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Whiteout
It’s Christmas Eve. A blizzard hammers the Montana wilderness. Despite the biting weather, a lavish grand opening gala is underway at a new, upscale ski resort. The latest indulgence of billionaire developer Lionel Kaylin, the holiday celebration features nearly a hundred celebrities, close friends, sycophants and hangers on.
The evening starts out splendidly despite the raging weather. But that same storm causes havoc nearby, crashing a supply plane landing at a remote, government installation. The three lives lost among the crew is only the beginning. A top secret, morally questionable, and highly lethal experiment is inadvertently released amidst the disaster.
After slaughtering most of the scientific and military personnel, the creature seeks fresh hunting grounds - and the Whiteout Ski Resort is so very close and brimming with delicious, fresh prey...
The evening starts out splendidly despite the raging weather. But that same storm causes havoc nearby, crashing a supply plane landing at a remote, government installation. The three lives lost among the crew is only the beginning. A top secret, morally questionable, and highly lethal experiment is inadvertently released amidst the disaster.
After slaughtering most of the scientific and military personnel, the creature seeks fresh hunting grounds - and the Whiteout Ski Resort is so very close and brimming with delicious, fresh prey...
- GenresHorror
309 pages, Paperback
Published March 17, 2025
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May 25, 2025
Great read
I didn't put this book down until the last page! Action packed and a must for any library! Grab your copy and happy reading
I didn't put this book down until the last page! Action packed and a must for any library! Grab your copy and happy reading
July 17, 2025
Great monster story
Good one. Full of tension from the start.
Characters you cared about and great details in the scenes. Looking forward to more from Christopher Hood!
Good one. Full of tension from the start.
Characters you cared about and great details in the scenes. Looking forward to more from Christopher Hood!
May 19, 2025
Amazing read
I couldn't put the book down. I loved the characters. I finished the book in just over 24 hours. I truly recommend this read!
I couldn't put the book down. I loved the characters. I finished the book in just over 24 hours. I truly recommend this read!
June 20, 2025
Scary
This story makes you wonder about what our government might be hiding
We hear horror stories about creatures and this one was engineered made to kill it's enemies
This story makes you wonder about what our government might be hiding
We hear horror stories about creatures and this one was engineered made to kill it's enemies
July 3, 2025
Edge of your seat reading!
May 19, 2025
Excellent. Super fast and fun read. On the surface, it may not seem like a wholly original concept - but most of the scenes/action are just wonderfully visual and contain things I haven't seen in other books/movies. (the chair lift and swimming pool scenes were my a favorites).
I'm a big fan of short chapters and they work to full effect here. I finished in two days which may be a record for me. Looks like the author has also done science fiction. Not my genre, but I might give it a try just because I was impressed with this. But if he does any more horror, I'm in for sure.
note: the editing issues mentioned by the earlier reviewer must have been fixed as grammatical mistakes and typos are a real pet peeve of mine and I didn't catch a single one (aside from a couple missing commas that I'm not even 100% sure about).
Anyway, very well done.
I'm a big fan of short chapters and they work to full effect here. I finished in two days which may be a record for me. Looks like the author has also done science fiction. Not my genre, but I might give it a try just because I was impressed with this. But if he does any more horror, I'm in for sure.
note: the editing issues mentioned by the earlier reviewer must have been fixed as grammatical mistakes and typos are a real pet peeve of mine and I didn't catch a single one (aside from a couple missing commas that I'm not even 100% sure about).
Anyway, very well done.
May 11, 2025
Needs better editing and proofreading
Liked the story, but thought it was a bit too predictable. However, it had way too many editing mistakes and misspellings.
Liked the story, but thought it was a bit too predictable. However, it had way too many editing mistakes and misspellings.
September 15, 2025
Triggers: Animal cruelty
This story was, in one word, frustrating. Don't get me wrong, the premise hooks you and perhaps gives you too much hope. It gave me this sort of Alien vibe, especially the first part where the creature was roaming and hunting around the military base. But it’s utterly deceiving.
People called this gory? Are you for real? The violence or lack of, to be more precise, made the story rather tame for my taste. This was closer to a PG horror story, and if you're looking for a gory, feral action with a primeval creature carrying a carnage in the storm I'd say to steer clear of this. It is such a shame honestly because the description of the beast promised so much horror and savagery only to be doused by sensitive writing.
For a horror novel, it fails to deliver on the fundamental elements that make the genre so compelling. The most obvious issue is the lack of character development. The characters are completely one-dimensional, serving as little more than props for the beast to interact with. As a result, the body count feels meaningless; I couldn't bring myself to care who lived or died, especially since the deaths themselves were described with such a bland, detached simplicity.
A plane missed its landing and crashed in a military building, a building that held the latest iteration of the Keres project caged, though it missed damaging too much the holding cell. Everyone's relief vanished when a claw emerged from inside the den and the beast was finally free. So to list the great things in this book: the plot was pretty straight-forward, the action is fast-paced, the beast looks badass, and the writing style is easy to digest.
It's completely unbelievable that a long-running project of this scale would not have a contingency plan in place to terminate the creature. Off the top of my head (albeit I’m not a scientist, what do I know?), the simplest insurance would be a damn collar around its neck that would explode if detonated, but of course these scientists played god and remained naive in their own egotistical journey.
This is all you will get for kills in this horror book. Several variations of this. It's a pity the author didn’t bother to paint us more detailed pictures that should've made us root for the humans and feel sorry for the carnage.
The insistence on detailing everyone's appearance only highlights their lack of personality and substance. In one particular moment (right at the beginning of the novel), the author described a character who cut and dyed her hair black to be "less attractive," which felt, frankly, an offensive trope. A moment of silence for all short-haired women and brunettes out there.
The romance subplot is equally as weak, feeling both forced and entirely unconvincing.
This story was, in one word, frustrating. Don't get me wrong, the premise hooks you and perhaps gives you too much hope. It gave me this sort of Alien vibe, especially the first part where the creature was roaming and hunting around the military base. But it’s utterly deceiving.
People called this gory? Are you for real? The violence or lack of, to be more precise, made the story rather tame for my taste. This was closer to a PG horror story, and if you're looking for a gory, feral action with a primeval creature carrying a carnage in the storm I'd say to steer clear of this. It is such a shame honestly because the description of the beast promised so much horror and savagery only to be doused by sensitive writing.
For a horror novel, it fails to deliver on the fundamental elements that make the genre so compelling. The most obvious issue is the lack of character development. The characters are completely one-dimensional, serving as little more than props for the beast to interact with. As a result, the body count feels meaningless; I couldn't bring myself to care who lived or died, especially since the deaths themselves were described with such a bland, detached simplicity.
A plane missed its landing and crashed in a military building, a building that held the latest iteration of the Keres project caged, though it missed damaging too much the holding cell. Everyone's relief vanished when a claw emerged from inside the den and the beast was finally free. So to list the great things in this book: the plot was pretty straight-forward, the action is fast-paced, the beast looks badass, and the writing style is easy to digest.
It's completely unbelievable that a long-running project of this scale would not have a contingency plan in place to terminate the creature. Off the top of my head (albeit I’m not a scientist, what do I know?), the simplest insurance would be a damn collar around its neck that would explode if detonated, but of course these scientists played god and remained naive in their own egotistical journey.
Keres finished him with a single razored swipe to the head.
This is all you will get for kills in this horror book. Several variations of this. It's a pity the author didn’t bother to paint us more detailed pictures that should've made us root for the humans and feel sorry for the carnage.
The insistence on detailing everyone's appearance only highlights their lack of personality and substance. In one particular moment (right at the beginning of the novel), the author described a character who cut and dyed her hair black to be "less attractive," which felt, frankly, an offensive trope. A moment of silence for all short-haired women and brunettes out there.
The romance subplot is equally as weak, feeling both forced and entirely unconvincing.
May 28, 2025
Good read, however, I knocked it down from 5 to 4 stars because of the large amount errors in the editing. Typos, grammar and spelling errors are abundant in this book. I think it is ridiculous that the lack of proper editing in print books today is so prevalent. It is distracting and takes some of the enjoyment away from the book. Maybe if we readers started giving lower ratings for this nonsense, authors will make sure their books have been edited a helluva lot better!
Edit: I have changed the rating to 5 stars. Yesterday, I contacted the publisher of this book (Caine Publishing) and expressed my dismay at the amount of errors it has. They replied that this was the first addition, apologized profusely and advised that they had corrected the errors as of 10 days ago. They also offered to send me a new one, but I explained I had checked it out from the library, so they asked for the address to send my local library the corrected edition, which I thought was great. Good job Caine Publishing!
Edit: I have changed the rating to 5 stars. Yesterday, I contacted the publisher of this book (Caine Publishing) and expressed my dismay at the amount of errors it has. They replied that this was the first addition, apologized profusely and advised that they had corrected the errors as of 10 days ago. They also offered to send me a new one, but I explained I had checked it out from the library, so they asked for the address to send my local library the corrected edition, which I thought was great. Good job Caine Publishing!
May 13, 2025
Good but with errors
This book combines two of my favorite genres - creature horror and a frozen landscape. It has plenty of action and derring-do, and for the most part I liked it. How does one kill an unkillable beast?
However, the book needs an editor. There were quite a few missing or added words, and one time a person's name changed mid-paragraph. I found this distracting.
I do think its a good book with promise, but I feel I paid too much for it.
This book combines two of my favorite genres - creature horror and a frozen landscape. It has plenty of action and derring-do, and for the most part I liked it. How does one kill an unkillable beast?
However, the book needs an editor. There were quite a few missing or added words, and one time a person's name changed mid-paragraph. I found this distracting.
I do think its a good book with promise, but I feel I paid too much for it.
May 26, 2025
Fun Creature Feature
This was a fun, very fast paced creature feature story with a very scary military monster experiment gone wrong.
A very gory but never boring race to kill the almost kill proof monster.
On the down side, almost every one dies except for a couple.
I enjoyed this one.
(Side note, while this was a fun story, I can’t believe I paid 10 dollars for a kindle book. )
This was a fun, very fast paced creature feature story with a very scary military monster experiment gone wrong.
A very gory but never boring race to kill the almost kill proof monster.
On the down side, almost every one dies except for a couple.
I enjoyed this one.
(Side note, while this was a fun story, I can’t believe I paid 10 dollars for a kindle book. )
August 3, 2025
A good read
I liked the story even though it was your typical mutant villain creature developed by the military. The frequent typographical errors throughout though, were rough to read. Still I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a quick story to read while waiting for their next book to arrive in the mail.
I liked the story even though it was your typical mutant villain creature developed by the military. The frequent typographical errors throughout though, were rough to read. Still I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a quick story to read while waiting for their next book to arrive in the mail.
September 4, 2025
I wouldn’t say the writing was great throughout, but it did keep me reading. I lost track of characters too. I know there are more of these creatures, so if he wrote another, I’d read it. Creating a new kind of monster, but that can’t be controlled. What could possible go wrong.
But please…..to the publishers…..hire someone to edit AND to find typos.
But please…..to the publishers…..hire someone to edit AND to find typos.
October 15, 2025
Just no
It's a true horror novel in that i could not get past the first pages. I don't know if the dogs
were actually killed, or the monster sat down and refused to kill them. This goes against my dogs and cats survive whatever calamity has befallen everyone else. I can't unread things so im skipping. Not authors fault so still giving a 3 star
It's a true horror novel in that i could not get past the first pages. I don't know if the dogs
were actually killed, or the monster sat down and refused to kill them. This goes against my dogs and cats survive whatever calamity has befallen everyone else. I can't unread things so im skipping. Not authors fault so still giving a 3 star
September 2, 2025
An ok story.
Too many writing errors. Needed a beater editor. Storyline good but ending was lackluster. Decent story but could have had a better explanation for the creation of the “monster”.
Too many writing errors. Needed a beater editor. Storyline good but ending was lackluster. Decent story but could have had a better explanation for the creation of the “monster”.
September 9, 2025
This book was boring, I have no other way to put it. It was very generic and the love was forced and kinda weird. Also the similarities to Terminal Freeze are undeniable. Picked this up on recommendation interest and great reviews on here but yeah not for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 27, 2025
It's a good reading for super bored.
June 30, 2025
Good story - REALLY bad editing
Hire me as a proofreader!
The story is good…..fairly predictable but entertaining
Good summer read - the blizzard makes you feel cooler…lol
Hire me as a proofreader!
The story is good…..fairly predictable but entertaining
Good summer read - the blizzard makes you feel cooler…lol
August 5, 2025
from pages 21-22:
“The idea of an animal genetically modified into a super soldier might make for good fiction, but…”
... it didn't.
“The idea of an animal genetically modified into a super soldier might make for good fiction, but…”
... it didn't.
August 14, 2025
A fast paced thoroughly enjoyable read.
September 23, 2025
I loved this book. I hope a sequel is in the works! Theres always a way to write more when it comes to secret military monsters.
Great story and easy reading!
Great story and easy reading!
October 12, 2025
Great scare! Very fun read! Dare to read alone, at night, at your local ski resort during a blizzard.
November 2, 2025
Exciting Read!!
This should be made into a movie! The book was easy to read and follow and with edge of your seat action. Would recommend!
This should be made into a movie! The book was easy to read and follow and with edge of your seat action. Would recommend!
November 16, 2025
This was pretty good. I found that it got more exciting toward the end of the book. This would make a good movie though. Happy Reading:)
December 31, 2025
This is an easy read. It gives us lots of gore! It would make an awesome movie!
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