An important message from Bear:
Woof! We’ll be celebrating the release of THE INHERITANCE (Book 1 of the new Breach Wars series) with a live Q&A event:
Join Ilona and Gordon on Saturday, August 16 at 10 AM Central on Zoom – register here.
We’ll be diving in the breach to tackle all things Inheritance, from mature female protagonists to mysterious Talents, everyone’s favorite grumpy Guildmaster, and of course, me! Best girl Bear, the not-so-little K9 wonder.
If you’re interested in anything specific like future writing plans, how Maggie is doing, pets and stories – comment with your question below. I’ll make sure to take the list to the humans, only slightly chewed.
I love zoomies! But Zoom spaces are limited, and they tend to go fast. Please be sure to register ahead of time to reserve your spot.
Not sure what 10 AM Central is in your dimension? You can figure it out using your favorite time zone converter – Ada likes this one.
For anyone who cannot attend the zoomies live, we’ll do our best to patrol and record the session and share the video on YouTube and on the blog next week.
I’m off to roll in something questionable. See you Saturday!
Questions, questions, questions….
1)I know this is in the hands of HA, is there a chance of 2 more Inheritance stories?
One for Ada to learn more of who and what she is and also have Elias interact with Ada as they prep for war, and of course the trip(s) to Baha-Char.
And a second for the war – various guild involvements, outing of those in goverment who are keeping sophonts secret and why (payoff, power…), meeting and working with other Sandines, taking the final action to the Tsuan
I’m not a writer so maybe the important stuff (‘ship and war) can be done in one book…
2)another snippet like the Klaus, Arland and Maud one on the blog. Another hint of the plans being laid for the war wedding.
Thanks for the great reads!
zoom questions:
1. who drew the pictures of the lees on the cave wall?
2. will we find out Jovo’s back story?
3. was Jovo already in the breach when the Tsuun used it as the gangplank between worlds? what was he doing there?
4. how did Jovo get mixed up with the Grees?
This is going to be a hit. This book rocks!
Qs for the Zoom:
1) Are sadrin only females or they can be any sex/gender and other species, like others who are battling the invaders
2)Will the Inheritance world see the help of the Innkeeper with the vampires, the Horde, and the ad-hals helping the humans in Ada’s world? The shroud seems very like the corrupted Innkeepers.
3)I like Sam, I am shipping her with Leo. Do we get to see more of Cold Chaos A team in book 2?
4)Non-Inheritance question. May we get a snippet of Roman and Andora and the whole Black Volhv family get-together. I have been listening to Sanctuary since the scenes of snow and cold is a treat during the heatwave in Seattle….90F weather is HOT.
5)Stickers for the Inheritance and the Cold Chaos log would be nice. The commercial spiel reminds me of a series I read a while back called Time Wars by Simon Hawke.
inheritance question for zoom call: this earth a parallel earth like George and Jack’s earth correct? not the same as Dina’s earth?
someone on Facebook had asked it the shroud parasitic creatures were the same stuff ones that corrupted innkeeper, though innkeeper ones weren’t deadly if touched.
will there be a GA?
tyvm!
Inheritance question – Ada tells the DDC that Cold Chaos sent their scouts into the breach to find her. Can we hear more about this? Why would that be better than sending in a whole team? How does this make Cold Chaos look good? I’d love to get more info here.
The Inheritance is freaking amazing. I’ve read it twice so far, back-to-back (the ending first, of course) and am about to start my third go-through. I absolutely adore Ada. Thank you for these awesome characters and fantastic books.
So I have questions. These may be answered in the next book so no worries if that’s the case. All are a spoilery, so skip if you haven’t read.
1. What was the amulet Ada was asked to look at when she first became an Assessor. Is she able to know more about it now?
2. What happened to the spider herder mark on her arm? Was she able to hide it from the DDC?
3. Who locked up the second cat? Did the same people make the recording? Wouldn’t that mean someone else was present and survived? Then they left the recording to be found with the cat …this seems fishy.
Loved the book and so enjoyed the serial! Thank you so much!
Follow up question: did Tia’s Talent actually show up during the school incident? Finding out her teacher really does hate her might explain her outburst.
She clearly has some experience with her Talent by the time she and Noah meet Elias and Leo. Her brother seems to know about by then as well.
I have some questions across the series:
-Have Kate and Curran kept the beach castle in Wilmington now that they have the Penderton fort? If so, is it to have a decoy home for Mahon’s visits? Do they commute back and forth? Do they have a rental home in Penderton for when their working on the new fort?
-Once Curran lost his godhood, did he keep the extra height or shrink back down?
-Grandma Frida and Grandpa Linus seem to have similar kinds of magic. Did Grandma Frida’s magic genes make it more likely that Arthur would get Linus’s magic? (I don’t super understand genetics; I took Art History in college)
-The portal beasties that are meant to vomit onto Ada’s earth and destroy it aren’t part of the portal planets ecosystem, right? If that’s true, are they similar to the summoned creatures from Hidden Legacy?
-Jack and Gaston aren’t arbiters like George (I think). Does this mean they could go back to the Camerine/Mar earth before the 20 years are up?
-Did Sophie use the Baha Char gate to let Rose and everyone know where the boys went? Or did George and Jack only get to Baha Char (in the first Innkeeper book) once George became an arbiter?
-Has the presence of Helen made Lord Soren has Karat more or less for grandkids?
Sorry that last question is meant to be ‘Has the presence of Helen made Lord Soren hassle Karat more or less for grandkids’
How was Ada able to punch through London’s forcefield?
Several questions.
Is the sphere found on the cat’s collar another witness?
Is the cat found locked in the chamber a young Skelzhar?
Was its mother the Skelzhar working with the Gress?
Thanks. I will listen on Monday. I have to work the weekend
Since we’re all celebrating the Amazon rankings and chortling over Ilona and Gordon’s shock about the reception in the comments on the other blog post:
What were HA’s expectations for the Inheritance?
How is it actually doing across all the channels, specially the IA store?
zoom question
1. what story did Ada and CC tell the DDC?
2. is London and Melissa’s going to make trouble for Ada about her new super strength?
3. why didn’t Tia tell her Mom about her Talent?
Puffles, the perfect name for a jaguar/bobcat the size of a cow.
First off, I’ve been struggling with postpartum anxiety and this book was so inspiring!! I really related to the way Ada’s panic was described. Thank you for writing this book.
In terms of questions, since Ada was able to punch through London’s forcefield so easily, is it implied that Ada’s prior analysis was slightly incorrect? Eg that they definitely had 2 minutes where London’s force field would have protected them if he hadn’t threw the grenade? Not defending him at all as he sucks but just wondering if the implication is that the gress and sadrine could have also punched through his forcefield easily.
Oodles of questions!
The Inheritance…
– What about the writing process did you love? What did you not love as much?
– When worlds collide! Was this a decision (about our cherished merchant foxes) debated between you both?
– What is your writing approach to a blog serial? How does it differ from a planned book?
In general…
– More Maud, please. Less a question and more of a plea.
Mod R – Is the Q&A live? I’m sitting in the ‘will begin shortly’ Zoom space & it’s 2 minutes into the time.
We had a bit of tech difficulty, we started at minute 3, I believe 🙂
Thank you Gordon and Ilona for giving up part of your weekend today. Was great to hear all your insights and plans for future stories. Will wait not at all patiently 😱. And fab job Mod R coordinating it all.
Now more questions:
* is anyone else obsessively re-reading InBearitance trying to figure out the bits they’ve missed?
* what happened to the electronic guts from the Gress witness. Were they incinerated by the amulet, kept by Ada, or recovered along with the broken forcefield dial by Cold Chaos?
* is taking video or photos inside a breach just a matter of having sufficiently advanced technology? The sort of tech that a Lees could help source from Baha-Char?