Shades

Shades

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

TV Series Placement: Summer 2001 – Post-Season 2Ghost StoryNow that their best chance for returning to the home planet has left without them, the "Czechoslovakian" residents of Roswell (code for aliens) must adjust to a more permanent existence on earth than they were expecting. Seeing a possible future for the two of them, Maria nags Michael about money, sending him packing on a salaried weekend trip to help a geologist study a proposed chemical company site. As the group camps out under the stars, a round of spooky ghost stories provides entertainment -- until one of the guys sees a real ghost. The kicker? Michael can see it too. River Dog has also been plagued by the shades of the past in recent days, and he brings Max out to the desert to bear witness as the apparition threatens him. He tells Max of an ancient Mesaliko prophecy that tells of vengeance being exacted by the tribe's ancestors if Visitors are allowed to remain among them -- Visitors like Max, Michael, and Isabel. As the hauntings increase in both frequency and violence, the alien teens and their friends know they must uncover the true origin of the phantoms -- whether physical, mystical, or alien -- before the ghosts follow through on their deadly threats.
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Blood Lines

Blood Lines

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

A young Marine is seriously wounded in a heinous carjacking. An NCIS agent is shot taking down a suspect. Two fathers fight to protect their sons. And somewhere in the jungles of Vietnam, a U.S. soldier lies in a forty-year-old grave. Commander Will Coburn's NCIS team is investigating the carjacking and assault of a young Marine and his wife. All evidence points to Bobby Lee Gant, the son of notorious criminal and suspected international drug smuggler Victor Gant. When NCIS agent Shel McHenry is wounded and Bobby Lee killed during a botched arrest, the team rallies around Shel even as Victor threatens retribution for his son's death. Meanwhile, in west Texas, Shel's father, Tyrel McHenry, struggles with his own demons as the events of his past threaten his son's life. As the NCIS team works to stay one step ahead of Victor Gant, Tyrel faces the most difficult decision of his life as buried secrets from a war long since fought come to light. The path he chooses will change his-and Shel's-life forever. In his most personal book to date, best-selling author Mel Odom concludes his thrilling NCIS series with a story that combines fast-paced action, meticulous research, and true-to-life characters and military situations. It is at once a military saga, a gritty crime thriller, and a heartfelt drama of love, loyalty, and faith.
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Preying for Keeps

Preying for Keeps

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

A small-time mobster wants to go legit--and what better way than manipulating two biogenetic engineering corporations into corporate war? So when a shadowrunning team is brought in by one of the companies to recover vital computer chips believed stolen by the competition, they uncover a tangled plot more devious than anything they could have imagined. 
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Sea Devil's Eye

Sea Devil's Eye

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

Iakhovas has caused more destruction than any force since the Time of Troubles, but his true objective has been a mystery . . . until now.When a young sailor's journey is complete, an aging bard's final song is sung, and a malenti priestess faces her most challenging test, the Threat from the Sea concludes in an explosive climax that will set all of Faerûn reeling.
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Wrath of the Blue Lady

Wrath of the Blue Lady

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

Best-selling author Mel Odom returns to the world of **Forgotten Realms**® with high-seas adventure! A treasure hunter discovers a sunken ship beneath the Sea of Fallen Stars . . . and the dark sorceress who sank it. Allying with the vilest monsters of Faerûn, she seeks to expand her empire beneath the waves and overcome the surface. The Wilds series feature adventures set in iconic **Dungeons & Dragons**® settings. Magically distorted landscapes, jungle islands teeming with reptilian monsters, wide frontiers touched by another plane, or deep under the surface of the sea–adventure is waiting. *From the Paperback edition.*
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Rising Tide

Rising Tide

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

From the murky depths of the Shining Sea rises a pre-historic menace who commands a rising tide of invasion to crash over the shores of .Iakhovas has plotted for long, bitter years to regain the powers that were torn from him by an angry goddess. Now, nothing will stand in his way, and the face of Toril will never be the same again.Oblivious to the growing danger of the undersea civilizations, the surface world is about to awaken to a new, horrifying threat from the sea.
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Shades r-1

Shades r-1

Mel Odom

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers

TV Series Placement: Summer 2001 – Post-Season 2Ghost StoryNow that their best chance for returning to the home planet has left without them, the "Czechoslovakian" residents of Roswell (code for aliens) must adjust to a more permanent existence on earth than they were expecting. Seeing a possible future for the two of them, Maria nags Michael about money, sending him packing on a salaried weekend trip to help a geologist study a proposed chemical company site. As the group camps out under the stars, a round of spooky ghost stories provides entertainment -- until one of the guys sees a real ghost. The kicker? Michael can see it too. River Dog has also been plagued by the shades of the past in recent days, and he brings Max out to the desert to bear witness as the apparition threatens him. He tells Max of an ancient Mesaliko prophecy that tells of vengeance being exacted by the tribe's ancestors if Visitors are allowed to remain among them -- Visitors like Max, Michael, and Isabel. As the hauntings increase in both frequency and violence, the alien teens and their friends know they must uncover the true origin of the phantoms -- whether physical, mystical, or alien -- before the ghosts follow through on their deadly threats.
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