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Since his mother, Odinstoy's, death, Gift has become obsessed with the idea of tracking down his real father. In secret, he employs a private detective to make investigations on Earth so that he can uncover his past. But when a Newsblog reveals evidence to suggest that Odinstoy wasn't his real mother, Gift doesn't know where to turn. He flees to the poisonous surface of Mars in the hope that the great god Odin can give him some answers...Meanwhile the mysterious Sherri, whose resemblance to Gift is undeniable, is making her way to Mars with some important news. Will she find him before it's too late?
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Susan Price is the highly acclaimed author of many novels for children and young adults and has won many awards for her work, including The Other Award, 1974 for Twopence a Tub; The Carnegie Medal, 1987 for The Ghost Drum; and The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, 1999 for The Sterkarm Handshake.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Odin's Son - Susan Price
A fantastic end to the series!
This book becomes the next great in the Odin trilogy. This interesting series takes you on a journey of supreme Gods and mighty planets. It is in a world where principles are strange and almost back in time yet futuristic. It mixes the ideas of slavery in this strange world and helps to make a fantastical journey for the reader to partake.
The series is based around the dispute of one of the Martian Gods, Odin. His acclaimed son, Gift, is told some terrifying news. All his life he has thought of his father as a God and his Mother as the great Odinstoy; the women who went against bonding (slavery) and who ran away from her owners to Mars with Gift. In a search to learn if he has any siblings he is overcome with his horrific discovery.
This book is a brilliant fast-paced sci-fi with seamless transitions between the world of slavery and high-tech planets. It brings an array of emotion and excitement at the perfect ratio, making it quick and interesting.
A fantastic end to the series!
This book becomes the next great in the Odin trilogy. This interesting series takes you on a journey of supreme Gods and mighty planets. It is in a world where principles are strange and almost back in time yet futuristic. It mixes the ideas of slavery in this strange world and helps to make a fantastical journey for the reader to partake.
The series is based around the dispute of one of the Martian Gods, Odin. His acclaimed son, Gift, is told some terrifying news. All his life he has thought of his father as a God and his Mother as the great Odinstoy; the women who went against bonding (slavery) and who ran away from her owners to Mars with Gift. In a search to learn if he has any siblings he is overcome with his horrific discovery.
This book is a brilliant fast-paced sci-fi with seamless transitions between the world of slavery and high-tech planets. It brings an array of emotion and excitement at the perfect ratio, making it quick and interesting.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Saving the best to last Odin's Son ends the tale with Affie becoming a more grown up individual. She is less self centered and cares for more than herself. Her time is now spent looking after her "sons" Gift and John and also enhancing the memory and legend of Odinstoy, the Godess of Mars.
Gift goes to Earth and discovers an unexpected relative and on his return to Mars makes even more strange discoveries about his life. Before taking on the might of the Church of Mars.
Susan Price has written a brilliant story which left me wanting more and if there were any justice in the world her sci-fi books would be rated as highly as the best of Ray Bradbury and Philip K Dick.
Gift goes to Earth and discovers an unexpected relative and on his return to Mars makes even more strange discoveries about his life. Before taking on the might of the Church of Mars.
Susan Price has written a brilliant story which left me wanting more and if there were any justice in the world her sci-fi books would be rated as highly as the best of Ray Bradbury and Philip K Dick.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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"Odin's Son" is the final book in Susan Price's refreshingly different SF trilogy that began with "Odin's Voice" and "Odin's Queen". These books are set in an all-too-believable future on Earth and Mars, where ancient religions (suitably revived for the future age) struggle for supremacy in an interesting parallel to the role of religion in the world today.
Odin, being a tricky god of the Norse Aesir, is at first rather obscure compared to the more popular Greek gods... until a lowly bonder (the future equivalent of a slave), who claims to have been impregnated by Odin, starts to speak for him. The birth of her son begins a cult that triggers a feud between Earth and Mars, and will eventually bring down the most powerful men and women of both societies.
Slavery is a powerful enough issue in itself, and the scenes in the first book where a free girl Affroditey (who later becomes Odin's queen) is sold into bondership to pay off her family's debts are genuinely chilling. Add to this a society where travelling to Mars on the Space Elevator is as routine as crossing the Atlantic in a Boeing 747, then season the mixture with some imaginative products of genetic engineering such as jellyfish hair and miniature blue pet cheetahs, and you have a trilogy guaranteed to satisfy the most demanding of teenage SF fans, girls as well as boys... like Iain Banks, Susan Price has all the gadgets and action along with plenty of emotional depth.
The third book in any trilogy is always the most difficult, needing to pull together what has gone before, and "Odin's Son" is probably the most challenging of the three to read. But the effort is well worth it. This book kept me guessing as to the real identity of Odin's Son up until its final chapters, and the last few pages - like all good SF - give a sense of something much larger that left me questioning and thinking long after closing the book.
In this age of dumbing down for the masses, Susan Price's publishers should be congratulated for bringing us fiction that challenges the more inquiring reader. Her work is always a breath of fresh air - and intelligent, emotional SF like this is all too rare on the shelves. So if you haven't read any of the Odin books yet, what are you waiting for? A word of warning, though... start with the first (Odin's Voice) and read your way through in order of publication. This is a true trilogy that builds upon what has gone before, and needs to be read as such.
"There is love for you!"
Odin, being a tricky god of the Norse Aesir, is at first rather obscure compared to the more popular Greek gods... until a lowly bonder (the future equivalent of a slave), who claims to have been impregnated by Odin, starts to speak for him. The birth of her son begins a cult that triggers a feud between Earth and Mars, and will eventually bring down the most powerful men and women of both societies.
Slavery is a powerful enough issue in itself, and the scenes in the first book where a free girl Affroditey (who later becomes Odin's queen) is sold into bondership to pay off her family's debts are genuinely chilling. Add to this a society where travelling to Mars on the Space Elevator is as routine as crossing the Atlantic in a Boeing 747, then season the mixture with some imaginative products of genetic engineering such as jellyfish hair and miniature blue pet cheetahs, and you have a trilogy guaranteed to satisfy the most demanding of teenage SF fans, girls as well as boys... like Iain Banks, Susan Price has all the gadgets and action along with plenty of emotional depth.
The third book in any trilogy is always the most difficult, needing to pull together what has gone before, and "Odin's Son" is probably the most challenging of the three to read. But the effort is well worth it. This book kept me guessing as to the real identity of Odin's Son up until its final chapters, and the last few pages - like all good SF - give a sense of something much larger that left me questioning and thinking long after closing the book.
In this age of dumbing down for the masses, Susan Price's publishers should be congratulated for bringing us fiction that challenges the more inquiring reader. Her work is always a breath of fresh air - and intelligent, emotional SF like this is all too rare on the shelves. So if you haven't read any of the Odin books yet, what are you waiting for? A word of warning, though... start with the first (Odin's Voice) and read your way through in order of publication. This is a true trilogy that builds upon what has gone before, and needs to be read as such.
"There is love for you!"
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