The release of the latest installment of Rebecca Yarros’ romantasy Fourth Wing series, Onyx Storm, caused Target’s website and app to crash in the early hours of Tuesday, the book’s hardcore fans believe.
According to Down Detector, the outages first began to be reported around 2:45am before spiking 30 minutes later.
”Lol,, everyone jumping to grab Onyx Storm and we broke Target’s servers??,” one commenter wrote.
“I got work in a few hours man, let me buy my book,” said another.
“Just trying to get this damn book for my wife so I can go back to sleep,” said another frustrated shopper.
The outage is reportedly effecting users across North America.
Hard copies of the book were released to event attendees at midnight in the US with bookstores across the country hosting events to celebrate the release of the latest installment.
However, it’s only through Target that the special collector’s edition is available.
The audiobook is also released today on Spotify.
The book’s publishers have not elaborated on when it will be available on Kindle.
The Independent has reached out to Target for comment on this story.
