How it’s started:

How it’s going:

And this:

And also thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis:

I mean… DING DONG!

Ask not for whom the Mad Rogan smoulders:

I cannot stop staring at the detail one incredibly talented @helena.illustrated has brought to Nevada and Rogan’s world. For science, obviously.

These are the covers of the Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition Box, which include Burn for me, White Hot and Wildfire. Arcane Society operates like a book club, but these are available to the general public. They told us they are selling out fast, so this will likely be our last post regarding these. If you somehow missed it, now is your chance.

Readers will get end papers by @helena.illustrated on top of the art featured above; and dust jacket and hard case illustration and edges by the fabulously talented @fantastical_ink. The boxes will be shipped in November 2025 and cost $120 plus shipping and taxes.

International delivery is available but please remember: all questions about this edition, preorder process, delivery times, etc. should go directly to Arcane Society. They’re the wonderful people running this and best positioned to clarify in all matters. You can contact them at help@arcanesociety.com.

I’m off to stare some more and pretend Ilona sent me the next part of the Augustine and Diana story. Which I won’t spoil you about, but incites extremely professional editorial comments like “Yessssssss, yessssssss. It feeds us, Precious, it gives us crumbses! Wicked, tricksy Ilonases!” on my part.

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This is a reminder that the Hidden Legacy Special Edition Box containing Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire will be released by Arcane Society for preorder tomorrow, Friday 3rd of October.

Subscribers will get access at 12 pm Pacific Time and the general public at 1 pm Pacific Time. Here is a time converter for Pacific Time which should make it easier.

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Please remember: all questions about this edition, preorder process, delivery times, etc. should go directly to Arcane Society. They’re the wonderful people running this and best positioned to clarify in all matters. You can contact them at help@arcanesociety.com. For the Arcane Society website: click here.

If you’re wondering what a Special Edition is, why they exist, or any of the more general details, Ilona has you (and me) covered: Special Edition FAQ.

Happy preordering!

Now for a round of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me Giveaway admin:

We cannot find one of our giveaway winners, Cecelia.

Cece, if you’re seeing this, both Ilona and I have tried to contact you multiple times from different official email addresses. Please check your spam and reply, or contact me at modr@ilona-andrews.com from the address you left with your winning comment.

If we don’t hear back by tomorrow at 12 PM Central, the prize will be forfeited and another name will be drawn from the giveaway entries. The new winner will be announced in tomorrow’s post, which will be brimfull of treats (no tricks).

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Today we bring you the first part of Hidden Legacy news. Part 2 tomorrow.

From Arcane Society:

In collaboration with Ilona Andrews, we are so excited to announce our Special Edition Box featuring Burn For Me, White Hot and Wildfire!

DESIGN DETAILS:

Dust Jacket Illustration, Hard Case Illustration and Edges by @fantastical_ink

Reverse Dust Jacket Design and End Papers by @helena.illustrated

Book 1 is signed.

Unsigned available

*Art subject to change

Early access passcodes for this Special Edition will be sent on October 3rd at 10AM Pacific Time to active subscribers.

Early access will start at 12PM Pacific Time.

If we have copies remaining, they will be available to the public at 1PM Pacific Time.

This box will be $120 plus shipping and taxes.

These are expected to ship November 2025.

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Arcane Society website: click here.

For all questions regarding this edition, please reach out to help@arcanesociety.com. We can’t answer any questions here.

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We are happy to share that THE INHERITANCE paperbacks have now populated on most retailer websites.

These are print-on-demand (POD) editions and include the interior illustrations, rendered in black and white for the print format.

BOOKSHOP

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BookTopia

Above are links to a few of the major retailers that carry it. The distribution for the paperback is handled through Ingram, which means the book will populate across many other international sellers as well. If your favorite store isn’t listed here, a quick search in their catalogue should bring it up.

If you’d like to order through your local indie bookstore, or if you’d like your library to order a copy, you’ll need this ISBN: 9781641973403.

Audiobook news: the audio format of THE INHERITANCE is also in the works!

Narrators Hillary Huber and James Konicek have been given detailed pronunciation guides and will begin recording soon. This will be a dual POV, unabridged, traditional audiobook.

We expect it to be available mid-autumn, and in the meantime, we’ll share audio clips and snippets as soon as they’re ready.

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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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Welcome to the Breach Wars!

The Inheritance actually slipped into Amazon circulation late last night, so we had to scramble a little bit to match it on our store. I have a few store queries to take care of and I will jump on it right after this post.

Obligatory cover and synopsis.

We are at war. The interdimensional invasion brought us unimaginable suffering, but it also awoke talents slumbering deep within us, a means to repel and destroy our enemy. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. If you are a Talent, your country needs you. The world needs you. Be the hero you were born to be.

Adaline is a Talent. Ten years ago, she had a happy marriage and a job she loved. The invasion shattered both. Now she works for the government, searching the breaches for magic metals and medicine to help Earth repel an interdimensional enemy. Two kids, one cat, bills, benefits, mortgage and school tuition…Risking her life became routine.

She had gone into the dimensional gates hundreds of times. She was always well protected. This time everything goes wrong. Now Ada is trapped in the labyrinth of alien caves unlike any other. Her only companion is a scared German Shepherd named Bear. Together they must uncover the breach’s secrets and escape, because Ada promised her children that she will come home.

The future of humanity depends on it.

Or buy from your favorite retailers.

A quick note regarding EU access to the store. The company that onboarded our EU tax compliance assumed that all books are tax free in US, which caused an issue when I tested the store and it dramatically failed to collect Texas tax. We had to temporarily remove EU access, but they assure us that everything is fixed. Once I get through the customer issues, I will try reopening and we will see if it works.

This was such a fun serial to write. Thank you so much for coming along on this adventure with us!

PS from Mod R: This is also our INHERITANCE spoiled thread. For everyone who rushed to the end (I see you, I am you) – there are added scenes along the way, all the new content isn’t just in the last chapter.

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The new pub date for THE INHERITANCE (EBOOK) is Tuesday, August 12th. The new proofreader has the file and confirmed that the deadline is doable. The files will be uploaded on Tuesday 12th, so it may take a little bit to propagate through the retailer channels. Meaning if we upload it in the morning, Amazon might not find it until a few hours later.

If all goes well, THE INHERITANCE (EBOOK) will be uploaded to the direct sales store on Tuesday.

You don’t have to purchase from us directly. THE INHERITANCE ebook will be available through all of our usual retailers. meaning Amazon, Apple Books, etc.

Please purchase the book in the format most convenient to you. We want it to be simple and easy. We are getting paid regardless.

The PRINT edition will be available through retailer channels in a couple of weeks. It takes them a little longer to process. The dead tree books will not be available from our direct store at this time.

Audio files will go to the readers on Monday and the AUDIO BOOK will be available within several weeks, depending on the audio reader schedule.

The Store Availability

The store launch so far went well. We’ve had 3,694 downloads so far. Most of them arrived safely, and the few that didn’t got stuck in the the spam folder. A couple of readers typoed when entering their email addresses. A lot of people sent a thank you. A surprising number of people used the troubleshooting contact form to send blank emails to us, because they mistook it for a sign up form, so if you’re one of them, please don’t feel bad, you’re not the only one who has done it.

Because the promotional ebooks were free, we opened those downloads to everyone. Ebooks with an actual price will be subject to tax and VAT, which means we need to make sure we are in compliance with the international tax codes.

Short version:

• USA – yes
• Australia – yes
• New Zealand – yes
• EU and UK-yes eventually, not sure if it’s a yes in time for Tuesday.
• Everywhere else – no

Long version:

We will be opening digital orders for THE INHERITANCE to Australia and New Zealand, because they have a high threshold for digital goods sales recording.

We are working on EU VAT compliance for digital services. It’s a bit different from the physical products. EAS is onboarding us, and hopefully they can do it in time for the launch. If not, we will open for sales to EU as soon as we are able.

As of now, we will not be selling directly to Canada. Here is why.

Taxable supplies that are made in Canada are subject to the GST at a rate of 5%, or the HST at the harmonized rate if they are made in a participating province.

The current rates of tax are:

• 5% (GST) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon
• 13% (HST) in Ontario
• 14% (HST) in Nova Scotia
• 15% (HST) in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island

To determine where your specified supplies are made, you must determine the status of your customer and the usual place of residence of your customer.

Government of Canada

This is complicated. EAS app sets VAT, files taxes, and invoices us. I can’t find an app that will do that for Canada, which means we have to do this manually or hire someone, and that doesn’t seem to be feasible right now.

Other countries and regions: the tax codes are too complicated at this time. We are sorry.

Other Books and Stuff

We are uploading our backlist titles to the store as well, so if you’re missing any titles, they are going to start popping up for sale.

PS. Dear Mod R, I have linked the store 3 times in the post. Four. Four times now. Hopefully less questions as to where it is now. Mission accomplished.

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Bad news: THE INHERITANCE has been delayed to early next week. Our proofreader had an emergency so we had to pivot at the last minute. The book must be proofread. We should get the exact date for you later today when the new proofreader has a chance to review the manuscript.

Good news: To allow you to become familiar with the store, we are offering you two free ebooks: CLEAN SWEEP and Silent Blade. If you already have those books, please be aware that adding them to your Kindle library or other book libraries will result in a duplicate copy.

The store is still in progress, so some links will not work.

If something goes wrong, please use the contact form at the store. Please don’t email Mod R, she has nothing to do with the store orders. Please allow 48 hours for resolution of the issue.

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