The Odessa Stone

2003 | Children

THE ODESSA STONE... is a gem, shrouded through history by secrecy and myth, jealously guarded by those who know of the immense power it grants to rare Gifted Ones. And in more than 800 years there has been none quite as Gifted as... Linda Beaufort, a neurotic 13yr old obsessed with superstitions, dice and Abba. When her politician-father drags her along on a trip to Odessa, she finds out why she s spent her life seeing Half-There Things in the corner of her eye. One Half-There starts being Completely-There all the time, and she is... Avalon, a hopeless faery propping up the lowest order of spiritae. One of her quests in life. other than counting the leaves on trees, is to find out if the mythical Odessa Stone exists - but when she stumbles across proof, she is hunted down by... Morrah, a vengeful evil spirit at the end of her millennium of life, who then finds Linda - and that s when all the trouble starts. All who have controlled the Odessa Stone have brought untold suffering upon the world and themselves. Is Linda the next to be destroyed by its power - and those who crave it?

C.C. Chambers (Author)