The Wind Caller

by P.D. Cacek

Book Overview

A man who has the ability to control the Native AmeriCA weather spirits must be stopped before his reign of terror destroys his town. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843953837
• ISBN13: 9780843953831
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Sky, Fear and Pride

At its heart, this book is about the relationship between three characters, really. Others show up, but these three are the main focus. It is a story about a halfbreed woman named Sky, and her two grandfathers (Joseph, an Indian wise man; Gideon, a racist white man). Now right there, we have an interesting dynamic, and the book really plays with the sense of heritage and family. However, now we throw into the mix the supernatural: Gideon is a wind caller, he can draw on the wind itself to do his bidding (it even kills for him). Joseph was intended to be the sole recipient of this responsibility, but the mistakes of youth left it with his Spirit Brother. But wait, there's more. Add to this the developing company seeking to turn these characters' homes into the next Computer Geek community, who will stop at nothing to acquire property and you have a rather engaging story. The characters were well drawn, the pace was good and the ideas were quite invigorating. An excellent read.

It's Only the Wind

What I especially liked about THE WIND CALLER was its use of Native Americana without resorting to the standard "white family threatened by ancient Indian curse" trope. In fact, the majority of the characters were American Indians, which is something I rarely see in horror fiction (or most kinds of fiction, for that matter). The characters were fully drawn and sympathetic (even the villain!), and the basic idea of using wind as a weapon struck me as gratifyingly original. Cacek manages to make scary that old horror cliche of "it's only the wind".