Daniel O’Malley
Dan O’Malley graduated from Michigan State University and earned a Master’s Degree in medieval history from Ohio State University. He then returned to his childhood home, Australia. He now works for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, writing press releases for government investigations of plane crashes and runaway boats.
All Books By Daniel O’Malley
Blitz
- By: Daniel O’Malley
- Narrator: Moira Quirk
- Length: 28 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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4.13(875 ratings)
A new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of going rogue and must go on the run to clear her name.
September, 1940. Three women of the Checquy, the secret organization tasked with protecting Britain from supernatural threats, stand in the sky above London and see German aircraft approach. Forbidden by law to interfere, all they can do is watch as their city is bombed. Until Pamela, the most sensible of them, breaks all the rules and brings down a Nazi bomber with her bare hands. The three resolve to tell no one about it, but they soon learn that a crew member is missing from the downed bomber. Charred corpses are discovered in nearby houses and it becomes apparent that the women have unwittingly unleashed a monster.
Through a city torn by the Blitz, the friends must hunt the enemy before he kills again. Their task will take them from the tunnels of the Underground to the halls of power, where they will discover the secrets that a secret organization must keep even from itself.
Today. Lynette Binns, a librarian with a husband and child, is a late recruit to the Checquy, having discovered only as an adult her ability to electrify everyday objects with her touch. After completing her training, she is assigned to examine a string of brutal murders and quickly realizes that all bear the unmistakable hallmark of her own unique power. Unable to provide an alibi and determined to prove her innocence, she flees, venturing into the London underworld to find answers. But now she is prey, being tracked by her own frighteningly capable comrades.
As Lyn fights off powered thugs and her own vengeful colleagues, she will find that the solution to the murders and to the mystery of her own past lies in the events of World War II, and the covert actions of three young women during the Blitz.
Stiletto
- By: Daniel O’Malley
- Narrator: Moira Quirk
- Length: 23 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 14, 2016
- Language: English
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4.14(13288 ratings)
When secret organizations are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome powers — -and the bureaucratic finesse — -to get the job done. Facing her greatest challenge yet, Rook Myfanwy Thomas must broker a deal between two bitter adversaries:
The Checquy — -the centuries-old covert British organization that protects society from supernatural threats, and…
The Grafters — -a centuries-old supernatural threat.
But as bizarre attacks sweep London, threatening to sabotage negotiations, old hatreds flare. Surrounded by spies, only the Rook and two women who absolutely hate each other, can seek out the culprits before they trigger a devastating otherworldly war.
Stiletto is a novel of preternatural diplomacy, paranoia, and snide remarks, from an author who “adroitly straddles the thin line between fantasy, thriller, and spoof “(Booklist).
The Rook
- By: Daniel O’Malley
- Narrator: Susan Duerden
- Length: 17 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 28, 2012
- Language: English
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4.11(44030 ratings)
Battling to save herself, Myfanwy will encounter a person with four bodies, a woman who can enter her dreams, children transformed into deadly fighters, and terrifyingly vast conspiracy.
Suspenseful and hilarious, The Rook is an outrageously imaginative thriller for readers who like their espionage with a dollop of purple slime.
“Utterly convincing and engrossing — -totally thought-through and frequently hilarious….Even this aging, jaded, attention-deficit-disordered critic was blown away.”-Lev Grossman, Time
The Rook
- By: Daniel O’Malley
- Narrator: Susan Duerden
- Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 28, 2012
- Language: English
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4.11(56288 ratings)
The body you are wearing used to be mine.’ So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to track down the agents who want to destroy her. She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.
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