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K-Rex
Deep within the Congo jungle, Circuitz Mining employs mercenaries as security for its Coltan mining site. Armed with assault rifles and decades of experience, nothing should go wrong. However, the dangers within the jungle stretch beyond venomous snakes and poisonous spiders. There is more to fear than guerrillas and vicious animals. Undetected, something lurks under the expansive treetop canopy . . .
Something ancient.
Something dangerous.
Kasai Rex!
K-Rex is a prehistoric thriller filled with action, adventure, and savage dinosaurs.
Something ancient.
Something dangerous.
Kasai Rex!
K-Rex is a prehistoric thriller filled with action, adventure, and savage dinosaurs.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2015
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February 10, 2017
Louis and Claire work for a company that mines in the Congo and it has hit a production issue which needs solving, so they agree to a promotion and pay rise to spend a few months in the Congo to get things back on track. What they don't know is that they are being protected by a mercenary team not because of hostile locals, but because raptors are eating the workers. With the arrival of a storm and a raptor attack, the team are stranded at the camp and have to work together to stay alive.
The major issue with this book is that it takes so long to actually get to the point of the story, after the opening attack is finished. I want things to be happening before we get to 45% of the way through the book! We get the contract negotiations for Louis and Claire, who feel they have been conned into going to Africa when they didn't want to go there. Well if you had read the contract before you signed it like normal people do, you would have known where the job was and what was in store for you! Idiots! So both of them are whining and feeling hard done by as they face jungle treks and a camp in a mud pile in the jungle. What were you expecting, a mining operation in the gardens of the Hilton??? Jeez I hate dumb western characters who behave like primadonnas when they go to remote areas! And of course Louis spends the whole time trying to be Mr I'm in Charge when he has little clue about anything and spends his time questioning the orders of the mercenary leader.
I felt that the tensions in the group and their egos and fights ended up being more of a focus than was needed. Louis doesn't like the mercenaries and tries to challenge their authority on everything for no obvious reason than him wanting to be Alpha Dog or something. You kind of have to trust the people tasked with looking after you especially when they have been in that environment a lot longer than you. After the first attack, the mercenaries think that staying in the shelter of the cabin and calling for help is the way to go but Louis wants everyone to go on a jungle trek to deliver the local workers home and then the rest of the team walk back to safety. This seemed an interesting choice as Louis was moaning about the trek in and the weather was foul!
Overall I felt that the continual dull fights between the Mcs and whining characters detracted from the decent points of the book which of course was the dinosaurs. They are sneaking around the jungle stalking their prey and then unleashing attacks on the group. It was quite interesting to focus on the local legends telling of the Kasai Rex and that the villagers sought to appease the dinosaurs to keep their villages safe from attack. I think I would say I liked bits of it but not enough to give it a three star rating. I felt it didn't quite deliver what it promised for me as it had the potential to be something much better, with better characters.
When you don't care about any of them living or dying, it isn't easy to enjoy the story as much as you could have done.
The major issue with this book is that it takes so long to actually get to the point of the story, after the opening attack is finished. I want things to be happening before we get to 45% of the way through the book! We get the contract negotiations for Louis and Claire, who feel they have been conned into going to Africa when they didn't want to go there. Well if you had read the contract before you signed it like normal people do, you would have known where the job was and what was in store for you! Idiots! So both of them are whining and feeling hard done by as they face jungle treks and a camp in a mud pile in the jungle. What were you expecting, a mining operation in the gardens of the Hilton??? Jeez I hate dumb western characters who behave like primadonnas when they go to remote areas! And of course Louis spends the whole time trying to be Mr I'm in Charge when he has little clue about anything and spends his time questioning the orders of the mercenary leader.
I felt that the tensions in the group and their egos and fights ended up being more of a focus than was needed. Louis doesn't like the mercenaries and tries to challenge their authority on everything for no obvious reason than him wanting to be Alpha Dog or something. You kind of have to trust the people tasked with looking after you especially when they have been in that environment a lot longer than you. After the first attack, the mercenaries think that staying in the shelter of the cabin and calling for help is the way to go but Louis wants everyone to go on a jungle trek to deliver the local workers home and then the rest of the team walk back to safety. This seemed an interesting choice as Louis was moaning about the trek in and the weather was foul!
Overall I felt that the continual dull fights between the Mcs and whining characters detracted from the decent points of the book which of course was the dinosaurs. They are sneaking around the jungle stalking their prey and then unleashing attacks on the group. It was quite interesting to focus on the local legends telling of the Kasai Rex and that the villagers sought to appease the dinosaurs to keep their villages safe from attack. I think I would say I liked bits of it but not enough to give it a three star rating. I felt it didn't quite deliver what it promised for me as it had the potential to be something much better, with better characters.
When you don't care about any of them living or dying, it isn't easy to enjoy the story as much as you could have done.
February 24, 2020
Velociraptor was a big chicken.
Look, let's get one thing straight from the outset: Kasai Rex (the titular K-Rex) is a Velociraptor, which according to this story and the slightly more famous, Jurassic Park, is a smart, vicious, 7 foot tall prehistoric predator that sported some impressive fingernails and hunted in packs. This is bollocks. A Velociraptor hunted alone and was about the size of a big chicken. In fact, it probably would have had trouble ripping the skin off a rice pudding. Your granny could have clobbered it dead with her walking stick. My old labrador's farts would have disabled it! Okay. I hear ya screamin'. Maybe it could outrun granny's stick.
The plot is predictable and boring, the action scenes not memorable, and the characters were made from recycled Corn Flake packets. The only reason I finished the book was that it was short, and I needed a sense of achievement even if it was only slight. The ending was abrupt and ridiculous. Apparently the author got tired of the story too.
Look, let's get one thing straight from the outset: Kasai Rex (the titular K-Rex) is a Velociraptor, which according to this story and the slightly more famous, Jurassic Park, is a smart, vicious, 7 foot tall prehistoric predator that sported some impressive fingernails and hunted in packs. This is bollocks. A Velociraptor hunted alone and was about the size of a big chicken. In fact, it probably would have had trouble ripping the skin off a rice pudding. Your granny could have clobbered it dead with her walking stick. My old labrador's farts would have disabled it! Okay. I hear ya screamin'. Maybe it could outrun granny's stick.
The plot is predictable and boring, the action scenes not memorable, and the characters were made from recycled Corn Flake packets. The only reason I finished the book was that it was short, and I needed a sense of achievement even if it was only slight. The ending was abrupt and ridiculous. Apparently the author got tired of the story too.
October 24, 2016
Good read. Naff epilogue
October 13, 2017
K-Rex rules the Congo!
Good creature thriller about a mining operation in the Congo and the fierce predators stalking the miners. The ending was over a little too quickly for me but I did enjoy the story.
Good creature thriller about a mining operation in the Congo and the fierce predators stalking the miners. The ending was over a little too quickly for me but I did enjoy the story.
February 6, 2020
Action
Can you imagine being a city boy and your company offers you a job with a huge pay raise. Then you end up in the Congo up to your behind in Raptors. Yup a nightmare.
Lots of action and adventure.
Can you imagine being a city boy and your company offers you a job with a huge pay raise. Then you end up in the Congo up to your behind in Raptors. Yup a nightmare.
Lots of action and adventure.
June 2, 2020
Congo Raptors
The book moved quickly from the state's to the Congo. Many brutal deaths, and surprises along the way. Good reading for teens to adults.
The book moved quickly from the state's to the Congo. Many brutal deaths, and surprises along the way. Good reading for teens to adults.
September 20, 2020
Solid action. Little slow to start. But plagued by a very bad ending that takes the wind out of the sails of the whole book. Otherwise, it is a good action/sci-fi novel.
November 21, 2020
OMG, what a rush.
This was a real rollercoaster ride. Exciting, Total adrenaline rush. I just couldn't put it down. The ending was unexpected.
This was a real rollercoaster ride. Exciting, Total adrenaline rush. I just couldn't put it down. The ending was unexpected.
May 23, 2023
If you're dumb enough to sign a contract without having read it you deserve everything you get!
So bad it's almost good.
So bad it's almost good.
November 27, 2023
Ok
It was a good read but. I won't read the later books. The two people I cared about aren't in the next book.
It was a good read but. I won't read the later books. The two people I cared about aren't in the next book.
December 12, 2023
Enjoyable book but the ending was a big let down... The book could have been fleshed out more, especially the ending.
January 2, 2016
Good potential, but falls short.
The premise of parallel evolution is sound and showed great potential, but doesn't follow through with more than just the single species.
There is too much emo fluff with the MC that threatens to bog the story down, and no corporation mining a mineral as important as Coltan would send so few people with so little resources and security into such a dangerous situation when they knew about the raptors. The main character was also poorly cast.
But a reader has to suspend belief at a certain point and enjoy the story. Once it got going it became a good read with well written action, then the author did his/her best to ruin the story with a ridiculous epilogue that barely made any sense. I was tempted to give it a two star rating but the middle was good enough to stretch it to a weak three, barely.
The premise of parallel evolution is sound and showed great potential, but doesn't follow through with more than just the single species.
There is too much emo fluff with the MC that threatens to bog the story down, and no corporation mining a mineral as important as Coltan would send so few people with so little resources and security into such a dangerous situation when they knew about the raptors. The main character was also poorly cast.
But a reader has to suspend belief at a certain point and enjoy the story. Once it got going it became a good read with well written action, then the author did his/her best to ruin the story with a ridiculous epilogue that barely made any sense. I was tempted to give it a two star rating but the middle was good enough to stretch it to a weak three, barely.
December 11, 2015
Dinosaurs in the rainforest? Yes please! An interesting cryptid story, with a very fast paced kind of action. Honestly a cryptid I knew nothing about. Lots of fun to read, and definitely worth your time.
May 18, 2016
Interesting Read
Fast paced and entertaining. If you want a quick but entertaining read this book will check all the boxes. Ending was abrupt but still well worth reading. Enjoy.
Fast paced and entertaining. If you want a quick but entertaining read this book will check all the boxes. Ending was abrupt but still well worth reading. Enjoy.
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