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Comment on Nook Exclusive – KALI’S TALE Dechance Chronicles #IV by David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:57:25 +0000

The DeChance Chronicles have been around a lot longer than the O.C.L.T. series. When I started writing the O.C.L.T. books with Aaron, I mentioned Donovan obliquely in every book because of his library. He and Geoffrey Bullfinch are friends, and they try – in Kali’s Tale – to recruit Donovan, but with no luck. So, he’s a consultant. There are others. I suspect that the characters left at the end of Hallowed Ground will show up in O.C.L.T. eventually.

The O.C.L.T. books can be read in any order, but there is a sequence if you sort of want to see how it evolves. Aaron Rosenberg’s “Brought to Light” is a novella set before the O.C.L.T. is official, showing how RC (who becomes the leader of the O.C.L.T. in the novel INCURSION) first runs across the supernatural.

In The Temple of Camazotz you meet Bullfinch and Mack, and see how the intelligence network behind O.C.L.T. plays into things, and Mack comes back in my novel The Parting, along with Rebecca York, to fight ancient Egyptian Magic and terrorists. In INCURSION – RC returns, you meet the Italian monster hunter Isabella, and they lead us into the offices of O.C.L.T. and the future. I suspect I will cross over a lot between the two series.

You may also want to read Hallowed Ground and The Preacher’s Marsh as background for My Soul to Keep, and Kali’s Tale…

Such a tangled web…

Comment on Nook Exclusive – KALI’S TALE Dechance Chronicles #IV by Deborah Craytor

Deborah Craytor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:21 +0000

Thanks for the explanation; that’s what I ultimately figured out, but B&N’s search engine doesn’t make it easy to find all of the DeChance Chronicles in one place.

Now for another question: your post above indicates that there is overlap between the DeChance Chronicles and the O.C.L.T. series. Is there a recommended order in which to read the two series together, or does it work to read each one separately?

Comment on Nook Exclusive – KALI’S TALE Dechance Chronicles #IV by David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:28:32 +0000

Absolutely! “My Soul to Keep” is the third book, and it’s the “Origin Story” of Donovan DeChance. It’s available, and it shows up on B&N as the third book. Along with being the origin story, it is also set in the town of Rookwood, where the novel I wrote with Steven Savile, “Hallowed Ground,” also took place.

Comment on Nook Exclusive – KALI’S TALE Dechance Chronicles #IV by Deborah Craytor

Deborah Craytor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:04 +0000

I’m confused about the books in the DeChance Chronicles. I just purchased Kali’s Tale from B&N for my NOOK, and it says it is Book 4 in the series, and I already own and have read (and loved!) Heart of a Dragon and Vintage Soul, but I can’t find any book claiming to be Book 3 in the series. Can you explain?

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Comment on Etched Deep & Other Dark Impressions – New Collection – Free Promo by David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:18:37 +0000

Thanks…and spread the word. I’ll be reaching out to everyone I know to push it.

Comment on Etched Deep & Other Dark Impressions – New Collection – Free Promo by Stacey Turner

Stacey Turner — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:13:55 +0000

I, for one, will definitely be eagerly downloading this collection. Thanks for making it free for a short time.

Stacey

Comment on The Invisible Shoes & The Barefoot 1/2 Mile. by David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:51:26 +0000

I figured as much. I just about growled when I tied them the second time and it was too tight, which confused the dog. I’ll get it. I can tell from the wear on the pads of my feet that to take it up any distance notches will require the sandals. Still enjoyed it, and happy to be on the road again. Wish it wasn’t winter!

Comment on The Invisible Shoes & The Barefoot 1/2 Mile. by Steven Sashen

Steven Sashen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:47:46 +0000

There *is* a “sweet spot” to tying huaraches. Not too tight, not too loose. Some people get it right on the first try. Others, it takes a day or two of tweaking. But once you get it (assuming you’re using one of our slip-on/slip-off styles), you won’t have to re-tie them for months, if ever!

Comment on John Rosenman – Quietly Awesome for Decades by John B. Rosenman

John B. Rosenman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:50:14 +0000

Thanks, DJP — Your comments mean a lot, especially since you understand what I was trying to do. As for Dave, thanks again for hosting me, and I hope to see you again on the tennis court.