Viehl, S L

Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.

Pseudonym of US medical technician (specializing in trauma) and author Sheila Lynn Kelly (1961- ), who uses S L Viehl for her sf; she has also published as by Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, Rebecca Kelly and Lynn Viehl. Her sf titles are exclusively set in the StarDoc Universe, whose first subseries, the StarDoc sequence beginning with Stardoc (2000) and ending with Dream Called Time (2010), follows the Space Opera career and adventures (some romantic) of Dr Cherijo Grey Veil as she solves medical crises (see Medicine), initially on a planet housing 200 Alien species (see Xenobiology), and in various locations subsequently. The universe she inhabits, with communications enhanced by Faster Than Light travel and Universal Translators, makes an easy background for some sophisticated presentations of the life of a doctor in this environment. The series is distinguished from James White's Sector General sequence by not being focused on a single Space Habitat hospital, nor confined to the interactions within a single medical hierarchy. The connected Bio Rescue sequence beginning with Bio Rescue (2003), in which a team of SEAL (Surgically-Enhanced, Altered Lifeforms) protect an aquatic civilization (see Under the Sea; Planetary Romance) from various external threats.

Viehl's work as by Lynn Viehl comprises mainly the various subseries set in the Darkyn Universe, which focuses on Vampires in an Urban Fantasy setting [for Urban Fantasy see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. [JC]

Sheila Lynn Kelly

born Florida: 1961

works (selected)

series

StarDoc Universe: StarDoc

Stardoc (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2000) [StarDoc: pb/Donato Giancola as Donato]
Beyond Varallan (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2000) [StarDoc: pb/Alan Pollack]
Endurance (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2001) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Shockball (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2001) [StarDoc: pb/Alan Pollack]
Eternity Row (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2002) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Rebel Ice (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2006) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Plague of Memory (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2007) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Omega Games (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2008) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Crystal Healer (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2009) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
Dream Called Time (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2010) [StarDoc: pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]

StarDoc Universe: Bio Rescue

Bio Rescue (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2004) [Bio Rescue: hb/Allen Douglas]
Afterburn (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2005) [Bio Rescue: hb/Allen Douglas]

Darkyn Universe: Darkyn

If Angels Burn (New York: Signet Eclipse, 2005) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Private Demon (New York: Signet Eclipse, 2005) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Dark Need (New York: Signet Eclipse, 2006) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Night Loss (New York: Signet Eclipse, 2007) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Evermore (New York: New American Library/Signet, 2008) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Twilight Fall (New York: New American Library/Signet, 2008) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]
Stay the Night (New York: New American Library/Signet, 2009) as by Lynn Viehl [Darkyn: pb/]

Darkyn Universe: Kyndred

Shadowlight (New York: New American Library/Onyx, 2009) as by Lynn Viehl [Kyndred: pb/]
Dreamveil (New York: New American Library/Onyx, 2010) as by Lynn Viehl [Kyndred: pb/]
Frostfire (New York: New American Library/Signet Select, 2011) as by Lynn Viehl [Kyndred: pb/]
Nightshine (New York: New American Library/Signet Select, 2011) as by Lynn Viehl [Kyndred: pb/]

Darkyn Universe: Lords of the Darkyn

Nightborn (New York: New American Library/Signet Select, 2012) as by Lynn Viehl [Lords of the Darkyn: pb/]
Nightbred (New York: New American Library/Signet Select, 2012) as by Lynn Viehl [Lords of the Darkyn: pb/]
Nightbound (New York: New American Library/Signet Select, 2013) as by Lynn Viehl [Lords of the Darkyn: pb/]

Youngbloods

After Midnight (Woodbury, Minnesota: Flux, 2011) [Youngbloods: pb/Juliana Kolesova]
Dead of Night (Woodbury, Minnesota: Flux, 2012) [Youngbloods: pb/Steven McAlee]

individual titles

Blade Dancer (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2003) [Bio Rescue: hb/Allen Douglas]

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