The Edge
Welcome to the website for our new series. It’s a very odd story of a very odd place. The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny. It’s a place where poverty is real, life is hard, and fairy tales sometimes do come true.
This series came into being accidentally. I’d written a novella of the Edge, planning to put it on the website as a freebie. Jeaniene Frost happened to read it, and proceeded to call me and threaten me with the bodily harm unless I turned it into a full length book.
The first draft of the first book, ON THE EDGE, was written approximately two months in between Kate books and I loved working on it. The first hint of trouble came when Gordon edited it and took to calling it “rustic fantasy” as opposed to urban fantasy.
When I showed to our agent, she loved it, but she wasn’t quite sure what it was. Then our editor at Ace, Anne Sowards, looked at it. She called back next day saying that she wasn’t quite sure what it was, but she wanted to buy it. The art department was excited about the idea (and made the fantastic cover, which I love to death and it’s my precious) but they also weren’t quite sure how to classify it.
A few days before the first book came out, a prominent reviewer emailed me to say that she enjoyed the book a great deal but wasn’t sure how to classify it either.
:drumroll:
I now present the unclassifiable ON THE EDGE. It’s like Twinkies. Everybody likes it, nobody is 100% sure what it is.
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Loved the series…read both books back-to-back in one day…can’t wait til the next one comes out…soon..I am hoping…
Been a fan since I read the first book in the Kate Daniels series and I have been a HUGE fan ever since. I read both Edge books in one day back to back and am just in love with your writing style and love, love, love the thought behind both series. Can’t wait to read what y’all come up with next!!
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“I now present the unclassifiable ON THE EDGE. It’s like Twinkies. Everybody likes it, nobody is 100% sure what it is.”
I love this series! Its great to have a series for between the Kate Daniels series. I have a question though. Will we be seeing Richard and Kaldar again? I loved those two characters!
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[...] week, Ilona Andrews released Fate’s Edge — third in the The Edge Series. For probably the first time in years, I made myself NOT read the whole book in one night. [...]
I was born & raised in the South. I simply adore the Edge series. I can”t wait for the next book. MiMi
[...] Edge é o terceiro livro da série “The Edge” de Ilona Andrews. Neste universo, existem três dimensões separadas da realidade na Terra: o Broken, que é [...]
I just read your “snippet” – with Voshak and the blonde. Love it, but NOT ENOUGH. I love all your books (which surprised me) and cannot wait for the next . . . thank you for entertaining me so well with your writing.