Featured EDGE title of 2010: Avim's Oath
“...pure Space Opera, with spaceships that travel faster than light, and arguments that are settled by swordplay” -- Ron Hore, CM Magazine
EDGE: Joining us today is Lynda Williams, creator of the Okal Rel Saga, and author of "Avim's Oath". Hi Lynda, thanks for joining us...what can you tell us about Avim's Oath?
Lynda Williams: Avim's Oath is part six of the Okal Rel Saga, a series brimming with larger-than-life characters who dramatize the challenges we all face in the modern world through the medium of a fictional setting designed to personalize decision.
In this book, brothers Amel and Erien compete for a bride and to realize their very different visions of a better world. Amel is in love with the idea of love. Erien doesn't know what ails him. Amel wants to preserve what's good about Demish values, including the sanctity of marriage. But he will have to sire a child the Vrellish way to secure the oath of Vretla Vrel. Meanwhile, Erien flies out to the wild and warlike Knotted Strings with Vretla to rescue kidnapped children caught in the middle of clan rivalry while Amel goes super-Demish, artistic and refined Demora to compete with the woman he is woeing in a rough competition for possessing the more beautiful soul.
EDGE: Thanks Lynda. To learn more about the Okal Rel universe, where can people go?
Lynda Williams: The Okal Rel Universe website can be found at http://www.okalrel.org/, and of course the EDGE website http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/avimsoath/ao-catalog.html
EDGE: To get into the spirit of the holiday season we have asked our authors some questions, the first of which is, "Are you more of a Santa or Scrooge?"
Lynda Williams: Depends on the year. I've been a Santa some years and a Scrooge others. Working on staying on budget this year so we're not spending as much on Xmas as usual. But I did make a $300 donation to a charity, if that counts.
EDGE: Do you have anything unique or special thing you do to celebrate the holiday season?
Lynda Williams: Yes, because the family gets together over Christmas we can count on at least a couple family readings. Both myself and my daughter, Jennifer Lott, are writers and the rest of the family are supportive fans. Sometimes we can coax them into reading, too, either from a favorite book or something of their own.
EDGE: What was the strangest holiday gift you ever received?
Lynda Williams: A set of Okal Rel Universe trivia cards from my middle daughter, Angela, was the most unique.
EDGE: What is your favorite holiday treat (sweet or otherwise)?
Lynda Williams: French and frosted mints by Laura Secord. My mother always had a few boxes out for Xmas.
EDGE: If a character in Avim's Oath was celebrating Christmas how would they do it?
Lynda Williams:
Amel would do Christmas surrounded by as many of the people he loved as possible. He would hug the women, enjoy the food, and play with the kids. He'd help with the dishes, too. In fact he'd probably like that part best because of the happy gossiping that takes place in the kitchen.
Alivda, on the other hand, would get bored unless she got to take charge. Then it wouldn't be exciting enough for her unless there was a fire on the stove or a hot guy she could seduce, whether or not he was there with his wife.
Erien would be awkward about the social aspect until he found someone he could talk to about ways to improve the traditional aspects of the season to get through it more efficiently.
Horth would stake out a corner of the living room and stoically endure the babble of unintelligible conversation for as long as necessary to prove he could cope with it, then go jump in a rel-ship to clear his head with a little reality skimming. Unless Ilse was there. Then he'd stick it out.
Ranar would look like he was being very social but he'd actually be collecting data for an anthropological study on what the holiday meant to those present. Perry would have a hell of a good time and take home doggie bags to her Killing Reach rebels.
Ayrium would make Ameron come, incognitio, and insist he didn't talk politics with anyone.
Luthan would throw the party, with some help from Samanda O'Pearl as convener.
Eler would make a scene at the height of the evening and start a fight.
EDGE: Thanks Lynda that is great! Thanks for joining us on EDGE's "Countdown to Christmas"!
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Trade Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-894063-35-7
6" X 9"
$16.95 US / $16.95 CDN
288 pages
About Avim's Oath
Avim's Oath (Part Six of the Okal Rel Saga)
Love and titles are lost and won as two brothers struggle to attain power, recognition, and acceptance in a world filled with treachery and hatred.
The Queen is dead. Two princes are suddenly thrust center-stage to vie for a throne neither really wants, orchestrated by the ambitions of power-hungry princesses.
Amel, the elder, would prefer a quiet life — but is being pressured into the pursuit of power by the alarmingly beautiful princess Alivda.
Erien, the younger, wants to start an academy of science on their planet — but is being pursued by the leige Vretla, who intends to bear the prince’s child.
Trapped in a tangle of torment, the two brothers must prove themselves, choosing between lives they desire, and the roles for which they are demanded.
Avim's Oath is available on Amazon.com
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Praise for Avim's Oath
Better and better and even more so, Lynda Williams just keeps on delivering the goods with her Okal Rel saga. I've just finished reading Avim's Oath, the sixth volume in the series, and I loved it. It's a well-balanced blend of politics, action and romance (a love triangle, to be exact). Moreover, Williams is one of the best at making you believe that you are experiencing a unique culture filled with vivid and endearing characters that really draw you in. Avim's Oath is a captivating read. -- Nathalie Mallett, author.
http://www.beacon-news.com/avim-oath-review/222014/
"Avim's Oath Receives Top Review"
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