This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Ilona Andrews author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:2nd Apr '26

Should be back in stock very soon

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Transported to the ruthless fantasy world from her beloved but unfinished book series, Maggie must find a way to survive - as a great war looms ahead.

Transported to the ruthless fantasy world from her beloved but unfinished book series, Maggie must find a way to survive – as a great war looms ahead. Spellbinding epic fantasy from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.She knows exactly how their story ends.
Now she’s fighting to rewrite it.


This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the beginning of the most epic adventure yet from bestselling author Ilona Andrews. For fans of Samantha Shannon, Sarah J. Maas, Danielle L. Jensen and isekai portal fantasy.

When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy and naked in a gutter, she recognizes Kair Toren. It’s a city she knows intimately from the pages of a famously unfinished fantasy series. And what are her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic and mayhem? Her encyclopaedic knowledge of the books and their characters' fates.

She quickly discovers she can’t be killed (though many will try), but the same can’t be said for those she’s learning to love – a motley band including a former lady’s maid, an assassin and a dangerously appealing soldier . . .

Soon, instead of trying to return home, she finds herself enmeshed in the schemes – and attentions – of duelling princes, dukes and villains. All this while trying to save them and their kingdom from the ending she’s seen on the page: a cataclysmic war.

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‘I was captivated from the very first line’
– Danielle L. Jensen, author of A Fate Inked in Blood

‘Fantasy, romance, danger – this book has it all. Addictive. I need the sequel stat’
– Felicia Day, author of Third Eye

‘A perfect blend of humour and high stakes’
– Katee Robert, author of Neon Gods

‘Absolutely brilliant! This is the kind of book that will make you forget the world exists’
– Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop

If you thought Ilona Andrews was at the top of her career, you haven't read This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Exciting, complex, with indelible characters and a heroine who cannot die: loved it -- Charlaine Harris, bestselling author
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I loved every page and could not look away! This is the kind of book that will make you forget the world exists – it's gripping and fun and fabulous! -- Sarah Beth Durst, bestselling author of The Spellshop
Ilona Andrews casts the kind of spell every fantasy lover craves – an irresistible plunge into another world. I was captivated from the very first line -- Danielle L. Jensen, bestselling author of The Saga of the Unfated series
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me will delight longtime readers and new readers alike! A fantastic cast of characters, a world you want to spend endless hours in, and a perfect blend of humor and high stakes. You don't want to miss this one! -- Katee Robert, author of Neon Gods
With a fun premise and wonderfully deep worldbuilding, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me gives us an ordinary heroine who takes charge and refuses to let the world dictate her fate. Great for fans of Sarah Rees Brennan’s Long Live Evil -- Django Wexler, author of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
Filled with Andrews’s signature heart-stopping action, rich world-building, and emotional depth, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me kept me up well past my bedtime, but it was so, so worth it -- Jessie Mihalik, author of Silver & Blood and Polaris Rising
Ilona Andrews's books are guaranteed good reads -- Patricia Briggs, author of New York Times bestseller Iron Kissed
Fantasy, romance, danger – this book has it all. Addictive. I need the sequel stat -- Felicia Day, New York Times bestselling author
Ilona Andrews delivers only the best -- Jeaniene Frost, author of the Night Huntress series
Another glorious entry in the Ilona Andrews legendarium. Both a send-up of, and a love letter to, your favorite fantasy tropes, by a master of the genre. Self-aware, tongue firmly in cheek, but also full of heart. The perfect balance of humor, romance, and thrills in one brilliant book -- Brigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
All the brilliance I've come to expect from Ilona Andrews and more: humor, high-stakes adventure, smoldering romance, and a good sprinkle of thought-provoking questions. Perfect for anyone who has ever wanted to jump into a book and rescue your favorite characters -- Elisabeth Wheatley, author of Tears of the Wolf
With intricate plotting, brisk pacing, and snappy dialogue, this self-aware take on the portal fantasy is a delight -- Caitlin Rozakis, bestselling author of Dreadful
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is an absolute blast from beginning to end. It is clever, exciting, entertaining, and crafted with a lot of love * The Fantasy Hive *

ISBN: 9781035089376

Dimensions: 242mm x 165mm x 41mm

Weight: 710g

480 pages