Women of the Otherworld
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Women of the Otherworld is the name of a fantasy
series by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong
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The books feature werewolves, witches, necromancers, and vampires struggling to fit as "normal" in today's world. The series also includes novellas and short stories, published online (and one in an anthology).
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
series by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author, primarily of fantasy works.She has published sixteen fantasy novels , set in the world of the Women of the Otherworld and the Darkest Powers series, also two crime novels in 2007 and 2009...
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The books feature werewolves, witches, necromancers, and vampires struggling to fit as "normal" in today's world. The series also includes novellas and short stories, published online (and one in an anthology).
Novels
- Note: all publishing information is for U.S. release dates. However, the books have been published in the United Kingdom and in Canada.
- Book 1: Bitten (published October, 2001 by Viking PressViking PressViking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
) - Book 2: Stolen (published May, 2003 by Viking PressViking PressViking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
) - Book 3: Dime Store MagicDime Store Magic (novel)-Plot introduction:Dime Store Magic, the third in the Women of the Otherworld series, is a novel written by Kelley Armstrong featuring Paige Winterbourne. First seen in Stolen, Paige is a witch, the only daughter of the now deceased Coven leader and expected to follow in her mother's footsteps...
(published 2004 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 4: Industrial MagicIndustrial Magic (novel)Industrial Magic, the fourth in the Women of the Otherworld series, is a fantasy novel written by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong. It features the witch Paige Winterbourne.-Plot introduction :...
(published 2004 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 5: Haunted (published 2005 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 6: BrokenBroken (novel)Broken is a fantasy novel by written by Kelley Armstrong. It is the sixth in her Women of the Otherworld series and has the return of Elena Michaels as narrator.-Plot summary:...
(published May 2006 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 7: No Humans Involved (published May 2007 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 8: Personal Demon (published April 2008 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 9: Living with the Dead (published November 2008 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 10: Frostbitten (published September 2009 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 11: Waking the WitchWaking the Witch (Armstrong novel)Waking the Witch is the eleventh novel in Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong. Waking the Witch follows 21 year old witch, Savannah an orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and half-demon. She must prove that she grown up enough to be part of a special supernatural detective agency. ...
(published July 2010 by Bantam SpectraBantam SpectraBantam Spectra is the science-fiction division of Bantam Books, which is owned by Random House.According to their website, Spectra publishes "science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors" Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of...
) - Book 12: Spellbound (published July 2011 by Dutton PenguinDutton PenguinDutton Penguin is an American book publisher, established in 1986 when its precursor E.P. Dutton was split by its owner the Penguin Group into Dutton Penguin and Dutton Children's Books.-Overview:...
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- Book 1: Bitten (published October, 2001 by Viking Press
Narrators
The narrators change from book to book, although they do reappear in other books.- Bitten: Elena MichaelsElena MichaelsElena Antonov Michaels is a young woman portrayed in the Women of the Otherworld series.She is a pack werewolf who was bitten by her lover Clayton Danvers. She is now married to him and they have two children. Logan and Katherine .-Early life:Elena's parents died in a car crash in 1973. She then...
, a werewolfWerewolfA werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
. She has to deal with a terrible childhood as well as accepting all of who she is. - Stolen: Elena Michaels again.
- Dime Store Magic: Paige Winterbourne, a witch. Leader of the American CovenCovenA coven or covan is a name used to describe a gathering of witches or in some cases vampires. Due to the word's association with witches, a gathering of Wiccans, followers of the witchcraft-based neopagan religion of Wicca, is also described as a coven....
. - Industrial Magic: Paige Winterbourne again.
- Haunted: Eve Levine, the ghostGhostIn traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
of a half-demon witch. She has to contend with fears for her daughter's safety, who survived her and is being raised by another witch. She cannot directly protect her daughter since she is, well, dead. - Broken: Elena Michaels again.
- Chaotic (in anthology Dates from Hell): Hope Adams, a chaos half-demon. Journalist with newspaper True News.
- No Humans Involved: Jaime Vegas, a necromancer. She works in Hollywood as a necromancer on television, but saves her real powers for other work.
- Personal Demon : Hope Adams & sorcerer Lucas Cortez.
- Living With the Dead : Hope Adams, clairvoyant Adele Morrissey, human Robyn Peltier & necromancer John Findlay (Finn).
- Men of the Otherworld : Malcolm Danvers, Clayton Danvers & Jeremy Danvers.
- Frostbitten: Elena Michaels
- Tales of the Otherworld : Eve Levine, Clayton Danvers, Elena Michaels, Lucas Cortez & Paige Winterbourne.
- Waking the Witch: Savannah Levine
Complete list of books and novellas, in order
- Note: For the complete text of the online stories, click the link next to the title. Four of the stories have recently been removed from the website as they are due to be published.
- Rebirth (online short story)
- The story of how Aaron became a vampire.
- Infusion (online short story)
- Jeremy Danvers' conception and birth.
- Savage (novella)
- How Clayton became a werewolf, and how Jeremy found and raised him.
- Ascension (novella)
- Clayton Danvers' childhood and how Jeremy Danvers rose to become Alpha of the pack.
- Demonology (online short story)
- Adam's conception, and how Talia Lyndsay found out what he was and how she met Robert Vasic.
- Birthright (online short story)
- How Logan found out that he was a werewolf.
- Beginnings (novella)
- How Clayton and Elena met and fell in love.
- Becoming (online short story)
- The story of Elena's change into a werewolf..
- The Case of the Half-Demon Spy (online short story)
- An adventure from Paige and Adam's childhood.
- Expectations (online short story)
- Lucas Cortez deals with being the son of an infamous cabal.
- Truth and Consequences (online short story)
- Elena deals with a threat to the pack.
- Territorial (online short story)
- How Marsten got involved with the plot in Bitten.
- Full novel, Elena and the rest of the pack battles rogue mutts.
- Ghosts (online short story)
- Jeremy deals with memories.
- Escape (online short story)
- Eve's attempted escape from the compound with Savannah.
- Stolen (novel)
- Elena battles insane scientists who are kidnapping supernaturals.
- Dime Store MagicDime Store Magic (novel)-Plot introduction:Dime Store Magic, the third in the Women of the Otherworld series, is a novel written by Kelley Armstrong featuring Paige Winterbourne. First seen in Stolen, Paige is a witch, the only daughter of the now deceased Coven leader and expected to follow in her mother's footsteps...
(novel)
- Dime Store Magic
- Paige raises Savannah and fights her birth father to keep her.
- Industrial MagicIndustrial Magic (novel)Industrial Magic, the fourth in the Women of the Otherworld series, is a fantasy novel written by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong. It features the witch Paige Winterbourne.-Plot introduction :...
(novel)
- Industrial Magic
- Paige tries to find a killer targeting supernatural children of cabals.
- Wedding Bell Hell (online short story)
- Paige and Lucas' wedding.
- Haunted (novel)
- Eve contacts necromancer Jaime Vegas and searches for a Nix (a demi-demon) while she tries to protect Savannah (her daughter).
- Adventurer (online short story)
- Kenneth has an adventure.
- ChaoticChaotic (novella)Chaotic, part of the Women of the Otherworld series, is a novella written by Kelley Armstrong. It was published in an anthology of supernatural-themed novellas, called "Dates From Hell." This novella takes place between Haunted and Broken in the Women of the Otherworld series.-Plot...
(novella in Dates from Hell)
- Chaotic
- A half-demon (Hope Adams) attempts to capture and then teams up with Karl Marsten.
- The Case of El Chupacabra (novella)
- Paige and Lucas pursue a murderer who may be a vampire.
- Bargain (online short story)
- Xavier Reese tries to make a deal with Elena.
- BrokenBroken (novel)Broken is a fantasy novel by written by Kelley Armstrong. It is the sixth in her Women of the Otherworld series and has the return of Elena Michaels as narrator.-Plot summary:...
(novel)
- Broken
- Elena becomes pregnant, and pursues Jack the Ripper in modern Toronto.
- No Humans Involved (novel)
- Jaime tries to find out why she is being harassed by spirits.
- Framed (online short story)
- Nick Sorrentino is determined to prove that he can deal with a situation by himself
- Personal Demon (novel)
- Hope faces what it means to be a young supernatural in Miami
- Living with The Dead (published November 2008)
- A human finds herself drawn into the supernatural world when she is framed for murder
- Checkmate (online short story)
- The story mention in Frostbitten of Elena tracking a killer in Winnipeg
- Recruit (online short story)
- A short story that led up to Frostbitten
- Frostbitten (novel published September 2009)
- Elena and Clay are sent to Alaska to investigate humans killed by wolves near Anchorage
- Waking the WitchWaking the Witch (Armstrong novel)Waking the Witch is the eleventh novel in Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong. Waking the Witch follows 21 year old witch, Savannah an orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and half-demon. She must prove that she grown up enough to be part of a special supernatural detective agency. ...
(novel published September 2010)
- Waking the Witch
- Savannah attempts her first solo case
See also
- Darkest PowersDarkest PowersThe Darkest Powers Series is a series of paranormal novels by Kelley Armstrong. The series revolves around The Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists, and the subjects they experimented on. Armstrong divided the series into trilogies. The Summoning, The Awakening, and The Reckoning make...
- Another Series by Kelly Armstrong- The Summoning
- The AwakeningThe Awakening (Armstrong novel)The Awakening is a novel by Kelley Armstrong from Darkest Powers trilogy. It is the sequel to The Summoning.-Plot:The Awakening takes place directly after the events in The Summoning. Chloe has been recaptured by The Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists responsible for manipulating her...
- The Reckoning
- The GatheringThe Gathering (Armstrong novel)The Gathering is a novel by Kelley Armstrong. It was released April 12, 2011 by HarperTeen. The Gathering is the first book in Armstrong's Darkness Rising trilogy. Darkness Rising is the second trilogy in the Darkest Powers series. Darkness Rising follows a new set of kids...