Cryptid Chronicles: The Cave: A Bigfoot Thriller

by Ethan Hayes

What begins as a rescue mission quickly turns into a harrowing fight for survival.

When renowned cryptozoologist John Hadley disappears while investigating a series of caves deep in the Sierra Nevada mountains, his daughter, Emil*, is thrust into a desperate search to find him. Teaming up with Evan Morgan, a local deputy and former flame, Emily uncovers disturbing clues that suggest her father was onto something far more dangerous than she ever imagined.

As they push deeper into the wilderness, they soon realize they are not alone. Something ancient and powerful lurks in the caves—something that has been watching, hunting, and waiting. They also discover that John's obsession with Bigfoot was not just the stuff of myth. The creature is real. And it’s deadly.

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 13, 2025

Reviews

[Jessica Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this story was an engaging and quick read, I feel it could use more editing. My main problem was that there were instances where a character was noted to do one thing, then in the next few paragraphs or next chapter, the same character would be doing something different than was previously noted. For example, in one scene, we have Evan saying to Emily that he needs to leave because he has an "early shift tomorrow." The next day he shows back up at her dad's apartment with no talk of work, ready to help search for more clues, later noting that it's his day off. Another example is when Evan is specifically noted to ignore"the rifle he had been about to grab" and run. A few pages later, it is noted that "Evan raised his rifle." The discrepancies were off-putting to the story. A smaller writing issue I had with the story was the stilted, awkward dialogue between Emily and Evan at the beginning when the author is trying to develop a potential love interest between the two. It seemed unnecessary and forced. I also found myself put-off by instances of words in *stars* that should have been in italics. The *stars* surrounding the words were for emphasis, but why not just use italics? Especially when some other words in the story were in italics for emphasis. All of this said, the story was interesting enough to finish and short enough to finish in an afternoon. The ending does leave the story open to continue with further cryptid stories, which I see the author has written. I'm not sure I will be picking up any of those stories though. If, as a reader, you can overlook inconsistencies in character writing and actions and enjoy a quick action-type cryptid creature feature, give this a try.

[erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

The book was well written keeps you on the edge of your seat too keep reading I hope the other books are as good as this one

[Norm S · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars

A cryptid hunter goes missing. His daughter goes searching for him soon she's missing too. Good Bigfoot story hard to put down.

[Pamela Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

Great read. Totally recommend this book. I love cryptid thrillers. This book is worth the read. I love this book