Lynda Williams (born February 17, 1958) is a science fiction author and blogger.
Williams' fiction is centered around a series of ten novels set in the fictional Okal Rel Universe and published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. Additional works by Williams and votary authors writing in her universe are published by the Absolute XPress imprint of Hades Publications, Inc..
She is the founder of the online journal Reflections on Water.
Williams lives in Quesnel, British Columbia where she is an Administrator at the College of New Caledonia.
| Title | Year | Genre | Length | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Courtesan Prince | 2005 | Science fiction | 464 pages | The status quo is shaken up when egalitarian Rire discovers the Sevolite Empire and exposes all to irrefutable proof that a commoner sword dancer is actually racist Sevildom's long-lost crown prince, Amel. Relationships destined to influence history are forged, and the stage set for power struggles in Amel's name. |
| Righteous Anger | 2006 | Science fiction | 336 pages | Sevildom reacts with the threat of a crusade against Rire, pitting father against son in the influential House of Nersal and straining the moral authority of Okal Rel to keep conflict within bounds compatible with life in the empire. |
| Pretenders | 2008 | Science fiction | 336 pages | In the wake of tragic setbacks, progressive leaders find the strength, through friendships, to establish a new order at court, negotiated by the apparently powerless Amel. One of them is the legendary Ameron, returned from time slip. |
| Throne Price | 2003 | Science Fiction | 333 pages | Erien's returns to his home world to champion his Reetion foster father, and causes the collapse of the uneasy truce among Sevildom's leadership in a series of shocks that end in sordid horror for some but overall affirms the power of Okal Rel to keep the peace for all. |
| Far Arena | 2009 | Science Fiction | 304 pages | Rire resists diplomatic relations with Sevildom by claiming the moral high ground, thus straining the patience of House Nersal and dragging Amel through intense public interest in him as a victim of Sevildom. |
| Avim's Oath | 2010 | Science fiction | 261 pages | Rejected by Erien, and challenged by Perry to realize the dream of making the Blue Demish a court power, Amel competes with Luthan to win Demora in a bizarre competition to identify which of them is ‘nicer’. Luthan struggles with her love of Erien and Vretla just wants to get pregnant by either Pureblood. When Amel’s new body guard, Alivda, chucks Vretla out of Amel’s bedroom, she joins Erien on a mission to rescue his young nephew, Leksan, who is kidnapped by a rival clan. Amel and Erien struggle to cooperate for the greater good while competing for love and for oaths. |
Forthcoming titles in the series: Healer's Sword, Gathering Storm, Holy War and Unholy Science.