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"...this book is fast-paced; action packed and really liberates the series from the shackles of a small-budget television show ... fans of Primeval should definitely pick this up. If you've never watched the series before, the story is standalone ... As a piece of writing, this is one of the best TV to book adaptations I've read." --Libri Populus
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When strange anomalies in time start to appear Professor Cutter and his team have to help track down and capture a multitude of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past...and distant future.An Entelodon goes on the rampage down Oxford Street in central London causing untold damage and loss of life, and Cutter decides a new approach to tackling the anomalies is needed. When a mysterious Russian scientist arrives at the ARC, Cutter thinks he might have found the answer...In this brand new original never-seen-on-TV Primeval adventure Cutter and the team are forced to travel to Siberia to confront an anomaly problem on an epic scale...
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Diabolical Dinosaurs,
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This review is from: Primeval: Extinction Event (Hardcover)
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Before reading `Primeval: Extinction Event' I wondered if the TV series would constrain the narrative, but in fact my advance awareness of characters and the overall sci-fi time-warp theme of `Primeval' with dinosaurs, anomalies etc. helped make the book easily readable and enjoyable. The spirit of the book remains faithful to the TV series, and though prior knowledge may make parts of the plot predictable the story is new and nothing spoils what is essentially a `ripping yarn' with exciting fast-paced plot, well defined heroes, and graphic descriptions. Tension is built up immediately and it is action all way through, with short crisp chapters that swap effectively between different people and places. Dan Abnett writes well with skilful use of allusions to historical facts and parodies on today's society, but most importantly he injects enthusiasm and humour. His written form gives free rein to readers' imaginations, inventiveness and interpretations. This is particularly so for the climax when the end comes quickly, and explanations evaporate somewhat. Perhaps the sheer scale and energy of the chosen scenario in Siberia with a massive anomaly and so many diabolical dinosaurs will prevent Dan Abnett's book ever becoming a `Primeval' TV episode - but it makes a great read.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Top Notch Time-Travelling Dinosaur Science Fiction!,
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This review is from: Primeval: Extinction Event (Hardcover)
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When Cutter, Abby, and Conner are kidnapped, Jenny and Hemple go to search for them with the help of Helen, Cutter's estranged wife. Helen appears to know more than she is letting on, but they have no choice than to trust her if they are to get their crew back in one piece. Plus, they are running out of time, if normal operational activity is not resumed soon, the MOD will step in and cancel the entire research project.It's a dangerous mission and they discover themselves in Siberia, face to face with what the Russians call the Baba Yaga, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Not only that, but the anomalies appear to be more frequent and open for longer, which allows all sorts of visitors from sixty-five million years ago to enter our time period causing destruction and mayhem along the way. Someone must know the truth about what is happening, but who? British TV has never had it so good with this science fiction series, with the exception of Dr. Who, of course. So, I was pleased to review this book to see how they compared. It didn't disappoint. The main characters keep true to their TV roles, although I could have done without Helen being in it. She just seemed to be a spare part. It's also a monster of a story, nearly three hundred pages long with very small print, which took some time getting through. Despite this, it's packed with time-travelling dinosaurs, and has a fast-paced, riveting plot that concerns an impact point similar to that of the Tunguska asteroid strike in 1908. I would definitely recommend this to all science fiction fans who should be stampeding towards the shelves for this and the rest in the Primeval series quicker than one can say "Ceratopsian".
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Far better than expected,
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This review is from: Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar (Hardcover)
Knowing that this series of books was supposedly aimed at the teenage audience, I expected something fairly simplistic. However, I was nicely surprised that this seems to be a very well written book with good character detail (Cutter's feelings about Claudia/Jenny) and a well rendered sense of place (very good descriptions of Cuzco).The political and mystery elements though push the time anomaly plot almost into the background, so readers expecting the 'chasing dinosaurs' style of the TV show might be a bit surprised. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
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