Galway

30,000 B.C. Chronicles #4

by Matthew Thayer

Shipwrecked in the Paleolithic with their modern tools and weapons long turned to dust, survivors of a scientific time travel expedition join their native clan mates on a brutal crossing of the northern ice shelf in search of would-be rescuers from the year 2233. Galway is the fourth book in the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles series. Journeying from the Cliffs of Dover to the coast of Stone Age Ireland, the characters compare the bounty of the wild, prehistoric land against memories of the scorched, used-up Earth they left behind. Their trip is turned upside down by the arrival of the Hunter.

Genres: Time Travel

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

Matthew Thayer has won more than 75 state and national awards for his writing and photography. He lives on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where he is a staff photojournalist for the local newspaper. Matthew was born in Erie, PA and graduated from Kent State University. Along with writing and photography, his interests include ocean kayaking, coaching soccer, public speaking, traveling the world with wife Kelly and enjoying the great outdoors with their adult children.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely 5 star! Phenomenal series of books. The only one that was marked down to 4 star was the first one, it took a while to get past one part of the plot that did not interest me - but all of the books are superbly written.

[Cynthia Lamb Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

Experience it: Prehistoric Adventure!

Love the adventure in a prehistoric environment with nuanced characters telling the stories from their points of view. The dangers of megafauna, nature itself combined with the human drama between modern humans, early humans, and Neanderthals provides an immersive richness for binge-reading. Bravo Matthew Thayer for bringing both the past and the future to life. I looked up the animals, the plants, the places, the music Salvatore listened to and joined Duarte in her life documenting botany, animals as well as the interactions of people, the good, the bad, and them ugly. I enjoyed Kaikane's refreshing can-do attitude and his water expertise but his backstory showed 2hat a survivor he is. I could go on and on about all the characters including Hunter in his villainy with heart.
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[Nicholas Wishek · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been giving the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles 4's based on an average of 5 on character development, plot, writing but only a 3 on flora and fauna and settings. It would help if the author cited some references because I think there are just too many odd animals with fossil records and far too many Cro-Magnons with too widely different cultures for 30,000 B.C. That said if the story had been set on a different plant instead of our past it wouldn't be an issue.
What pushed this up to a 5 was the continual development of the characters, plot twists, and hints of a future world history.
Looking forward to the next one.

[Shan S Rea]

I was really digging these books but author chose to kill off the characters I cared about and I lost interest, I get it. Huge move, but when he killed the people I was invested in for three books I just did not need the depression. He had me very invested, but murdering so many characters at once just did me in. Great story, great writing.

[Tammy Killingbeck · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was my favorite of the first four books so far. There was a mystery that keeps you reading to find out the answer; that is always fun reading a series. I suppose there are many unanswered questions in this series but I had a harder time putting down this book than the first three.

[Corinne Kirsch · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed it up to a point then just got bored

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story.

I found the series started slow, but once I got the flow of writing style, I greatly enjoyed it want the story to go on.
Highly recommend.

[Glen Longwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

New Villain

Another solid entry with expanded world building and lore plus a new /old villain and time travel shenanigans. Gray beard for president.

[Renae Cavallaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read!

#4 in the series, and it just kept getting better and better. The storyline really drew me in and kept me enamoured.
The ending of this book however, felt very abrupt, like all the loose ends were suddenly wrapped up in just a few pages in an unrealistic 'happily ever after' tone. As if the author said to himself "there's way more story here, but I wanna write another book and don't know how to make a smooth transition, so I'll just have everyone happily move on together in spite of the dramatic storyline I just entertained my readers with".
But hey, putting the last few pages aside, it was a definite read and I will be waiting for *sigh* book 5, promised in 2017.

[Nan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome,AWESOME and more AWESOME !!!!

I was totally blown away by this series. I was pulled in and was living right along with Duarte and Paul and Grey Beard. I couldn't read the books fast enough. The descriptions of the land and different people/clans was awe inspiring. From book one to the fourth my attention was solely on what was happening next. Now I have to wait till the next book comes out sometime this year. Meanwhile my imagination is doing cartwheels wondering what the characters are up to.
Great job Mr. Thayer. Don't make us fans wait too long.