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Dinosaur Red
There’s a doorway on Mars that has mankind’s greatest minds perplexed.
Deep beneath Aeolis Mons an ancient secret is revealed, and a team of explorers led by Forest Judge, Deputy Commander of Gale Base Alpha, are dispatched to investigate. The prehistoric gateway reveals a biosphere preserving Earth’s distant past, and as Judge and crew stand on the threshold of mankind’s greatest discovery the Martian ground trembles.
A roar thunders from within, the doorway closes, and the team is trapped.
Six mission specialists, each with unique skills, each with different reasons for wanting to break free of the primordial trap. To get home Judge is forced to choose between escape and changing the course of humanity.
What will he do?
Deep beneath Aeolis Mons an ancient secret is revealed, and a team of explorers led by Forest Judge, Deputy Commander of Gale Base Alpha, are dispatched to investigate. The prehistoric gateway reveals a biosphere preserving Earth’s distant past, and as Judge and crew stand on the threshold of mankind’s greatest discovery the Martian ground trembles.
A roar thunders from within, the doorway closes, and the team is trapped.
Six mission specialists, each with unique skills, each with different reasons for wanting to break free of the primordial trap. To get home Judge is forced to choose between escape and changing the course of humanity.
What will he do?
188 pages, Paperback
Published January 6, 2021
About the author
Edward J. McFadden III
69 books66 followersEd cut his teeth reading John Christopher, Tolkien, Poe, Brooks and Zelazny, and graduated to Joe Haldeman, Allen Steele, Arthur C. Clark and Jack Vance. For the last twenty years he’s done a deep dive on apocalyptic fiction, and he really enjoyed learning at the feet of Elmore Leonard, Philip K. Dick, Lawrence Block, Ray Bradbury, Carl Hiaasen, Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and F. Paul Wilson. His recent publications include Hell Creek, Too Much Grit, The Cryptid Club, Keepers of the Flame, Quick Sands, Sandbagged, Dogs Get Ten Lives, Barracuda Swarm, Dinosaur Red, Drop Off, and Jurassic Ark. His sea thrillers, The Breach and Shadow of the Abyss were Amazon #1 Best Sellers and the audio version of The Breach was a #1 Hot New Release. His other novels include Throwback, Sea Tremors, Primeval Valley, AWAKE, The Black Death of Babylon, and HOAXERS. He lives on Long Island with his wife Dawn, and their daughter Samantha.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
August 28, 2023
3.5 stars. This one was a struggle for me. It was written for a very specific audience, being strict science fiction fans, which I am not a part of. But Edward McFadden gave a good effort. An intricate story with a nice combination of action, prehistoric creatures of all shapes and sizes (The bat creature was my favorite.), and everything had a decent balance. I did feel like it dragged at times and I almost wished for more action, but, again, that may just be because I’m not the ideal audience here. Not my favorite book by this author, but I think others readers may have some better takeaways than me.
February 25, 2021
Disappointing Dinos On Mars Mysterious Adventure.
Six Mars astronauts investigating a strange anomaly discover a kind of lost kingdom biosphere inhabited by living dinosaurs. Who built it? How old is it? What keeps it running? How do they get the he'll out of there before they all die? The eventual answers to these questions are handled in a rather prosaic manner and the book as a whole is a kind of by the numbers tale flatly told and kind of boring. I found it kind of boring.
Six Mars astronauts investigating a strange anomaly discover a kind of lost kingdom biosphere inhabited by living dinosaurs. Who built it? How old is it? What keeps it running? How do they get the he'll out of there before they all die? The eventual answers to these questions are handled in a rather prosaic manner and the book as a whole is a kind of by the numbers tale flatly told and kind of boring. I found it kind of boring.
January 23, 2021
Great book, action packed with lots of teeth and claws.
May 3, 2021
dino/outer space mash up
Interesting take on dinosaurs being discovered within Mars. 6 astronauts enter a biosphere not known of by humans. What they find is mind blowing. I live a god dino book, "The Martian" one of my favorite reads. Why only 3 stars? Because an author with as many books under his belt as McFadden should be a better writer, or at least find a better editor. Too many duplicate descriptive phrases. Tasi, the big dino, the atmosphere, to name a few, are described almost a word for word in subsequent chapters. When are fat and grease two different things rendered from an animal? How does ones insides scream? And this really bugs me. The author is writing like an American, describing something using an American football analogy. Why use meters and not feet? Climb a tree and get 150 meters above the ground? That's almost 500 feet.
McFadden needs someone to proof/edit his writing. I thought I was reading a first novel.
Interesting take on dinosaurs being discovered within Mars. 6 astronauts enter a biosphere not known of by humans. What they find is mind blowing. I live a god dino book, "The Martian" one of my favorite reads. Why only 3 stars? Because an author with as many books under his belt as McFadden should be a better writer, or at least find a better editor. Too many duplicate descriptive phrases. Tasi, the big dino, the atmosphere, to name a few, are described almost a word for word in subsequent chapters. When are fat and grease two different things rendered from an animal? How does ones insides scream? And this really bugs me. The author is writing like an American, describing something using an American football analogy. Why use meters and not feet? Climb a tree and get 150 meters above the ground? That's almost 500 feet.
McFadden needs someone to proof/edit his writing. I thought I was reading a first novel.
August 9, 2021
Dinosaur Red is a book with a fun premise and the author clearly put a lot of thought into the story itself. At the same time, the plot feels a bit disjointed and the characters aren’t really taken advantage of. The writing didn’t really work for me and the resolution felt lackluster. I wish the author had done a little bit more with the idea and used the dinosaurs as more than just the occasional obstacle in the story. The book is a quick, easy read, however, so if you’re looking for something like that, this book wouldn’t be a bad choice.
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March 3, 2021
Definitely better then the other related book.
This book seems to be linked to “throwback” which was the about the space station being thrown back in time. At least explained the machine they came across in that book.
This book I had a hard time getting into but was interesting enough that I got through it. And this book at least was better written then “throwback”
This book seems to be linked to “throwback” which was the about the space station being thrown back in time. At least explained the machine they came across in that book.
This book I had a hard time getting into but was interesting enough that I got through it. And this book at least was better written then “throwback”
January 21, 2021
Enjoyable read
I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting, intense, and action pack.
Looking forward to another great novel by the author.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting, intense, and action pack.
Looking forward to another great novel by the author.
May 15, 2021
Not so good
General idea is pretty good but the rest, not so much. Basically a bunch of people wandering around. No plot.
General idea is pretty good but the rest, not so much. Basically a bunch of people wandering around. No plot.
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