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By: Rick Chesler

Narrated by: Dan Delgado

An accomplished geneticist, known for trailblazing work with a gene editing technology known as CRISPR, is found dead at his desk in his South Florida home by apparent suicide. His jugular vein punctured with a foot-long T-rex claw. However, the claw is not a fossilized one. A simple note signed by the scientist reads, “I’m sorry”.

A team of researchers and park rangers is hastily and quietly assembled to find out what it is he’s apologized for, suspecting he has unleashed a genetically altered animal atrocity into the wild. Unsure of exactly what to look for, the expedition sets out into the Everglades in a desperate search of what they fear might be a living predator not seen on Earth for millions of years.

What they find is even worse - The entire Everglades has been transformed into an illicit breeding ground for the living, breathing results of unauthorized genetic tampering with extinct predators.

Will the harried band of park rangers and scientists be able to contain the most outlandish bio-threat the world has ever seen? Or will the terrifying genetic edits made by the rogue scientist prove too ferocious to contain?

©2020 Rick Chesler (P)2020 Rick Chesler

Critic reviews

"Michael Crichton meets Matthew Reilly in this action-packed creature thriller!" (USA Today best seller David Wood, author of Primordial)

"Awesome. Simply Awesome. Chesler strikes again with another unpotdownable saga." (USA Today best seller, Nick Thacker, author of the Harvey Bennett thrillers)

great book

thouroughly enjoyed it, was over too soon though. well worth the listen any time you need some escape

A fun, wild ride!

Fantastic fun! A truly great sci-fi creature thriller. I listened to the audio version. Fantastic narration and hours of spine-tingling fun. The only problem is, with genetic manipulation becoming more practical every year, the events of this story are becoming just a little too plausible.

Enjoyable

Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Believable plot, well formed characters and a great setting. Will be looking forward to listening to another Rick Chesler story. The narrator, Dan Delgado, did an excellent job at portraying the characters and reading the fast paced book. Will be looking for his narration again.

It’s okay

The idea is cool, maybe would’ve enjoyed it more if someone else was reading it. The voice constantly annoyed me so I had to take breaks

Do you love cheesy movies like Sharknado?

If you do( I admit I fall into this as well) this is the book for you. Just enough science to make you go " oh I get it" but not enough to....ya know....be believable. No personal connection between characters. Lots of action. No chicks running in heels( thank goodness) but not overly well rounded characters. But if you love Florida ( and those crazy Floridians) you will like a couple characters just for the trash of it. Entertaining? Sure. Life-changing? Nope. Got me though a crappy shift at work? Yup. Dig in, just understand, you're not digging in too deep.
P. S. Narrator was great!