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On frontier station Khamsin-14, Prime Reaper Kamerone Cree is a man to be feared. When the shapeshifting assassin comes on board, women lock their doors and warriors shiver in fear as he passes. Garnering his notice is something no one wants, but one woman has caught the vampire warrior's eye. Dr. Bridget Dunne is terrified of the man they call the Iceman, but it is her job to seduce him and bring Cree over to the Resistance. Will she be able to control the Reaper's dark passions or will they destroy her?
284 pages, ebook
First published July 1, 1999
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About the author
Charlotte Boyett-Compo
134 books151 followersShe won Inscription Magazine's 2000 Engraver Award for Favorite E-Author and The Writecharm's Simply Charming Award for promoting e-books and their authors worldwide. Her sci-fi/futuristic novel, BLOODWIND, stayed on Dark Star Publications bestseller list for over 18 months and has now been released in paperback. It was named as one of the Best Books of 1999 at eBook Connections as was her dark historical, IN THE WIND'S EYE. Her psychological thriller, IN THE HEART OF THE WIND, was nominated for a 2000 R.I.O Award and has been named as one of the Best Books of 2000 at Inscriptions and was awarded a Reviewer's Choice Award at Scribe's World. It also won the 2004 Bloody Dagger Award for mystery/thrillers. BLACKWIND won the SF/Fantasy Top Choice at Preditors and Editors for 2002. IN THE HEART OF THE WIND won the 2002 Bloody Dagger Award in mystery/thriller and NIGHTWIND won the 2002 Bloody Dagger Award for horror. Both WINDREAPER and BLACKWIND won Awards for Excellence for 2002 from WordWeaving. BLACKWIND won the #2 Top Choice from readers at Amber Quill Press for 2003. BLOODWIND was one of the Top Five Bestsellers for 2003 at Hard Shell Word Factory and has been consistently in the top 25 of Fictionwise's list of dark fantasy bestselling novels along with DARKWIND and NIGHTWIND. PRINCE OF THE WIND was honored with the 2003 CAPA (cupid and Psyche Award) for Best Paranormal Romance. Both BLACKWIND AND BLOODWIND were in the Top Five Dark Fantasy Bestsellers for 2003 at Fictionwise. DARKWIND was honored with a Top Ten in SF/Fantasy at Preditors and Editors for 2003 and in 2004 won The Fallen Angel Reviews coveted Recommended Read. In 2004, her website was awarded An Author's Site of Excellence by Preditors & Editors. In 2005, her erotica novel, DESIRE'S SIROCCO, was chosen as the Best eBook Romance of 2004 by The Historical Romance Club. In 2005, her dark fantasy PRISONERS OF THE WIND was awarded the Just Erotic Romance Reviews Gold Star Award. It also won the Blue Ribbon Award from Romance Junkies. Also in 2005, the anthology FATED MATES 1, was nominated for Reviewer's Choice for best paranormal erotic romance from Romantic Times Booklovers Magazine. In 2006, three of her works were nominated for RIO (Reviewers International Organization): BLOODWIND (which was also award the League of Amazing Writer's Uber Award), DARKWIND, and from the DREAMS OF THE OASIS IV anthology, the short story, The Sting of the Wind. Also nominated for the prestigious Ecataromance Reviewers Choice awards in 2006 were: WINDWEEPER, WINDHEALER, SHADOWLORD, DESERT WIND, PHANTOM OF THE WIND, ARDOR'S LEVECHE, and SHADES OF THE WIND. PHANTOM OF THE WIND was awarded the first annual FANTASM AWARD for Best Futuristic Romance in 2006. She has won several more awards in 2007 and 2008.
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August 3, 2011
This is my first book with Ms. Boyett-Compo. I felt rage throughout the entire book. I was very upset with this Resistance group. Who the FUCK do they think they are? They are no better than the ones they are going up against. Cree is totally a pawn in this book and yes, he's the anti-hero but damn, I feel sorry for the guy. He didn't deserve any of this. The only thing is he is guilty of is being born.
This entire cast of characters were mostly villains. I can't even decide if Bridget is a good person or not. This book dealt with ideals and the heavy handed tyranny which men and women can perpetrate. It was depressing. It's a pretty accurate portrayal of how humans have been behaving. The concepts which pop up into mind for this book are "an eye for an eye" and complete genocide. The sheer collateral damage and disregard to life in this book is just devastating. This is a book that makes me think and wonder, "are there any good people in this world?". My answer after reading this book, a resounding no. The other concept that kept going through my mind was, "the end justifies the means".
Personally, if I had been Cree, I'd have killed off the bloody manipulative women. I have no respect for any of them. Their Machiavellian manipulations were completely unethical and made them just as terrible as the men. This book is filled with so much hatred it's hard to get through it at times. I recommend this book to people who enjoy "what if" scenarios.
This entire cast of characters were mostly villains. I can't even decide if Bridget is a good person or not. This book dealt with ideals and the heavy handed tyranny which men and women can perpetrate. It was depressing. It's a pretty accurate portrayal of how humans have been behaving. The concepts which pop up into mind for this book are "an eye for an eye" and complete genocide. The sheer collateral damage and disregard to life in this book is just devastating. This is a book that makes me think and wonder, "are there any good people in this world?". My answer after reading this book, a resounding no. The other concept that kept going through my mind was, "the end justifies the means".
Personally, if I had been Cree, I'd have killed off the bloody manipulative women. I have no respect for any of them. Their Machiavellian manipulations were completely unethical and made them just as terrible as the men. This book is filled with so much hatred it's hard to get through it at times. I recommend this book to people who enjoy "what if" scenarios.
January 31, 2011
I found this book by happenstance, looking for some good paranormal romance. I expected it to have vampires in it, and it does. Sort of. Meet Kamerone Cree, scourge of every female on the space station Frontier Station Khamsin-14. He's also a shapeshifting alien and a vampire. When he's called before the Court of Military Tribunal, he knows who's to blame. The Resistance, a small portion of the human women who have been kidnapped by the Rysalians for breeding purposes. These women are tired of their enslavement and they have a way to fix it, but they need Cree's help. So what do they do? They trick him, seduce him, blackmail him, and worst of all, they make him fall in love.
When I read this book, I had a hard time understanding what was going on sometimes, because the author doesn't really explain stuff. She just insinuates things, and lets you figure out the rest. On the rare occasions when she does explain things, the explanations are difficult to understand. But odds are, what you think is happening is what's actually happening.
Aside from that, this book was very suspenseful, with plenty of romance but also a healthy amount of story, and some very unexpected plot twists, along with a properly horrifying ending (It is a trilogy after all). And no I won't spoil it, it's just too good. I will however, upon request, post a scene from it.
All in all, this was a very good book and it definitely kindled my interest in the sci-fi genre.
When I read this book, I had a hard time understanding what was going on sometimes, because the author doesn't really explain stuff. She just insinuates things, and lets you figure out the rest. On the rare occasions when she does explain things, the explanations are difficult to understand. But odds are, what you think is happening is what's actually happening.
Aside from that, this book was very suspenseful, with plenty of romance but also a healthy amount of story, and some very unexpected plot twists, along with a properly horrifying ending (It is a trilogy after all). And no I won't spoil it, it's just too good. I will however, upon request, post a scene from it.
All in all, this was a very good book and it definitely kindled my interest in the sci-fi genre.
September 19, 2010
Gritty, brilliantly drawn characters, great for Sci-fi fans, Cree is forced to undergo behavioural modification therapy, he is does not have the emotion love, so they use the emotions he does have anger, hate, jealousy etc. Beware contains vivid scenes of violence, slavery & torture, & crosses lines not usually crossed, this is not a honey coated romance but a fascinating read that is brilliantly complex. First of the Wind Demon Trilogy.Next is DarkWind, Book Two, WindDemon Trilogy follwed lastly by Evilwind.
October 17, 2012
Well... that was different. But not in a bad way, just not what I expected. This book isn't a romance or erotic book, as I thought it would be. There were maybe 3 short spots where the chars got together, in a very long book. I'd give it maybe a 1/5 for my "heat index" radar. This is a sci-fi book and I did enjoy it as a pure sci-fi book it but not what I expected to pickup. The world building was strong, but there was just so much of it. I'm onto the next book and so far that's starting off and setting up as more of a romance type of book, but we'll see.
July 21, 2014
Had read most of the Western Wind series and thoroughly enjoyed them.Snuck a look at Charlotte's web site and found the recommended reading order list.This was book 1 and I loved it.It was great to go back to the beginning and get the background of what I had already read. This book was quite heart wrenching and if it hadn't been a fantasy novel I don't think I could have finished it. Charlotte is a great author and I am devouring her books at a fast rate.
April 17, 2018
The beginning of the book is quite entertaining. The grumpy hero Cameroon Cree can not explain himself why he is attracted to the biologist Bridget. But the plot quickly gets out of hand: too many new people, a back-and-forth to different locations, and no longer a comprehensible story.
July 12, 2012
2.5 stars. This book was really hard to read, parts of it had me sucked in but then I was lost again. I really can't say anything about it because even while typing this I'm having trouble remembering the good bits. Not to my liking.
April 28, 2014
Oh how I love this series so far. It's one of those that runs the gauntlet of your emotions. Great character development . You fall in love with Kamerone Cree in just a fee chapters. You will lose yourself in this world. A must read.
January 11, 2010
Alien vampire space warriors. The author took this bizarre idea and made a book that was a great read.
April 10, 2012
3 1/2 stars.
This was a little slow to start. And the author was a little vague on some parts. But it sure ended with a bang.
This was a little slow to start. And the author was a little vague on some parts. But it sure ended with a bang.
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