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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
Epic portal fantasy
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
Book 1 of the Maggie the Undying series
480 pages · First published 2026
Maggie wakes in the city of Kair Toren and recognizes the dangerous world of the unfinished fantasy series she has read obsessively. Her knowledge of its people and looming disasters becomes a survival tool, along with the startling discovery that she cannot be killed. The people she befriends have no such protection, and saving them draws her into rival powers, magical threats, and an increasingly personal attachment to the world she once only read about. This first Maggie the Undying adventure is an absorbing rainy-day escape, with humor and romance threaded through decidedly dark stakes.
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Graphic violence and torture · Death and war · Trafficking and slavery · Child abuse · References to sexual assault · Language · Passionate kissing
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Birch & Maple Coffee
Maple, cinnamon, and hot coffee suit the reader's suggestion of settling into this adventure on a rainy fall day.
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- Stir any sweetener, cocoa, or spices into the coffee until dissolved. Add milk or cream if desired and garnish as indicated.
- Garnish: Orange peel if for extra kick.
- Glassware: Mug (or highball glass if served cold).
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Blackberry Old Fashioned
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
Bourbon and dark blackberry bring an autumn warmth to this rainy-day escape into a dangerous fantasy world.
What you'll need
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1/4 oz blackberry syrup ↗
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
- Ice
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How to mix it
- Stir bourbon, blackberry syrup, and bitters with ice for 20 seconds. Strain over one large ice cube.
- Garnish: Fresh blackberry and orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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