Blood Feather

Strongheart #2

by Don Bendell

From the author of Strongheart  comes an all new Western adventure...

ONE CRAVES BLOOD…

His name is We Wiyake, meaning “Blood Feather.” He stalks the mountains and fields, searching for prey in both the native world and the white world. Killing is the one thing that makes him feel alive. But he does more than just kill—he eats his victims’ hearts and leaves a blood-soaked feather on their faces.

…THE OTHER JUSTICE.

The only person who can track Blood Feather is Joshua Strongheart, a man who was a mentor to one of the monster’s victims. But Blood Feather won’t be taken easily—he can see that Strongheart is his ultimate prey. To consume his heart would give him more power than ever. Luckily, killing a man like Joshua Strongheart is no easy task…

Genres: Westerns

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

-Speaker and best-selling author of 30 books with over 3 million copies in print plus a successful feature film
- Don just co-wrote a brand new book available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Select, soon available in print on Amazon (September, 2019). A self-help motivational memoir, it is entitled "Cowboy the F Up! How to be a Real Man in Today's World."
-International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame: 1995 inductee, Grandmaster Instructor in 5 martial arts
- US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, Vietnam disabled vet
- Master of Science, Business - Leadership, Grand Canyon University, 2011
Bachelor of Science, Business, Colorado Christian University, 1997
- owns the Strongheart Ranch, Florence, Colorado
- 6 children, 11 grandchildren, Married to Author and Social Psychologist, Dr. Janet Bendell.

Reviews

[Jeff Tankersley · Rating 1 out of 5]

The half-breed Pinkerton tracker Joshua Strongheart is investigating the disappearance of a fellow agent on the plains in 1868 when he becomes involved in a cat-and-mouse hunt for a monstrous Lakota psychopathic serial killer named "Blood Feather" (2013). This evildoer moves back and forth between killing his own Sioux brethren and white settlers in gruesome fashion. As Strongheart gets closer to finding him, Blood Feather sets his sights on Strongheart, Strongheart's love interest, and a young child the two are temporarily caring for.

Verdict: A lackluster modern serial killer tale with boring prose, outlandish action sequences, a superhumanly cartoon hero and villain, a lack of surprises, and odd interactions with real-historical characters that don't add to the story or read authentic in this kind of modern thriller attempt.

Jeff's Rating: 1 / 5 (Bad)
movie rating if made into a movie: R

[Melinda G · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I like how he intertwined historical places and people into his story. I cannot begin to imagine what it's like to be in the head of a serial killer but Mr. Bendell seemed to do a good job. Learning Blood Feathers background almost makes you feel sorry for him.