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Fossil Force: The Cryloth Invasion: SciFi Cyberpunk Dinosaurs
Sentient dinosaurs, a high-tech civilization, and alien conquerors. Experience the thrilling beginning of the Fossil Force series by author Paul Poe
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The dinosaur people of Paleon IV enjoyed a peaceful existence in the advanced, utopian city-state of Arthron City. The only threats to that peace came from pirates and coastal storms —or at least, that was the case, before a massive starship appeared in the atmosphere above their world, bringing invaders from the planet Cryloth; led by the enigmatic Lord Fangrin.
Outmatched and overwhelmed, the city’s only hope lies in a rag-tag team of rangers who keep the peace in the wild regions beyond the city’s Tyr the Tyrannosaurus rex, Atlas the Ankylosaurus, Gaia the Brachiosaurus, Ceres the Triceratops, and Vidar the Stegosaurus.
Together, the Fossil Force embarks on a journey of discovery while overcoming personal trauma and finding love, all while trying to save the city –and the entire planet– from the Pleistocene menace –but are the Crylotheans the conquering tyrants they seem to be, or is there more to their story?
Join the Fossil Force, and the colorful cast of allies they make along the way, as they adventure across Paleon IV to unravel the Crylothean plot –and hopefully, stop it before it is too late!
The dinosaur people of Paleon IV enjoyed a peaceful existence in the advanced, utopian city-state of Arthron City. The only threats to that peace came from pirates and coastal storms —or at least, that was the case, before a massive starship appeared in the atmosphere above their world, bringing invaders from the planet Cryloth; led by the enigmatic Lord Fangrin.
Outmatched and overwhelmed, the city’s only hope lies in a rag-tag team of rangers who keep the peace in the wild regions beyond the city’s Tyr the Tyrannosaurus rex, Atlas the Ankylosaurus, Gaia the Brachiosaurus, Ceres the Triceratops, and Vidar the Stegosaurus.
Together, the Fossil Force embarks on a journey of discovery while overcoming personal trauma and finding love, all while trying to save the city –and the entire planet– from the Pleistocene menace –but are the Crylotheans the conquering tyrants they seem to be, or is there more to their story?
Join the Fossil Force, and the colorful cast of allies they make along the way, as they adventure across Paleon IV to unravel the Crylothean plot –and hopefully, stop it before it is too late!
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 10, 2024
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March 26, 2024
I haven’t read a lot of actual books in a while- since 2022, I pretty much lost steam and traction to make any attention to writing. I was extremely busy with studying at college and just couldn’t get myself distracted so I ended up kind of hoarding lots of books in my backlog and stopped bothered updating it.
But here we are, finally breaking through the barrier, I read this one, so I’ll review it.
In summary: Dynopunk meets Goodbye Volcano High
In more detail: I believe the idea itself is not that bad of itself. Most ideas I have seen of anthropomorphic animals are either set in medieval fantasy or similar like Redwall or they end up being just normal animals with great emphasis like Warriors or Wings of Fire.
Not here. And this is why I got hooked into the idea of this: cyberpunk dinosaurs.
It is an easy and fun read for what is worth, but I think there are some downsides that might’ve disrupted the flow. I get flashbacks and I am a big fan of worldbuilding (so exposition dumps lol), though the last minute plot twist of the villain changing his minds just seemed too abrupt for what it may become a series. Since this is just the first book, I’ll just leave this with an open mind for now.
Also being a crazy paleonerd in recent years (been rekindling that one for the past three years beyond raptors and feathers), we do have representation of non-Pleistocene mammals, even if its just a Paraceratherium.
With the question of the mammalian titans and such, I thought they were also going to be anthro/humanoid. Because of the way the book introduced, I think we were supposed to view the dinosaurs and certain mammals as anthros or humanoid so I interpret them as such- describing them with humanly features like hands and gloves. Also the dinosaurs are neon-colored- hence the reference to Goodbye Volcano High, cos theres also anthro dinosaurs and they are neon-colored.
It seems that the Paraceratherium and the birds being normal rather than being humanoid is apparent after having to adjust to that. But that could be my personal interpretation. I think having personal visual aids like fanart could clear my things up but who knows. I surely want to do that.
If I do have to change a few things, I think its better to have the dinosaurs be more outeardly solarpunk-y than cyberpunk. The mammals can have the dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic but I feel that to contrast the mammalian struggle and dinosaurs, I think its best to compare two societies in a juxtaposition rather than having. You can still keep advanced technologies ofc, these two are certainly futuristic styles/aesthetics than actual technological achievements but theres certainly an opportunity that seems to be missed here.
There isn’t that much of a strong element into that aside from cybernetics and a few flying spacecraft. It feels more like science fantasy at a certain point especially in fight scenes with a bit of tech added into it.
Overall, I think it has good ideas out of all the books of a similar genre but the execution does throw me off at one point. But I am hoping for more because I believe theres potential to it.
I myself even want to see gorgonopsid (Inostrancevia and Gorgonops) representation but who knows, lol
But here we are, finally breaking through the barrier, I read this one, so I’ll review it.
In summary: Dynopunk meets Goodbye Volcano High
In more detail: I believe the idea itself is not that bad of itself. Most ideas I have seen of anthropomorphic animals are either set in medieval fantasy or similar like Redwall or they end up being just normal animals with great emphasis like Warriors or Wings of Fire.
Not here. And this is why I got hooked into the idea of this: cyberpunk dinosaurs.
It is an easy and fun read for what is worth, but I think there are some downsides that might’ve disrupted the flow. I get flashbacks and I am a big fan of worldbuilding (so exposition dumps lol), though the last minute plot twist of the villain changing his minds just seemed too abrupt for what it may become a series. Since this is just the first book, I’ll just leave this with an open mind for now.
Also being a crazy paleonerd in recent years (been rekindling that one for the past three years beyond raptors and feathers), we do have representation of non-Pleistocene mammals, even if its just a Paraceratherium.
With the question of the mammalian titans and such, I thought they were also going to be anthro/humanoid. Because of the way the book introduced, I think we were supposed to view the dinosaurs and certain mammals as anthros or humanoid so I interpret them as such- describing them with humanly features like hands and gloves. Also the dinosaurs are neon-colored- hence the reference to Goodbye Volcano High, cos theres also anthro dinosaurs and they are neon-colored.
It seems that the Paraceratherium and the birds being normal rather than being humanoid is apparent after having to adjust to that. But that could be my personal interpretation. I think having personal visual aids like fanart could clear my things up but who knows. I surely want to do that.
If I do have to change a few things, I think its better to have the dinosaurs be more outeardly solarpunk-y than cyberpunk. The mammals can have the dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic but I feel that to contrast the mammalian struggle and dinosaurs, I think its best to compare two societies in a juxtaposition rather than having. You can still keep advanced technologies ofc, these two are certainly futuristic styles/aesthetics than actual technological achievements but theres certainly an opportunity that seems to be missed here.
There isn’t that much of a strong element into that aside from cybernetics and a few flying spacecraft. It feels more like science fantasy at a certain point especially in fight scenes with a bit of tech added into it.
Overall, I think it has good ideas out of all the books of a similar genre but the execution does throw me off at one point. But I am hoping for more because I believe theres potential to it.
I myself even want to see gorgonopsid (Inostrancevia and Gorgonops) representation but who knows, lol
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