WindHealer

WindLegends Saga #4

by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

The Coming of the Raven:

Conar McGregor: A man forgotten, an identity erased. Broken beyond the limits of mortal endurance, he rises again from the ashes, a dark demi-god, devoid of feeling and barren of heart. Marked with the power of the Great One since his conception and betrothed to The Great Lady, will he ever again find love?

The Webspinner: a seductress beyond compare. Her powers enhanced by sorcery, her treachery threatens to break the tenuous hold on sanity that Conar McGregor has finally achieved after years of hell.

The WindForce: A group of twenty-two hand-picked men dedicated to seeing The Raven overcome the evil enscorcling the land. The loyalty of these men has given rise to The Dark Lord, but even they are not aware of the curse the Black Ascendancy will bring to the realms.

Genres: M F Romance

430 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

About the author

She 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.

Reviews

[Wandax21 · Rating 3 out of 5]

4th book of the WindLegend Saga
Conar is trapped in the maze, where he is cruelly tortured by the guards. He is about to lose all his self-esteem and identity. Brelan is sent on a mission to free comrades from the maze. He pretends to be an overseer. Only when he is there, he discovers that Conar is still alive. In order to keep his disguise, he must participate in the torments, but at the same time tries to prevent the worst. At some point everyone succeeds in escaping to Chrystallis. There, Conar is slowly healed and his training begins. He learns all sorts of fighting techniques, Asian martial arts at Ching Ching, craftsmanship, horseback riding, etc., all from the best masters in their respective fields. In the end he is made into a 'Darkwind' in a ceremony. He asked his god Alel to free him from his love for Liza. The new Conar is now called 'Raven' and is an emotionless fellow who seeks revenge.