About
Rebecca Ryals Russell has justrecently developed a craving for Hazelnut coffee around 9pm every night.Perhaps it has something to do with the fact she stays up until 2am writing, ordoing promo/marketing for her many upcoming books over the next couple of years(seven to date through June 2012, but there are plenty in the Working-On pile,so never fear). A fourth-generation Floridian, she has lived in every quadrantof the state except the Panhandle). She keeps busy by writing, raising her fourteens/young adults, running a Vacation Rental business and trying to sell the 1909Victorian house in which the family lives so they can move back toJacksonville.
The Seekers: The Stuff of Stars (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 2)
Description
<p>This second book in <em>The Seekers</em> dystopian series continues the story started in the critically-acclaimed <em>The Children of Darkness</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2015 - Best Book in the Category of SCIENCE FICTION</strong>, and winner of the <strong>Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the second book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><em style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6em;">“But what are we without dreams?”</em></h2><p>Against all odds, Orah and Nathaniel have found the keep and revealed the truth about the darkness, initiating what they hoped would be a new age of enlightenment. But the people were more set in their ways than anticipated, and a faction of vicars whispered in their ears, urging a return to traditional ways.</p><p>Desperate to keep their movement alive, Orah and Nathaniel cross the ocean to seek the living descendants of the keepmasters’ kin. Those they find on the distant shore are both more and less advanced than expected.</p><p>The seekers become caught between the two sides, and face the challenge of bringing them together to make a better world. The prize: a chance to bring home miracles and a more promising future for their people. But if they fail this time, they risk not a stoning but losing themselves in the twilight of a never-ending dream.</p><p><strong>Be sure to start with the first book in this series, the multiple award-winning <em>The Children of Darkness</em>. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>
Story Behind The 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.
Reviews
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">--4.5 stars Wow, I just love being transported to another
world. Nicole at Books Complete Me</span><div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height:19px;"><br /></span></span><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">--4 stars </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;">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. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;">Aquaflame64 at Night Owl Reviews</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;">--4 stars </span><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;">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</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"></span></p><p></p><p style="margin:10.5pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;"></span></p><p></p></div>