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Winter Prey
Terrified she will harm hew newly-adoped daughter in the throes of a PTSD flashback, Kymbria James travels to the far Northwood of Minnesota to work with a Native American healer. As the monster captures one after another tribal member and drags each off to its lair, Kymbria is forced into the quest to destroy it. She must confront both her emotional situation and the monster only she can eradicate...if she can find the courage.
- GenresParanormal
384 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2012
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T.M. Simmons
24 books18 followers Trana Mae Simmons sold her first book two years from the time she started writing. After a decade and a dozen books in the romance genre, she now writes paranormal mysteries. The first book in her DEAD MAN series, DEAD MAN TALKING, was originally a release from Five Star Mystery. In addition to her writing, she enjoys developing her strengthening psychic powers. This has led her along the path of avid ghosthunting. Simmons delights in scaring herself silly at times during other-worldly encounters and has been known to visit graveyards in both the dark and full of the moon. She sometimes takes along her husband of 40+ years, Barney, to protect her from the bumps in the night, although he's been known to spy a ghost or two and retreat rather than confront. She's extremely willing to discuss her experiences with anyone she can corner.
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May 14, 2012
Winter Prey – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; A Book and A Dish; Think With Your Taste Buds
“Let’s get all of our cards on the table, Sheriff. You’ve got a monster due to start prowling the Northwood again in a few weeks. One that’s been around for three centuries and the same species of evil entity that I suspect killed my wife and son. But yours is – ”
“It isn’t mine,” Hjak interrupted in a level voice, but Caleb continued over the attempted disruption.
“—on a different timetable than that Colorado bastard,. Maybe you aren’t even sure the rumors of this thing are true, since you were probably a kid the last time it appeared. On top of that, from what I could find out, not many whites know about this one. So far, it’s always focused its kills among the Native American population.”
Caleb McCoy is a paranormal investigator that is accustomed to talking to both believers and non-believers of the supernatural entities so his conversation with Sheriff Hjak can go either way. After the death of his wife and son Caleb is positive that the same type creature that took their lives will soon be waking from its forty year sleep in its lair hidden deep within the mountains.
Lieutenant Colonel Kymbria James, R.N. has resigned from her military career to do something she never thought possible. She will now devote her life to raising her daughter Risa, but first she has problems of her own that must be resolved if she has any hope of doing this successfully. Her time spent in Afghanistan trying to help the soldiers cope with their injuries both physical and mental, her own husband dying in her arms as he called the name of another woman and her own battle with PTSD must be sedated before she can become the mother Risa needs and deserves. The best way to accomplish this is to leave the white-world medicine and give the Old Ways a chance. And to do that she must go back to her origin and her own people – the Ojibway Tribe of Native American Indians.
As Kymbria will soon find out, the healing will be disrupted by Caleb and the beast he seeks to kill. The creature the tribe calls a Windigo. Its existence has been known for over 300 years but no one has been successful in destroying a Windigo. Its pattern consists of waking up every 40 years to feed, keeping the number of humans it feeds upon to 16, always Native Americans. With Kymbria being an Ojibwa, she just may be his next meal but if that’s true, why is it trying to communicate with her? What makes her different? The answer was a surprise to me as I believe it will be to you too.
When I first saw the word Windigo it sounded familiar so I googled it. Sure enough, it’s a Native American entity that is believed to be a cross between Big Foot and a Werewolf. This knowledge gave Winter Prey and an even more interesting appeal to me. The author has combined history with folklore to give a mystery that is believable. All through the book I found events taking place that were a total surprise to me as a reader. Winter Prey is a very enjoyable read that might just have you looking out the window at night to see if you might see a Windigo.
“Let’s get all of our cards on the table, Sheriff. You’ve got a monster due to start prowling the Northwood again in a few weeks. One that’s been around for three centuries and the same species of evil entity that I suspect killed my wife and son. But yours is – ”
“It isn’t mine,” Hjak interrupted in a level voice, but Caleb continued over the attempted disruption.
“—on a different timetable than that Colorado bastard,. Maybe you aren’t even sure the rumors of this thing are true, since you were probably a kid the last time it appeared. On top of that, from what I could find out, not many whites know about this one. So far, it’s always focused its kills among the Native American population.”
Caleb McCoy is a paranormal investigator that is accustomed to talking to both believers and non-believers of the supernatural entities so his conversation with Sheriff Hjak can go either way. After the death of his wife and son Caleb is positive that the same type creature that took their lives will soon be waking from its forty year sleep in its lair hidden deep within the mountains.
Lieutenant Colonel Kymbria James, R.N. has resigned from her military career to do something she never thought possible. She will now devote her life to raising her daughter Risa, but first she has problems of her own that must be resolved if she has any hope of doing this successfully. Her time spent in Afghanistan trying to help the soldiers cope with their injuries both physical and mental, her own husband dying in her arms as he called the name of another woman and her own battle with PTSD must be sedated before she can become the mother Risa needs and deserves. The best way to accomplish this is to leave the white-world medicine and give the Old Ways a chance. And to do that she must go back to her origin and her own people – the Ojibway Tribe of Native American Indians.
As Kymbria will soon find out, the healing will be disrupted by Caleb and the beast he seeks to kill. The creature the tribe calls a Windigo. Its existence has been known for over 300 years but no one has been successful in destroying a Windigo. Its pattern consists of waking up every 40 years to feed, keeping the number of humans it feeds upon to 16, always Native Americans. With Kymbria being an Ojibwa, she just may be his next meal but if that’s true, why is it trying to communicate with her? What makes her different? The answer was a surprise to me as I believe it will be to you too.
When I first saw the word Windigo it sounded familiar so I googled it. Sure enough, it’s a Native American entity that is believed to be a cross between Big Foot and a Werewolf. This knowledge gave Winter Prey and an even more interesting appeal to me. The author has combined history with folklore to give a mystery that is believable. All through the book I found events taking place that were a total surprise to me as a reader. Winter Prey is a very enjoyable read that might just have you looking out the window at night to see if you might see a Windigo.
January 19, 2015
When I started this book, I didn't think I was going to like it. I didn't want to like it. But somehow I just kept reading and before I knew it, I was sucked right in. Happily as it turned out. It is well written and reads very smoothly. With an intriguing Native American tale of the legendary Windigo brought to life, it had me nervously peering over my shoulder ever so often. Kudos to T.M. Simmons on a great read.
April 6, 2015
What a good read. Story about a WINDIGO that woke
up early and has started his killing spree. WHY EARLY??
The characters in the book are trying to find out.
Will they find out why and what to do with the WINDIGO?
Recommend that you read this good book so see what happened.
up early and has started his killing spree. WHY EARLY??
The characters in the book are trying to find out.
Will they find out why and what to do with the WINDIGO?
Recommend that you read this good book so see what happened.
April 2, 2016
Very good
This was a great book. I loved everything about it and the people in it. The native American stuff was great. The windigo was perfect
This was a great book. I loved everything about it and the people in it. The native American stuff was great. The windigo was perfect
August 24, 2020
Dieses Buch kam vor Jahren kostenlos auf den Kindle, lag sehr lange auf dem Stapel. Habe es nicht beendet, sondern etwa in der Mitte abgebrochen. Schon vor Monaten angefangen und vor ein paar Wochen beschlossen, dass es reicht. Daher auch nur dieses kurze Fazit.
Es geht um eine native Amerikanerin, die nach einigen Jahren bei der Army in ihre alte Heimat zurück kehrt. Sie leidet an PTSD und hat ein Kind adoptiert, nun möchte sie in der Abgeschiedenheit mit ihren Problemen klar kommen. Leider treibt sich dort auch ein Wendigo herum und natürlich geht eine große Jagd los, bei der sie auch Hilfe von den Teilen ihrer Familie braucht, mit denen sie eigentlich weniger zu tun haben wollte, da sie nicht an all deren alte Traditionen glaubt.
Ich hatte das erste Viertel noch relativ aufmerksam gelesen, das zweite Viertel dann nur noch überflogen bzw. quergelesen, weil das Buch mich immer weniger abgeholt hat und die letzte Hälfte tue ich mir gar nicht mehr an. Eine stinklangweilige Geschichte ohne Höhepunkte, brauche ich nicht. Werde auch sicher keine Fortsetzung lesen. Verstehe überhaupt nicht, warum das hier so gut bewertet wurde.
Es geht um eine native Amerikanerin, die nach einigen Jahren bei der Army in ihre alte Heimat zurück kehrt. Sie leidet an PTSD und hat ein Kind adoptiert, nun möchte sie in der Abgeschiedenheit mit ihren Problemen klar kommen. Leider treibt sich dort auch ein Wendigo herum und natürlich geht eine große Jagd los, bei der sie auch Hilfe von den Teilen ihrer Familie braucht, mit denen sie eigentlich weniger zu tun haben wollte, da sie nicht an all deren alte Traditionen glaubt.
Ich hatte das erste Viertel noch relativ aufmerksam gelesen, das zweite Viertel dann nur noch überflogen bzw. quergelesen, weil das Buch mich immer weniger abgeholt hat und die letzte Hälfte tue ich mir gar nicht mehr an. Eine stinklangweilige Geschichte ohne Höhepunkte, brauche ich nicht. Werde auch sicher keine Fortsetzung lesen. Verstehe überhaupt nicht, warum das hier so gut bewertet wurde.
August 6, 2018
An engaging read, full of vivid descriptions and interesting characters. I would definitely read this again. 4 / 5
December 10, 2016
Exciting!
Couldn't stand to put this book down! I was so impressed with how descriptive this author was! I felt like I was there scarred out of my wits!! You have to read this book!
Couldn't stand to put this book down! I was so impressed with how descriptive this author was! I felt like I was there scarred out of my wits!! You have to read this book!
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