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Mel Odom


USA flag (b.1957)

aka James Axler, Jordan Gray, Colby Jackson, Don Pendleton

Mel Odom is a bestselling writer for hire for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms, Gold Eagle's Mack Bolan, and Pocket's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel book lines. His debut SF novel Lethal Interface made the Locus recommended list . The Rover was an Alyx Award winner. He has also written a scientific adventure of the high seas set in the 19th century entitled Hunters of the Dark Sea. He lives in Oklahoma.
 

Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror, Western, Mystery, Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Time Police (with Warren C Norwood)
   2. Trapped! (1988)
   3. Stranded! (1989)
   4. Refugee (1989)
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Executioner
   123. War Born (1989)
   126. Death Wind (1989)
   131. Ice Wolf (1989)
   135. Devil Force (1990)
   140. Wild Card (1990)
   147. Payback Game (1991)
   154. Night Hit (1991)
   160. Storm Warning (1992)
   161. Eye of the Storm (1992)
   172. Fast Strike (1993)
   182. Lethal Agent (1994)
   188. War Paint (1994)
   194. Deadly Contest (1995)
   196. Triburst (1995)
   197. Armed Force (1995)
   213. Blood Harvest (1996)
   238. Crimson Tide (1998)
   296. Nuclear Game (2003)
   297. Deadly Pursuit (2003)
   298. Final Play (2003)
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Mack Bolan
   21. Siege (1990)
   23. Evil Kingdom (1991)
   32. Battle Force (1993)
   37. Inferno (1994)
   40. Killpoint (1995)
   48. Dead Center (1996)
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Stony Man
   2. Stony Man II (1991)
   3. Stony Man III (1991)
   5. Stony Man V (1992)
   10. Secret Arsenal (1994)
   20. Terms of Survival (1995)
   30. Virtual Peril (1997)
   32. Law of Last Resort (1997)
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Slade Wilson
   Omega Blue (1993)
   Omega Score (1994)
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Deathlands
   35. Bitter Fruit (1996)
   38. The Mars Arena (1997)
   42. Way of the Wolf (1998)
   45. Starfall (1999)
   136. Trade War (2020)
   140. Sea Hag (2021)
   145. Kraken (2022)
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Outlanders
   9. Night Eternal (1999) (with Mark Ellis)
   12. Wreath of Fire (2000)
   18. Sargasso Plunder (2001)
   20. Prodigal Chalice (2002)
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Rover
   1. The Rover (2001)
   2. The Destruction of the Books (2004)
   3. Lord of the Libraries (2005)
   4. The Quest for the Trilogy (2007)
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Left Behind : Apocalypse
   1. Apocalypse Dawn (2003)
   2. Apocalypse Crucible (2004)
   3. Apocalypse Burning (2004)
   4. Apocalypse Unleashed (2008)
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Hunter's League
   1. A Conspiracy Revealed (2005)
   2. The Mystery Unravels (2005)
   3. The Secret Explodes (2005)
   4. His Legacy Avenged (2006)
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NCIS
   1. Paid in Blood (2006)
   2. Blood Evidence (2007)
   3. Blood Lines (2008)
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Hellgate London
   1. Exodus (2007)
   2. Goetia (2008)
   3. Covenant (2008)
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Quest for the Trilogy
   1. Boneslicer (2008)
   2. Seaspray (2008)
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Lost Souls (with Jordan Weisman)
   1. Burning Sky (2010)
   2. Dead Lands (2010)
   3. Nameless Days (2011)
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Blackpool Mystery (as by Jordan Gray)
   1. Stolen (2010)
   2. Vanished (2010)
   3. Submerged (2011)
   4. Unearthed (2011)
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Identity Trilogy
   1. Golem (2011)
   2. Mimic (2012)
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Called to Serve
   1. Deployed (2012)
   2. Renegade (2013)
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Makaum War
   1. Master Sergeant (2015)
   2. Guerilla (2015)
   3. Warlord (2020)
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Trader
   1. The High Cost of Doing Business (2022)
   2. Golconda (2023)
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Novels
   Lethal Interface (1992)
   Stalker Analog (1993)
   F.R.E.E.Lancers (1995)
   F.R.E.E.Fall (1996)
   Blade (1998)
   Glover (1998)
   La Femme Nikita (2000)
   Snow Day (2000)
   102 Dalmatians (2000)
   Vertical Limit (2000)
   Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
   XXX (2002)
   Hunters of the Dark Sea (2003)
   The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff (2011) (with Philip Athans)
   The Ring of Sheba (2019)
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Collections
   Global Star (2012) (with RA Jones and Michael Vance)
   The Spider: Extreme Prejudice (2013)
   Ground Zero: Atomic Gods and Monsters (2020) (with others)
   Ground Zero: Atomic Gods and Monsters volume 1 (2021) (with others)
   Radio Rita (2022) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Dreamer (1984)
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Series contributed to
Shadowrun
   21. Preying for Keeps (1996)
   27. Headhunters (1997)
   35. Run Hard, Die Fast (1999)
   Deniable Assets (2016)
   Hong Kong (2016)
   Tower of the Scorpion (2019)
   Scorpion's Bane (2023)
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
   15. Harvest Moon (1998)
   18. I'll Zap Manhattan (1999) (with Nell Scovell)
   31. Mummy Dearest (1999)
   35. Pirate Pandemonium (2001)
   40. Dream Boat (2001)
   41. Tiger Tale (2001)
   Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998)
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BattleTech : MechWarrior
   2. Roar of Honor (1999) (with Blaine Lee Pardoe)
   3. By Blood Betrayed (1999) (with Blaine Lee Pardoe)
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Angel
   3. Redemption (2000)
   9. Bruja (2001)
   12. Image (2002)
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Net Force Explorers
   8. Shadow of Honor (2000)
   11. Gameprey (2000)
   14. High Wire (2001)
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Roswell
   4. Shades (2002)
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Diablo
   2. The Black Road (2002)
   Diablo Archive (2008) (with Richard A Knaak and Robert B Marks)
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Dead Man
   19. Crucible of Fire (2013)
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Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal
   1. Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 1 (2015) (with others)
   2. Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 2 (2017) (with others)
   3. Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 3 (2018) (with Terry Alexander and R A Jones)
   4. Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 4 (2020) (with others)
   5. Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal Volume 5 (2022) (with others)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Mel Odom recommends
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The Finest Challenge (2006)
(Finest Trilogy, book 3)
Jean Rabe
"Enjoyably entertaining... It is as if C.S. Lewis had decided to write Black Beauty as a fantasy."

Anthologies containing stories by Mel Odom
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Bandit Territory (2019)
Ten New Tales of Murder & Mayhem
(Paul Bishop Presents...)
edited by
Paul Bishop
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Mama Tried (2016)
Crime Fiction Inspired By Outlaw Country Music Book 1
edited by
James R Tuck
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Champions of Aetaltis (2016)
edited by
John Helfers and Marc Tassin

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