At 15 Myrna was attacked by demons. At17 she was sent to kill them, with the help of six other teenaged Vigorios.Myrna Watts was looking forward to graduation from high school in Jacksonville,Fl. Instead she is transported to a bizarre and primal planet corrupted bydemon-dragons and filled with monsters. And they want her dead. Her problem?She has been recruited to kill them, too. But are the romantic advances ofthree warriors demonic distraction or real love? How will she know in time?
The Story Behind This Book
Odessa is the first book in a series that took nearly 30 years to bring to the page. After stops and starts over the years, between career and raising children, the story changed until it is what came out in six months time of marathon writing. The result was Odessa and the second book, Harpies, due out January 2012.
Praise and Reviews
--4.5 stars Wow, I just love being transported to another
world. Nicole at Books Complete Me
--4 stars The world Rebecca Ryals Russell created is a very interesting one.
It has steam punk elements, with a Victorian twist. It also had supernatural
elements, and mythology played a big part. One of the things I liked most was
that Rebecca made the supernatural and mythology elements her own. She gave
dragons, one of my favorite mythological creatures, an interesting twist. Aquaflame64 at Night Owl Reviews
--4 stars Lovers
of fantasy are generally big on whether or not the world that is built in a new
story is vivid and sticks to its own rules. Rebecca Ryals Russell definitely
fills those two requirements! Dracwald has an amazing back story that emerges
as you read on, and the landscape that is shared with the reader is written in
gorgeous detail. As the entourage make their way across thick, dark
jungles and bleak, desolate plains, the world of Dracwald opens up beautifully.
The darkness that has surrounded the land oozes off the page. I was so happy! A
new fictional place to fall in love with. Jessica at Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
