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REVIEWS BY MARTHA Martha A. Cheves — Resident Reviewer SILENT PREY NORTHWOOD PREY BOOK 2 RE-LA Menu MARTHA CHEVES AUTHOR/REVIEWER By: T.M. Simmons ASIN: B017A25ECO Publisher: T. M. Simmons Publication Date: October 27, 2015 Pages: 337 Kindle She raced through the blowing snow, savoring the feel of the cold and wind. Glorying in feeling—being once again. Enjoying the fact that traveling was so easy, so quick. Her feet flew over the snow, and merely thinking of a remembered place brought her to it. No need for heavy clothing to impede movement or slow her down. Even the tangled underbrush didn't present obstacles. She had no recall of how long the non-existence of her grave had lasted. Only slowly were the memories returning. Most of them, at first, were the painful ones. BUY You can follow T. M. Simmons on Facebook at www.facebook.com/trana m.simmons; Twitter @TMSimmonsauthor, email her at [email protected] or check out her blog at www.iseedeadfolks.blogs pot.com to see what she's up to. Simmons is extremely willing to discuss her experiences with anyone she can corner. Children's beautiful chubby faces losing their plumpness and fading into skeletal skulls with only a layer of skin stretched over them. Their cries fading near the end as their mother tried unsuccessfully to share her scant remaining body heat. Finally, the thankfulness that they suffered no longer and her longing to join them. In Silent Prey Simmons brings us Nenegean, who for some reason has left her grave and is wreaking havoc on the Northwood. For some strange reason she steals children. Other characters include Dr. Channing Drury who has come to the Northwood from Texas to possibly join Dr. Silver in his practice and Keoman Thunderwood from the Ojibway tribe who is a Mide, or for most of us a medicine man. As the electricity starts to fly between Channing and Keoman, she finds herself defending Nenegean but Keoman sees her only as a demon that must be done away with. Channing reasons that Nenegean doesn't harm the children she takes, but other children who have been taken are being harmed so Nenegean believes she is protecting them from the real demon. Keoman sees her as a being that has no feelings so she can't possibly 'think' anything through and only takes them because of the loss of her own when she lived many years ago. No matter which is right and which is wrong, children are being harmed and something must be done to keep them safe. JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 PAGE 20 WRITERS’ TRICKS OF THE TRADE