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Mel Odom books in publication order
86 books
Lethal Interface
by Mel Odom
1992
Dallas vice detective Mick Traven keeps investigating a string of murders after being reassigned to homicide. The trail leads toward a powerful Japanese corporation and a cybernetic killer, placing him against interests determined to conceal the truth.
Omega Blue
by Mel Odom
1993
FBI operative Slade Wilson leads the Omega Blue team against criminals trafficking in human organs. Their investigation draws them into a technologically armed underworld where secretive gangs and powerful adversaries threaten both their mission and their lives.
Stalker Analog
by Mel Odom
1993
Houston detectives Bethany Shay and Tully pursue a serial killer through the shifting networks of cyberspace. As another hunter enters the investigation, the partners face the possibility that their quarry has begun stalking them in return.
Omega Score
by Mel Odom
1994
Slade Wilson and the FBI's elite Omega Blue team pursue master hijacker Thomas Caine. Tracking him leads the operatives into corruption and deception among powerful figures, making their hunt more dangerous than a straightforward criminal investigation.
F.R.E.E.Lancers
by Mel Odom
1995
The superheroic F.R.E.E.Lancers operate in a future shaped by sophisticated technology and violent criminal organizations. Nuclear-armed terrorists, telepathic gangs, and high-tech crime lords create threats that demand more than ordinary methods of fighting crime can provide.
F.R.E.E.Fall
by Mel Odom
1996
The F.R.E.E.Lancers undertake a mission against a mercenary dictator in a technologically transformed future. Their operation becomes part of a larger danger as ancient inventions combine with modern weapons, putting far more than their payment at stake.
Preying for Keeps
by Mel Odom
1996
Shadowrunner Jack Skater leads his team into an ambush aboard an elven freighter. Facing the Yakuza, a Japanese shaman, and a monstrous creature from the sea, he must discover who arranged the deadly job before his team is destroyed.
Headhunters
by Mel Odom
1997
Following the dragon Dunkelzahn's assassination, Jack Skater is hired to steal a corpse from a heavily guarded funeral facility. The seemingly straightforward theft puts his team against security forces and agents who want the body's secrets for themselves.
Blade
by Mel Odom
1998
Half-human, half-vampire Blade hunts the creatures that prey on humanity while struggling with his own divided nature. Trained to fight his supernatural enemies, he becomes a central defender in the growing conflict between vampires and their human victims.
Harvest Moon
by Mel Odom
1998
Sabrina plans a Harvest Moon Dance, but Libby takes control and turns it into a promotional event for a television star. When Harvey becomes infatuated with the celebrity, Sabrina is tempted to use magic to reclaim his attention.
In Hot Pursuit
by Mel Odom
1998
A tabloid television program casts Alex Mack as a girl who vanished from Paradise Valley. Alex hopes to solve the disappearance, but appearing on national television creates a dangerous risk that her own supernatural abilities will become public knowledge.
Sabrina Goes to Rome
by Mel Odom
1998
Sabrina travels to Rome at her father's request to investigate a mysterious magical locket. A new witch roommate, unexpected romance, and the city's attractions complicate her efforts to uncover the secret hidden inside the antique jewelry.
The Lost Library of Cormanthyr
by Mel Odom
1998
Explorer Baylee Arnvold searches for the legendary library of the ancient elven empire of Cormanthyr. His archaeological quest becomes a race against an undying guardian determined to keep the empire's secrets beyond the reach of outsiders.
By Blood Betrayed
by Mel Odom
1999
Farm boy Harley Rassor sets out to learn how his brother died while serving with a mercenary unit. Training under Lieutenant Livia Hawke draws him into dangerous military affairs as pirate raids threaten the world he calls home.
I'll Zap Manhattan
by Mel Odom
1999
A dispute with Circe of the Witches' Council spoils Sabrina's plans for a dance. When Circe retaliates by kidnapping Harvey, Sabrina's magical quarrel becomes an urgent effort to rescue her boyfriend from a powerful adversary.
Legacy
by Mel Odom
1999
Allen Strange tries out for Robbie Stevenson’s softball team, only to encounter a dangerous alien in disguise. He must unravel the mystery of a deadly alien weapon while keeping his commitments to his new teammates.
Mummy Dearest
by Mel Odom
1999
Sabrina travels back to ancient Egypt while working on a school project connected to her archaeologist mother. A tomb and its deadly curse entangle her in dangers that could interfere with her parents' meeting and threaten her own future.
Rising Tide
by Mel Odom
1999
Young sailor Jherek struggles to escape his pirate father's legacy as an ancient sorcerer seeks control of the seas. A priestess and an aging bard follow intersecting quests through maritime battles toward a confrontation on Faerûn's coast.
Run Hard, Die Fast
by Mel Odom
1999
Shadowrunner Argent takes a job that brings a former lover back into his life and places them in corporate crossfire. Pursued by assault teams, he must protect her while finding a way through the lethal competing interests surrounding them.
Under Fallen Stars
by Mel Odom
1999
War devastates the Sword Coast and leaves Baldur's Gate's harbor burning. When Iakhovas discovers a route into the Sea of Fallen Stars, his armies from the deep gain access to sheltered waters and threaten previously protected coastal communities.
Young Hercules
by Mel Odom
1999
Hercules enters Cheiron's academy to develop the warrior skills his extraordinary strength cannot replace. Training alongside Jason and Iolaus, the young son of Zeus faces a deadly threat from his half-brother Ares, the god of war.
102 Dalmatians
by Mel Odom
2000
Gene Marshall
by Mel Odom
2000
Redemption
by Mel Odom
2000
An actress who plays a television vampire seeks Angel's help against attackers convinced her role is real. Her resemblance to one of Angelus's early victims unsettles Angel, linking his efforts to protect her with memories of his violent past.
Snow Day
by Mel Odom
2000
A snowstorm gives Natalie Brandston a chance to stop the snowplow driver who always ends her freedom too quickly. Her brother Hal has another ambition: winning Claire Bonner's attention despite her popularity and fiercely jealous boyfriend.
The Sea Devil's Eye
by Mel Odom
2000
Iakhovas's campaign of destruction approaches its decisive confrontation as the purpose behind his attacks begins to emerge. A young sailor's journey and an aging bard's final song converge amid a maritime conflict whose outcome threatens all of Faerûn.
Vertical Limit
by Mel Odom
2000
Peter Garrett assembles a rescue team after his sister Annie and her fellow climbers become trapped high on K2. Battling altitude, brutal weather, and his own limitations, he must reach them before their time in the death zone runs out.
Bruja
by Mel Odom
2001
Angel investigates a deadly apparition linked to a woman who attacks a priest and confesses to killing her son. Doyle's visions and Cordelia's missing-person case point toward a supernatural threat whose touch can kill its victims.
Dream Boat
by Mel Odom
2001
Sabrina joins Christoval Sanchez on a spring-break cruise, only for troll-like creatures to abduct him. Discovering his connection to the Other Realm sends her through dangerous jungles to rescue him from a curse that could leave him asleep forever.
Lara Croft
by Mel Odom
2001
Might and Magic
by Mel Odom
2001
After his mentor is murdered and his beloved abducted, Praz leaves the citadel where he has trained since childhood. His rescue quest takes him into a world threatened by undead armies and draws him toward the truth about his origins.
Pirate Pandemonium
by Mel Odom
2001
A pirate from Aunt Zelda's past seeks help rescuing his kidnapped crew, bringing Sabrina and Salem aboard his ship. Recovering missing treasure becomes essential to saving the captives from a hostile king and an enormous sea monster.
The Rover
by Mel Odom
2001
Halfling librarian Edgewick Lamplighter's longing for adventure leads to capture by pirates and sale into slavery. Taken in by thieves, he faces rival gangs, goblins, wizards, and dragons as his bookish knowledge meets dangers far beyond his library.
Tiger Tale
by Mel Odom
2001
Sabrina borrows a martial artist's abilities to impress a young circus performer, inadvertently endangering three magical tiger cubs. With Jian guiding her and Salem reluctantly caring for the cubs, she must undo the harm her spell has caused.
Image
by Mel Odom
2002
Portraits in a young artist's studio remind Angel of his travels with Darla and encounters with the Shelleys. As Cordelia foresees a child threatened by a demon, Angel investigates how an artist from his distant past could still be alive.
Shades
by Mel Odom
2002
Michael's paid trip to help a geologist takes a disturbing turn when ghost stories become real apparitions. A tribal prophecy seems to threaten Roswell's alien teenagers, who must discover the source of increasingly violent hauntings before they become victims.
The Black Road
by Mel Odom
2002
Soldier Darrick Lang returns to Bramwell to find his hometown in the grip of an ancient malevolent power. As its influence reaches toward him, saving the townspeople may require following a dangerous path that threatens his own soul.
The Jewel of Turmish
by Mel Odom
2002
Half-elf druid Haarn Brightoak faces a resurrected evil gathering an undead army near Alaghôn. Accompanied by mercenary Druz Talimsir, he must weigh his devotion to nature against defending a city that has never welcomed him.
XXX
by Mel Odom
2002
Extreme-sports performer Xander Cage must choose between prison and a dangerous assignment for the government. Infiltrating a Russian crime ring, he relies on daring and ingenuity to stop criminals who possess a weapon capable of devastating destruction.
Apocalypse Dawn
by Mel Odom
2003
Army Ranger Goose Gander struggles to protect his men and civilians during an attack on the Turkish-Syrian border. Back home, his wife Megan faces family troubles and bewildering disappearances as the events of the Tribulation begin.
Cursed
by Mel Odom
2003
Spike investigates an organized campaign against him while Angel searches for a mystical object connected to his violent past. Reunited in Los Angeles, the rival vampires reluctantly cooperate as old grudges and their shared history threaten the investigation.
Hunters of the Dark Sea
by Mel Odom
2003
A nineteenth-century whaling crew spends years at sea pursuing enormous prey and facing the dangers of its trade. Their prospects worsen when an unearthly predator begins hunting the hunters, turning a hazardous voyage into a fight for survival.
Off to See the Wizard
by Mel Odom
2003
Sabrina seeks help with a science assignment from Thomas Edison and brings him into the future to demonstrate his inventions' importance. When he refuses to return to his own era, she must protect the history he has abandoned.
Apocalypse Burning
by Mel Odom
2004
Goose Gander battles superior forces overseas while his wife Megan faces a court case threatening her freedom. Chaplain Delroy Harte questions whether the Rapture has occurred, confronting personal history as military and spiritual crises deepen around them.
Apocalypse Crucible
by Mel Odom
2004
Following mass disappearances, Army Rangers and Marine special forces struggle to maintain peace in Turkey and at home. As confusion spreads into violence, the service members must face personal crises and questions of faith alongside their military duties.
The Destruction of the Books
by Mel Odom
2004
Young librarian Juhg discovers a book aboard a goblin ship, triggering an investigation into a threat to the Great Library. His aging mentor Wick must confront an evil powerful enough to destroy the knowledge he has spent his life preserving.
Hunter's League / A Conspiracy Revealed
by Mel Odom
2005
Matt Hunter's father is murdered while pursuing the man suspected of killing his mother. With his own life now threatened, Matt and his friends investigate a conspiracy whose ambitions reach beyond their family's tragedy to the British Empire.
Lord of the Libraries
by Mel Odom
2005
After the Great Library's destruction and Wick's disappearance, librarian Juhg joins wizard Craugh to find his mentor. Their search leads toward a powerful book divided into four pieces, pursued by enemies who could reshape the world's history.
Paid In Blood
by Mel Odom
2005
The murder of an NCIS agent leads Will Coburn's team from North Carolina to a military base in South Korea. A stolen body, concealed identities, and missing nuclear weapons reveal dangers extending far beyond their initial smuggling investigation.
The Mystery Unravels
by Mel Odom
2005
Matt Hunter confronts the man who killed his father, supported by friends whose varied skills sustain his campaign. When their enemy unleashes a creature capable of controlling minds, the group must unite before another discovery destroys them.
The Secret Explodes
by Mel Odom
2005
Matt Hunter and his friends encounter a reanimated mummy while pursuing Lucius Creighdor. As murders multiply and hidden experiments emerge, their search for revenge forces them deeper into a world of dangerous discoveries they may not be prepared to face.
His Legacy Avenged
by Mel Odom
2006
Preparing for their final confrontation with Creighdor, Matt Hunter and his friends discover their mission concerns humanity's future as well as revenge. Learning their enemy's true nature sends them on a hazardous journey to the ocean floor.
Blood Evidence
by Mel Odom
2007
Will Coburn's NCIS team investigates a Marine captain's daughter's kidnapping and finds connections to a seventeen-year-old murder. As a political cover-up emerges, forensics specialist Nita Tomlinson confronts family troubles and a past she can no longer avoid.
Exodus
by Mel Odom
2007
Demons have devastated London, driving survivors into the Underground. Groups with different motives and beliefs gather weapons and spells to resist the invaders, hoping to reclaim a world whose familiar order has collapsed around them.
Goetia
by Mel Odom
2007
Simon Cross organizes resistance in London's Underground while trying to unite divided Templars and protect survivors. Demon-linked Cabalist Warren hunts the Goetia manuscript, an artifact whose power could shift the war toward either humanity or its enemies.
The Quest for the Trilogy
by Mel Odom
2007
New Grandmagister Juhg studies his absent mentor Wick's journals after wizard Craugh warns of an ancient threat. His secret hunt for three books takes him through dangerous realms where preserving knowledge may determine the survival of multiple worlds.
Apocalypse Unleashed
by Mel Odom
2008
Army Ranger Goose Gander protects civilians amid escalating war on the Syrian-Turkish border after the Rapture. Separated from his family and targeted by enemies within his own forces, he struggles to sustain both his mission and his faith.
Blood Lines
by Mel Odom
2008
Will Coburn's team investigates an assault tied to a suspected drug smuggler's son, but a failed arrest leaves agent Shel McHenry wounded. Threatened retaliation and secrets in his father's wartime past complicate the consequences for the entire family.
Wrath of the Blue Lady
by Mel Odom
2009
Shang-Li and his father search for a monk's lost writings on magic and portals, hoping to prevent their misuse. A sunken ship leads them toward the Blue Lady, a sorceress seeking the same knowledge to expand her underwater empire.
Burning Sky
by Mel Odom
2010
On his thirteenth birthday, Nathan gains the ability to communicate with the dead, including his mother. Chosen by a Mayan god, the reluctant teenager must use his gifts in a game whose stakes include humanity's survival.
Stolen
by Mel Odom
2010
Newcomers Molly and Michael Graham investigate a murder near Blackpool's old theater. The victim's history connects a wartime train wreck, a missing child, and stolen paintings, exposing secrets that some residents are determined to keep buried.
The Colossus of Mahrass
by Mel Odom
2010
Privateer Jaelik Tarlsson allows himself to be captured to recover dangerous artifacts at the urging of a ghost haunting him. Facing execution, he must raise an ancient colossus from the sea and escape a harbor filled with enemy ships.
Vanished
by Mel Odom
2010
During Blackpool's Seafaring Days celebrations, a man is found stabbed aboard his boat and the Grahams' friend Dylan becomes a suspect. Molly and Michael investigate rumors of cursed coins and hidden gold as the town's history turns dangerous.
Dead Lands
by Mel Odom
2011
Nathan refuses to continue the gods' game until he understands its stakes, then encounters a girl who died at Chicago's historic exposition. Investigating her forgotten secret draws him into the Edison-Tesla rivalry and an unsettling offer from Ah Puch.
Golem
by Mel Odom
2011
Bioroid detective Drake begins experiencing unexplained sleep and memory gaps, problems that threaten his understanding of himself. Assigned a prominent murder case with human partner Shelly Nolan, he finds personal uncertainty intertwined with a widening conspiracy.
Nameless Days
by Mel Odom
2011
As the Mayan calendar's current cycle nears its end, Nathan accepts responsibility for securing humanity's future. He must navigate demanding gods and spirits while Ah Puch schemes to bend the teenager's powers toward the needs of the underworld.
Sooner Dead
by Mel Odom
2011
Engineered soldier Hella and mutant buffalo companion Stampede travel through post-apocalyptic Oklahoma, where strange creatures and hostile bikers roam. Their encounters with armadillo riders and beings from other dimensions turn survival into a series of unpredictable adventures.
Submerged
by Mel Odom
2011
A marina restoration project stirs political conflict in Blackpool, drawing Molly and Michael Graham into another mystery. A kidnapping, a dead thug, and a newly discovered shipwreck reveal links to the town's history of smuggling and betrayal.
The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff
by Mel Odom
2011
Arron, the last survivor of the Black Forest tribes, flees a bounty hunter through a hurricane into an abandoned mansion. Inside Dragon's Cliff, restless spirits compete with his pursuer for possession of a man already marked for death.
Unearthed
by Mel Odom
2011
When a friend is shot and left hospitalized, Molly and Michael Graham seek the secret someone tried to silence. A pirate wreck, an unusual skeleton, and a troubling family legacy draw them deeper into Blackpool's murderous history.
Covenant
by Mel Odom
2012
Simon Cross struggles to protect London's survivors as supplies diminish, while demon-linked Warren builds a Cabalist army. A weapon that exploits human dreams brings competing resistance groups together, forcing them to choose between cooperation and renewed conflict.
Deployed
by Mel Odom
2012
Marine reservist and single mother Bekah Shaw deploys to Somalia, determined to return to her son. Her peacekeeping team must gain the trust of bereaved businessman Rageh Daud, whose revenge mission and protection of an orphan complicate the conflict.
Mimic
by Mel Odom
2012
Android detective Drake is haunted by memories belonging to another person while investigating a public crime in New Angeles. To find answers, he must examine the uncertain boundary between his programmed responses and the personality emerging within him.
Renegade
by Mel Odom
2013
Rebellious Marine reservist Pike Morgan welcomes deployment to Afghanistan but finds his peacekeeping mission engulfed in conflict. A kidnapped American journalist leads him toward a terrorist leader fleeing into Pakistan, where pursuing justice may leave him without allies.
Patchwork
by Mel Odom
2014
Grave robbers awaken flesh golem Martin van Schattierung in a mass grave, where he discovers the Bane War ended fifty years earlier. Confused by his altered existence, he searches for his past while navigating a world transformed during his absence.
Rebel
by Mel Odom
2014
Framed for murder and troubled by another man's memories, android detective Drake leaves New Angeles in search of his origins. On politically unstable Mars, his pursuit of answers risks trapping him in a developing interplanetary civil war.
Guerilla
by Mel Odom
2015
Frank Sage scouts a suspected Phrenorian base in Makaum's jungles as rival armies compete for the planet's resources. An insurgent attack threatens the fragile peace, forcing him to anticipate enemies whose loyalties are increasingly difficult to read.
Master Sergeant
by Mel Odom
2015
Master Sergeant Frank Sage arrives on jungle planet Makaum to prepare local troops for war with the Phrenorians. Discovering a second threat in a brewing civil conflict, he leads a small unit to prevent consequences reaching beyond the planet.
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 1
by Mel Odom
2016
Four writers, including Mel Odom and Gary Phillips, imagine adventures of Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves on the western frontier. The stories follow the former slave's pursuit of outlaws and renegades through dangerous territory where his badge offers little protection.
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 2
by Mel Odom
2017
Four fictional adventures follow Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves as he joins Quickshot Katy, pursues train robbers, guards an army gold shipment, and protects a killer from a vengeful town. Each case challenges his commitment to justice on the frontier.
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 3
by Mel Odom
2018
Three western stories by R. A. Jones, Terry Alexander, and Mel Odom pit Marshal Bass Reeves against different threats. He confronts an old enemy, tracks a killer in Indian country, and pursues a preacher claiming divine authority.
The Ring of Sheba
by Mel Odom
2019
Captain Ngola Kilunaji battles Portuguese slavers and supernatural dangers along West Africa's coast. Two linked adventures follow his search for his captured family and his pursuit of an old enemy into interior lands haunted by bloodthirsty shadows.
Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Volume 4
by Mel Odom
2020
Four Western adventures follow United States Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves as he pursues dangerous frontier criminals and protects threatened civilians. Ron Fortier, Derrick Ferguson, Terry Alexander, and Mel Odom contribute stories featuring the lawman's tracking and wilderness skills.
The Pecos Undertaker
by Mel Odom
2020
Assistant undertaker Charlie Stark discovers a troubling connection between outlaw Angel Blunt and his respected mentor. Investigating with Maggie Buchanan leads to a confrontation with Blunt's gang and possession of a Mexican gold treasure map that could get Charlie killed.
Warlord
by Mel Odom
2020
On Makaum, Frank Sage faces civil unrest after a political assassination undermines Terran peacekeeping efforts. Amid insurgents and military disagreements, he must target a hidden Phrenorian arsenal while confronting an enemy commander determined to destroy him.
The Legend of Bass Reeves
by Mel Odom
2025
Five stories follow frontier marshal Bass Reeves through dangerous encounters in the American West. Odom’s collected tales portray the legendary lawman pursuing outlaws and defending justice, with the original illustrations accompanying adventures previously published across the Frontier Marshal series.
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