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Rebecca Ryals Russell

Rebecca Ryals Russell

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.

Godwine Kingmaker: Part One of The Last Great Saxon Earls

Godwine Kingmaker: Part One of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p><span><span>Harold Godwineson, the Last Anglo-Saxon King, owed everything to his father. Who was this Godwine, first Earl of Wessex and known as the Kingmaker? Was he an unscrupulous schemer, using King and Witan to gain power? Or was he the greatest of all Saxon Earls, protector of the English against the hated Normans? The answer depends on who you ask. He was befriended by the Danes, raised up by Canute the Great, given an Earldom and a wife from the highest Danish ranks. He sired nine children, among them four Earls, a Queen and a future King. Along with his power came a struggle to keep his enemies at bay, and Godwine's best efforts were brought down by the misdeeds of his eldest son Swegn. Although he became father-in-law to a reluctant Edward the Confessor, his fortunes dwindled as the Normans gained prominence at court. Driven into exile, Godwine regathered his forces and came back even stronger, only to discover that his second son Harold was destined to surpass him in renown and glory.</span></span></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.

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<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>