DESCRIPTION:
Australia’s outback hides a mysterious canyon. Hidden deep within is a forest of pine tree that dates from the Cretaceous Period. A megacorporation sends in a team of experts to research this canyon for botanical riches.
The expedition enters a no-man’s land formed 100 million years ago when Australia was still attached to Antarctica, and dinosaurs ruled the super-continent. But the canyon has more prehistoric and dangerous species than anyone could have possibly imagined.
Trapped and terrified, unarmed and unable to communicate topside, the team’s extraction deadline is six long hours away.
The frantic race for survival is on.
MY REVIEW:
Wow! All I can say is can you get PTSD from a book? LOL.
Readers talk about a roller-coaster of a ride, but this one takes the cake. I have to admit, I was ready to DNF the book during chapter two as it was so slow. But once, they get on the helicopter, WHOOSH, down we go on that first huge incline of the roller coaster.
This is definitely one of those couldn’t-put-down stories, but there is so much adrenaline being pumped through the body, you just have to take a breather.
That being said, as for the characters themselves, Sheldon did an amazing job getting into each of their heads. Maybe a bit too much. Everyone of them was so flawed, it was hard to like any of them. And that ‘s what made the story so slow at the beginning. I feel like Alistair wasn’t the way to start the story. And the one character I did relate to got killed right away. SIGH.
And the ending is the type where you, as the reader, have to decide whether she made it or not. So, there is an unresolved question. Plus, a lot of improbabilities that make you question the whole plot of the story.
Still, this story feeds into our innate fear of being eaten alive. So, if you love gore and dinosaurs, you’ll need to read this book. I give it 4 stars.
