguely superhero-inflected: Alietza, the Light of ArkTar or something. Like Death’s granddaughter, I was stuck with Susan irl, and as Pratchett observes, it’s basically the most prosaic possible option.
San Antonio, just down the road.
Brandy Morgan – white witch extrodinaire
USA
Katrin the voluable
1. Australia
2. Feisty Cakes Malone, The Mighty Ferret Whisperer!
Giggling at the increasingly zany names I came up with during my one person brain storming session.
Australia
name: Frankie the dreamer, always searching the silver lining
Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺
My name would be Kyzanna the wanderer.
1) U.S.A. (sigh)
2) Mistfox
Denmark
my name would be Cora the curios
In the USA
Beverly, She Who Procrastinates
in the US,
Dave the Patient.
(ducking from rotten tomatoes thrown by BDH…)
USA
Dragoncat
United States
Johanna, Should Have Remained Silent but Opened Her Mouth Anyway
Thank you for the giveaway 🥳
1. Germany
2. The Birdwatcher
USA
Qhenubsa Jiedagneth, according to one of the the fantasy name generators!
USA
Wing Yee of the Dragons
Australia
Sahamenta – tomekeeper and alchemist.
USA
Julie aka “Mother Nature” (Hidden Legacy – because I have all of the elemental powers).
Reyzbekah? I’m from the US!
USA
Mairelon the Magician
Canada
Ariadne
United States
Serenity the Book Maven
USA
E Storm
USA
Courtney, Lady of Crystals
Canada
Raysa Rune, Divine Ruler and Overlord
USA
Elizabeth the Smart Assery
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
1. USA (Texas 😉 )
2. Marlena (I’m not creative enough to come up with a wild name, but my parents clearly were, and I’m coasting on that.)
1. Virginia, USA
2. Ann (after my grandmother)
From the US!
I’ll be nameless, blend in with the crowd…
USA (not a proud member these days)
Id stick with my name probably, Sara the Undying has a nice ring to it.
Why can’t I edit? I know I lost an apostrophe.
I live in the United States and if I woke to find myself in a portal book world my name would be Betty of the Quiet Temple
USA
Tarma, Guardian of the Fur-covered, Healer and Cat Herder by necessity
Sweden!
Innej, the collector of books and bits & bobs
What a fun idea, it’s like getting to know the true name of everyone!
United States
Zara Claw of the White Bear Rider’s of the Icy Tundras of Isolation and Despair in the Far Reaches of Pandora
Canada
Janice the keeper of stories 🙂
1.USA
2. Rhele the book-thief
US
Alicia the exhausted
USA
Sarah, the immaculate (for my ability to clean anything!)
USA
Pausert
United States of North America
Jade Blackrabbit
1. USA
2. My name would be Andrew, a character still trying to find his niche.
US
Lady Kate Stitchwizard first of her name
Germany
Bjorn seldom-berserk
USA resident
Laura Vimes
I would stick with my first name as ease of confusion when someone calls your name. last name would be great to make one of the nice powerful people think you might be related.
new zealand
Jo L
currently id love to go be part of the retired assassins guide to gardening. new author to me and I keep going back to re read bits!
US
Kit the Cat Herder – Of Doom
(I want to be isekaid as the benevolent villainess since they always have more fun in anime. And I want cat familiars with thumbs and wings. And they need to be able to talk – if and when they feel like it.)
1 . United States
2. Jessica
USA
Hu Ma’at the Indomitable
USA
My name would be Vulpix
USA
Cosmiczena from the Milky Way
USA, Khira the Mercifully Silent
So excited!!!
I would be
Bree mistress of ponies with some animal mind speech!
I’m located in Oregon of the usa.
Tazi (short for Anastasia) – my grandmother’s name, wish I had a daughter to give it to
From US
UK (aka the Land of Eternal Rain )
Elise Quicksilver
US
I’d be Kate the Ridiculous – and go around solving problems like George, putting together things in entirely unexpected ways that nobody things will ever work – and a smile on my face, because I KNOW I’m ridiculous.
Australia
Johanna the Lost
USA
Quince for my book name!
1. U.S.
2. David the Uncoded
USA!
Freyja Fefferman
Greetings from Canada! I’m an ER nurse but clumsy af! 🙃 😅
If I were transported into a book, my name would be: Zyra Mabelryn, Harbinger of Mild Inconvenience and Questionable Decisions
— ER healer by day, accidental overlord by night, absolutely capable of saving life… but possibly setting something on fire first.
Elizabeth the Unserious (USA)
USA
Mary the Confuzzler
1. United States
2. Cookie
I am *very* chalant and I can’t wait for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me to release!
From Norway. I would be Emi the mother of cats🐈⬛
I’m going to have to stick with Laura, but pronounce it the way Spanish speakers do, because that sounds so much prettier.
And I’m in the US.
Location USA
Name Inara Shade
1. Germany
2. Jack the Prudent of Impulsive Decision Making Fame from the County of Cautious Spontaneity
Name: Veronika the Evil
Country: Australia
I’d keep my name Lisa because I doubt I’d remember to respond to anything else. 😅
Greetings from the US.
Eve, Mother of Obstreperous cats, living in the US.
May I pile on to the many other comments admiring how Mod R’s book name is actually pronounceable?
If I could be in any series, I would want to be in the DiscWorld, preferably living on Scoone Avenue (but not TOO close to Lady Sibyl’s Dragon Sanctuary)!
USA
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1.Greece
2. I would be named Antara like the stormy sea, and I would love to be a lady knight with extraordinary fighting skills,magic and storm brewing in my eyes, when the occasion calls for it@!hehehe
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
Can’t wait any longer…
Would really love do not need scuba when I’m underwater. So maybe somewhere they have gills?
US
Cortland Ashley
(I think my name would fit right in with most roles/genres)
Hopefully you and the RNG like my submission!
(wondering if I should sacrifice a chicken to the gods of technology today)
::thoughtful/pondering face::
USA
my name would be Anara something something…
If it’s fantasy Jack. If I’m trying to hide Jack. If it is Star Wars/ Dr. Who/ Star Trek D’Jack (the D is silent). if it is Kate Universe/ Hidden Legacy/ Innkeeper John but I go by Jack, and this is all to protect my real name Tracer
USA
Canada
Glory
Oh my. So many choices!
Texas, US
just call me Icesk8flyer
Germany
Kaylia
And I want to add I really appreciate your Blog and all the Ressources you put in to make it a Save & happy Space to Go to!
+100
Georgia the Short-lived because I’m not sure how long I’d make it without modern amenities! Based in Canada.
1. U.S.
2. Frank, if I have to give one without thinking.
Belgium
Vaelin Stormscribe, breaker of old structures.
1. US
2. Willow
I’m in the UK. My name would be Cherry because I like my name 🙂
I’m from the US, and my name would be Manera, Whose Gaze is Merciful and Whose Punishment is Just
US
Alexandra (Alex) Jo
– for one of my favorite names (Alexandra) and Jo (Josephine) from Little Women.
1. USA
2. I’d go by the name “Raccoon”
United States
Penelope
Hidden Legacy
UK
Kristofer the wizard
France
Dame Couchetard
usa, and i think would stick with Kristina. gotten really used to being called by it at this point 😝
My name (real one) is Carmen, from Spain. Proud owner of all your books.
I’ll be delighted to be able to read this last one so soon and not needing to wait!!
So, the name I would choose if entering, for example, one of your Sweep books, it will be mine, because It has got a beautiful meaning both in latin or arabic, so is apt for any kind of character.
Thanks a lot for your wonderful work, and please keep going!
United States
Rachel, Face of Many Spots
Lexi R (US by way of Philly):
Alexandra Ravensblood, Shadowed by Cat, Minion of Toddler, Third of her Name, Buttkicker of Breast Cancer
Slovakia
Kika
United States
Exsalle