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Member Since:
June 01, 2011
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Claire O'Dell
Biography
Claire O’Dell is the author of dozens of short stories and a number of SF/F novels, including the SF mystery series, The Janet Watson Chronicles, and the epic fantasy series River of Souls. Her first novel, Passion Play, won the 2010 RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy and was long-listed for the James Tiptree award. Her novel A Study in Honor won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and two idiosyncratic cats.
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Series
River of Souls
by Claire O'Dell
Therez Zhalina is the daughter of one of Melnek’s most prominent merchants. Hers is a life of wealth and privilege, and she knows her duty—to marry well and to the family’s advantage. But when Therez meets the much older man her father chose, she realizes he is far crueler than her father could ever be.
She decides to run. This choice will change her life forever.
Therez changes her name to Ilse and buys passage with a caravan bound for distant cities. She soon discovers a world of magic and political intrigue beyond anything she had imagined. Hers is a journey she attempted lives and centuries before, one she must complete to bring peace between the realms.
River of Souls is a world of magic and multiple lives, where the choices you make in this life will follow you through the ones to come.
Passion Play
Queen's Hunt
Allegiance
Books
Allegiance
by Claire O'Dell
Series: River of Souls, Book 3.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 114,430.
Language:
English.
Published: February 16, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
King Leos, the near immortal ruler of Károví, is dead. The three jewels who granted him such powers have reunited into a single magical entity and slipped back into the magical void. But with Károví in turmoil and the king of Veraene eager to establish a new empire, the threat of war remains. Ilse must make the long journey back to where her story began, to bring peace between the realms.
Passion Play
by Claire O'Dell
Series: River of Souls, Book 1.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 143,090.
Language:
English.
Published: February 16, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Therez Zhalina is the daughter of one of Melnek’s most prominent merchants. Hers is a life of wealth and privilege, and she knows her duty—to marry well and to the family’s advantage. But when Therez meets the much older man her father chose, she realizes he is far crueler than her father could ever be.
She decides to run and changes her name to Ilse. This choice will change her life forever.
Queen's Hunt
by Claire O'Dell
Series: River of Souls, Book 2.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 111,310.
Language:
English.
Published: February 16, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Months have passed since Ilse Zhalina abandoned her beloved Raul Kosenmark to start a new life in the garrison city of Osterling Keep. Theirs is a dangerous game, with enemies on both sides of the border. Ilse set on a quest to find the fabled jewels of the goddess Lir and soon encounters a shipwrecked prisoner who has a secret of her own...and the second jewel.
The Time Roads
by Claire O'Dell
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 88,420.
Language:
American English.
Published: January 12, 2021
.
Categories:
Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Science fiction » General
In the late nineteenth century, Éire rules one of the most powerful empires in the world. But its colonies are filled with resentful subjects, and Europe hovers on the brink of war. In a series of braided stories, Claire O’Dell has created a tale about a queen who seeks to guard her kingdom, and the brilliant Éireann scientists who strive to conquer the nature of time.
Nocturnall
by Claire O'Dell
Price:
$1.00 USD.
Words: 11,070.
Language:
English.
Published: December 1, 2015
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
Thirty-five years have passed since Ilse Zhalina and Raul Kosenmark were crowned king and queen of Veraene. They've dedicated their lives to the kingdom and to the will of the gods--but both long for the day when they can set aside the endless politics and transform themselves into two ordinary people. When an old enemy reappears, they find their wish might be fulfilled.
The Ghost Dragon's Daughter
by Claire O'Dell
Price:
$1.00 USD.
Words: 14,470.
Language:
English.
Published: November 27, 2015
.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Mei, Lili, and Jun have just three weeks to complete their senior year project, a portable translation device they call the monstrosity machine, which runs on magic and mathematics. They only need to prove the concept, but Jun wants more than a passing grade. She wants that shiny golden insignia on her graduation certificate that says she's graduated with honors.
A Handful of Pearls & Other Stories
by Claire O'Dell
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 68,060.
Language:
English.
Published: June 1, 2011
.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(4.00 from 1 review)
A Handful of Pearls & Other Stories collects nine stories by award-winning author Claire O'Dell, ranging from fantasy to SF to the unclassified. These tales include gender-bending aliens, escaped slaves in an alternate Haiti, a pre-teen arthropod and his dog, and a woman who might, nor might not, be Medusa.