"Defy Eternity - the Scorpion Child" by Kristina O'Donnelly - Author of Exotic and Controversial Novels - Debuts at FictionWise.com in April, in e-book Format

"Defy Eternity - The Scorpion Child" is a fast-paced, gritty, passionate thriller involving politics, terrorism, and reincarnation

(PRWEB) March 31, 2005 -- American author Kristina O'Donnelly is known for offering novels fit to be called "exotic cocktails on the Orient Express." Her multi-cultural plots include passionate love affairs, yes, but also controversial socio/political issues that are current, as well as ancient philosophies, no-holds barred human emotions, and far-flung exotic locales.

"Defy Eternity - The Scorpion Child" is a contemporary suspense/thriller, deemed unforgettable, gritty, sexy, and due to some of its controversial plotlines, fodder for heated debate.

"Passion, passion and more passion, but what else are you to expect from a Scorpio?!....its sting is nearly fatal! 'The Scorpion Child' will make you wish to run away to exoticism, Constantinople and romance. This Scorpio heroine keeps her head cool among a maze of love, political and karmic intrigues, while everybody else is thrown into turmoil under her intense gaze and velvety touch. Like a real Scorpio, 'The Scorpion Child' is fascinated by life and death issues, spirituality and passionately interested in sex, of course. One more time Kristina O'Donnelly masters the plot and romance while bringing us some invaluable insights, in this case about the Armenian-Turkish conflict. 'The Scorpion Child' will give you an inlook at what a terrorist mind can be made of as well. Pascale Blue, Reviewer, USA."

"...transmits a rich texture of flavors, images and suspense. Kristina ODonnelly drew on her personal intercultural life to be able to write The Scorpion Child", a multi-level novel that screams to be transformed into a feature film. Already as a novel the book transmits a rich texture of flavors, images and suspense -- spiked with eroticism and questions we all ask ourselves. The author painted with words, invoking a convincing story and unlike some books in the New Age category Kristina ODonnelly treats themes such as reincarnation as well as the general cultural research with great depth and substance. This is a book for all those who dare to walk the bridges between cultures and time. Rashid Al-Taliq -- writer & fusion artist - Europe."

Synopsis: American stage and screen star Daniel Saxon, Ariadne O'Neill(an American expatriate novelist married to a Turk) and Burhan Kayhanolu (an Advisor to the Turkish Military Junta) are the protagonists. The plot flows between New York, California and Istanbul, on a cinemascopic reel of romance, high-stakes terrorism, who-done-it, sex, intrigues, and undercurrents of reincarnation, the idea of the latter presented in a no-nonsense manner.

Character Profiles: Daniel Saxon - the handsome American star of TV, stage and screen, is a spirited man and an accomplished Shakespearean actor. Newly divorced from his wife of twenty-five years, he is fighting to overcome alcoholism and a midlife crisis. Daniel has two children, Katrina, ambitious and assertive, and Matthew, introspective and rebellious. During the course of the novel, Matthew will be assassinated by an Armenian terrorist as a revenge for Daniels friendship with Ariadne.

Ariadne - only a few people know that her marriage to Burhan, an amalgam of passion, turbulence and disenchantment, is strained, marked by the tragic murder of their son by terrorists. She has come to New York to promote her novel based on a neolithic town in Central Anatolia, Turkey. As she is trying to sort out her life, she is also writing a controversial book about the Turkish-Armenian conflict, which brands her as an enemy of the Armenian people, and makes her the target of protests.

Burhan - destiny has extracted from him a terrible personal price for his meteoric ascendancy in politics. Be that as it may, ever the undaunted Kemalist, he is fighting for the betterment of his people at all cost. Presently, he is an Advisor to the Turkish Military Junta as they prepare to re-launch democracy. Also, however, he is leading a dragnet against international terrorism sponsored by Anika Alkibiades dictatorial faction, which is still operating (and succeeding) by employing different special interest groups, from Militant Islam to Armenian and Kurdish, terrorists.

Print version published by Rose International Publishing House, ISBN: 1930574010
Turkish edition published by Epsilon Yayinevi (publishing house)in Istanbul Turkey.
Electronic version: FictionWise.com

Link to FictionWise: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/KristinaODonnellyeBooks.htm

Link to Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1930574010/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-7800781-6975218#reader-link

Link to purchase its Turkish edition from Epsilon: http://www.epsilonyayinevi.com/pgs/prd/prd_det.asp?fr_recid=61300

Online Q & A with O'Donnelly:
http://www.ladyliterature.com/Q%20&%20A.Interview.KristinaODonnelly.htm

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