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BearWalker

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BearWalker is a great book with a ton of potential. As I read the book I kept thinking, this is gonna be a hit TV series some day. It has everything: government conspiracy, mysticism, betrayal...the works! His use of Native American myth, and his great development of Paul Dillinger(my personal favorite in the book) just left me wishing the book was 500 pages and not 150. I hope he writes more in this line!

Wow! Steven King, the king of horror fiction, had better prepare his abdication speech because Steven Lee Climer is the heir apparent, the crown prince, and his works of dark fantasy declare him ready to reign. Based on Chippewa and Ottawa myths and legends of shape shifters and healers, Bear Walkers and Bloodstoppers, BEARWALKER, set in present day Ann Arbor, puts a whole new spin on the myths. Unable to control his shape shifting by any other means, David Walking Bear has become an alcoholic, a street person. And manages to survive in the shadows until a group of men, armed with chains and bats, descend on his alley and start beating David and two of his derelict buddies. Changing into a monster, David kills them all, including one friend who is still alive, and has to run again. Jeanette Towson, gifted by Manitou (the Great Spirit) with the ability to take ills and wounds from the patient to herself, has hidden herself by adopting different strategies. A news junkie, she almost knows what David is, but gets herself involved in the news when she saves a victim of an auto accident. There is still another important character in BEARWALKER. Paul Dillinger, a tabloid reporter, wants the stories of the "monster that kills" and the "angel that heals" for his rag and is determined to find the truth of it without regard to the people involved. The author's previous book, DREAM THIEVES, was nominated for Best First Novel 1997 from the International Horror Guild. I had the honor of reviewing it also. It has all the makings of a classic, a book that defines the horror/dark fantasy genre.

Wow! Steven King, the king of horror fiction, had better prepare his abdication speech because Steven Lee Climer is the heir apparent, the crown prince, and his works of dark fantasy declare him ready to reign. Based on Chippewa and Ottawa myths and legends of shape shifters and healers, Bear Walkers and Bloodstoppers, BEARWALKER, set in present day Ann Arbor, puts a whole new spin on the myths. Unable to control his shape shifting by any other means, David Walking Bear has become an alcoholic, a street person. And manages to survive in the shadows until a group of men, armed with chains and bats, descend on his alley and start beating David and two of his derelict buddies. Changing into a monster, David kills them all, including one friend who is still alive, and has to run again. Jeanette Towson, gifted by Manitou (the Great Spirit) with the ability to take ills and wounds from the patient to herself, has hidden herself by adopting different strategies. A news junkie, she almost knows what David is, but gets herself involved in the news when she saves a victim of an auto accident. There is still another important character in BEARWALKER. Paul Dillinger, a tabloid reporter, wants the stories of the "monster that kills" and the "angel that heals" for his rag and is determined to find the truth of it without regard to the people involved. The author's previous book, DREAM THIEVES, was nominated for Best First Novel 1997 from the International Horror Guild. I had the honor of reviewing it also. It has all the makings of a classic, a book that defines the horror/dark fantasy genre. I'm not sure, but I think BEARWALKER is their first book. If so, it's a grand debut into the publishing world. Rumors are rampant regarding the death of the horror genre, but my guess is: Steven Lee Climer and Indigo will be the Bloodstopper for horror. Reviewed by Patricia Lucas White, award-winning author of A Wizard Scorned.