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‘Fahy's imaginative debut puts a fresh spin on the survival-of-prehistoric-beasts theme popularized by Jurassic Park.’ Publisher’s Weekly
‘Good, fast fun’ Bookseller
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Jurassic Park meets Lost in this electrifying new adventure thriller.
When the cast and crew of reality TV show ‘SeaLife’ land on picturesque, unexplored Henders Island it’s a ratings bonanza. But they’re blissfully unaware that the decisions they make there will shape the fate of mankind … if they can only survive.
For they quickly discover that the island is seething with danger. Having evolved in total isolation from the rest of the planet for millennia, Henders is home to host of vicious and exotic predators, terrifying creatures who live in a lightning fast blur of kill or be killed.
A team of crack scientists is sent in to assess the situation and they are astounded by what they find. It soon becomes clear that if even the smallest bug ever made it off Henders island, life on earth as we know it would change very quickly indeed.
The President is faced with the toughest decision of his career: take the risk of letting one of these creatures escape so that further research can be done, or nuke the island to protect the rest of planet Earth? Just when it seems the stakes couldn't get any higher, the scientists make a surprise discovery that changes everything…
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With a strapline which essentially covers the whole ethos of this book, 'A Jurassic Park for the Lost generation' you certainly know what to expect. And you get it - in hordes of man-eaters, swarms of ditto and, frankly, with more than half an eye on the blockbuster film, a gripping yet not unexpected grand finale and a meeting of minds/bodies for our two hero characters.
It is formulaic, hence my four stars but it is very well written and the author seems to well understand how to create a scientific explanation for his creatures. Whether it works so well when villains (a villain, really) and terrorist threats loom into the picture it a moot point.
But if you like gore and action and gore and beasts and gore and...well, you catch the mood of most of the book, this one should be right up your jungle trail.
It is formulaic, hence my four stars but it is very well written and the author seems to well understand how to create a scientific explanation for his creatures. Whether it works so well when villains (a villain, really) and terrorist threats loom into the picture it a moot point.
But if you like gore and action and gore and beasts and gore and...well, you catch the mood of most of the book, this one should be right up your jungle trail.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I don't think anyone could argue that any book combining an undiscovered island populated by highly aggressive prehistoric beasts & a reality tv show could be classed as original but even though the basic premise here has probably been dreamed up by a million teenagers in English lessons, it still makes for an enjoyable read.
If you're a fan of this type of book I'd be surprised if you don't take something from it and whilst it is very formulaic, it still has it's charm. I'm sure the research carried out to make this story as believable as possible was pretty thorough but it's this aspect in particular that I felt let the book down. There are two large chunks of dialogue that I guess Warren Fahy feels is the "science part" & gives the book an air of credibility but in reality it's in direct contrast to what the majority of people pick this book for which is escapism. It's just too heavy and lasts for page-after=page-after-page.
The other main weak point is quite how "alien" the undiscovered species are yet toward the end of book the "hero" species is portrayed as Sulley the Monster from Monsters Inc. All very cute but just plain silly & it's a shame as large portions of this book make for a rip-roaring ride across hostile jungles and on the high seas.
Overall this is will appeal to fans of the genre yet borrows from too much to be considered a must-buy
If you're a fan of this type of book I'd be surprised if you don't take something from it and whilst it is very formulaic, it still has it's charm. I'm sure the research carried out to make this story as believable as possible was pretty thorough but it's this aspect in particular that I felt let the book down. There are two large chunks of dialogue that I guess Warren Fahy feels is the "science part" & gives the book an air of credibility but in reality it's in direct contrast to what the majority of people pick this book for which is escapism. It's just too heavy and lasts for page-after=page-after-page.
The other main weak point is quite how "alien" the undiscovered species are yet toward the end of book the "hero" species is portrayed as Sulley the Monster from Monsters Inc. All very cute but just plain silly & it's a shame as large portions of this book make for a rip-roaring ride across hostile jungles and on the high seas.
Overall this is will appeal to fans of the genre yet borrows from too much to be considered a must-buy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This story begins well. It has a solid and fascinating premise - the discovery of a lost island with an ecosystem so invasive and advanced that it threatens all life on Earth. The characters are cliched cutouts, but the island itself is the real star, as the native ecosystem exhibits its bloody savagery, and the weird animals go on a killing spree.
It even manages to play around with some of the standard modern tropes - such as by having the environmentalist be the bad guy. But while it does manage to provide some interesting ethical arguments, they are presented clumsily, with no doubt as to which side the author is on. Still, twin threats of nuclear and ecological devastation successfully maintain tension until about two thirds of the way through, and I was enjoying it.
But then it is ruined, RUINED, by an absolutely STUPID ending. It veers off into a ridiculous and completely implausible tangent, which absolutely shatters any semblance of credibility. Suspension of disbelief was snapped completely, and I ended up rolling my eyes at the ridiculous implausibility of it all. There is only so much impossibility that a reader can be expected to accept, even in trashy sci-fi, and this ending goes much too far, and ends up being just stupid.
One of the worst endings to a book I have ever read. Such a shame, such a waste.
It even manages to play around with some of the standard modern tropes - such as by having the environmentalist be the bad guy. But while it does manage to provide some interesting ethical arguments, they are presented clumsily, with no doubt as to which side the author is on. Still, twin threats of nuclear and ecological devastation successfully maintain tension until about two thirds of the way through, and I was enjoying it.
But then it is ruined, RUINED, by an absolutely STUPID ending. It veers off into a ridiculous and completely implausible tangent, which absolutely shatters any semblance of credibility. Suspension of disbelief was snapped completely, and I ended up rolling my eyes at the ridiculous implausibility of it all. There is only so much impossibility that a reader can be expected to accept, even in trashy sci-fi, and this ending goes much too far, and ends up being just stupid.
One of the worst endings to a book I have ever read. Such a shame, such a waste.
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An imaginative world in an otherwise unimaginative novel
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Published on 10 Mar 2010 by Mark Klobas
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the title of this review would be a much better tag line for this novel in my opinion. when i bought this book, i was expecting non stop violence and gore as the members of the... Read more
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