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A Dawn of Mammals #3
Hell Pig
A time gate... A team of teen scientists... A desperate fight to survive...In book 3 of Dawn of Mammals, an emotionally devastated Hannah and the survivors leap forward to the end of the Eocene, a time when dozens of dangerous predators roamed North America. A family of Hell Pigs, entelodonts sporting massive jaws filled with bone-crushing teeth, stalk the humans. Armed with only spears and clubs, can the teenagers fight off this deadly predator?(Dawn of Mammals is a series that should be read in order, like the Harry Potter series or Lord of the Rings series)
223 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 11, 2016
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Lou Cadle
32 books124 followersLou Cadle grew up in Tornado Alley near the New Madrid fault, was in San Francisco's 1989 earthquake, watched minor eruptions of Mt. St. Helens from close up, and hiked several times over Kilauea's active lava flows. Cadle currently lives in haboob country.
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June 13, 2016
Arg! That ending! Well worth reading as all of Cadles are. If you've read the first two and liked them you'll really love this one.
The only problem I really have with this series is that the books are such a fast read. It typically takes me about two hours to finish one these books and there's generally a cliffhanger at the end that leaves me feeling frustrated. But all in all a truly fun read.
The only problem I really have with this series is that the books are such a fast read. It typically takes me about two hours to finish one these books and there's generally a cliffhanger at the end that leaves me feeling frustrated. But all in all a truly fun read.
February 11, 2017
Another 5 Star Book
What is up with Dixie? Is she even human? There is no reaching her! Our group is still lost in the past. Another team member down. But no one died. Oh. This is priceless. On to book four. See ya!!!!
What is up with Dixie? Is she even human? There is no reaching her! Our group is still lost in the past. Another team member down. But no one died. Oh. This is priceless. On to book four. See ya!!!!
September 20, 2016
Dan g er
I injoyed these books and learned right along with the kids. Who knew how early man made it. But they did, and the kids did. Waiting for next book.
I injoyed these books and learned right along with the kids. Who knew how early man made it. But they did, and the kids did. Waiting for next book.
May 25, 2017
This series is The Magic Tree House with danger and hormones! Talk about mr wanting the next in the series as soon as I finish the one I'm reading is an understatement. Survival is a daily challenge and I have to ask myself how many characters can be lost and the story continue.
this beats dystopian settings by a mile!
this beats dystopian settings by a mile!
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November 4, 2019A really amazing & entertaining series.
Book titles sure get your attention
Started Killer Pack
Book titles sure get your attention
Started Killer Pack
February 16, 2020
Ok story
Each time they lose someone. Why, oh why, would a smart person go thru a gate by themselves? And why hasn't someone seen that Dixie has had an accident by now?
Each time they lose someone. Why, oh why, would a smart person go thru a gate by themselves? And why hasn't someone seen that Dixie has had an accident by now?
May 8, 2024
Reread in 2024:
Quick synopsis : Two adults and nine teenagers travel through different prehistoric time periods.
Brief opinion : I really enjoyed this series a lot. It was a lot of fun to read. [Originally read in 2017. Happily I didn't remember anything at all other than one plot twist, it was like reading it again for the first time.]
Plot : Through the final three books, the group ended up in various times. There were encounters with giant predators, needing to build shelter each time they time-jumped (about once per month), needing to find food, hunt, gather, make fire, all that.
Writing/editing : For a self-published book series, all five books written in a year, it was surprisingly good. Each book had more editing/grammar issues than the one before, but it never got bad.
What I Liked/What I Didn’t Like : I liked most of the books. In the later books there were flashbacks I skimmed, and in the earlier books some of the teenage Drama was a lot, but all in all these five books were an enjoyable read.
However, each book was really short. Like 2-3 hour reading time (YA books generally take me about 4 hours, adult books 8+). This series felt more like one or maybe two books, not five.
Rating: 1-Hated / 2-Disliked / 3-Okay / 4-Liked / 5-Loved : I should have at least decided the star rating before going on to the next book, but I didn't even pause between books.
Hell Pig: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Killer Pack: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Mammoth: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Series overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ / 4 and a half stars.
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Original review:
In book one, a park ranger (Hannah) lead a class of a dozen advance science students, their teacher, and another fossil expert into a canyon on a fossil hunt, and by chance they stumbled onto a rip in time that sent them into the distant past, into prehistoric times. Every month that rip opens again, which means that through the series, they also moved through time.
As I said in my review of one of the earlier books, the author is an expert on survival situations, and that completely showed. All through the series, their struggle to survive was completely realistic and believable. With every jump, the group needed to quickly learn their new environment, how to hunt in it, find water, build a shelter, and just stay alive. In some of the times (like the final book), the environment was nearly harsh enough to kill them right off the bat. In other books, giant predators could kill them just as quickly.
I completely loved not just this whole series, but the author's writing in general. I started his next series, Grey, as soon as I finished this one last night.
It's only now that I'm writing this review that I realized two things:
* Because of how short these books were, I thought they were YA. Nope! They are seriously short though, maybe 2-3 hours of reading each. (YA books usually take me about 4 hours, adult books 6-8.)
* These books were self-published! WOW. Not just were they all very well written, the editing in them was outstanding. I found maybe four errors in the whole series, which is at least as good as traditionally published books. This is especially impressive when you know that he wrote and published all five of these books in a single year.
Quick synopsis : Two adults and nine teenagers travel through different prehistoric time periods.
Brief opinion : I really enjoyed this series a lot. It was a lot of fun to read. [Originally read in 2017. Happily I didn't remember anything at all other than one plot twist, it was like reading it again for the first time.]
Plot : Through the final three books, the group ended up in various times. There were encounters with giant predators, needing to build shelter each time they time-jumped (about once per month), needing to find food, hunt, gather, make fire, all that.
Writing/editing : For a self-published book series, all five books written in a year, it was surprisingly good. Each book had more editing/grammar issues than the one before, but it never got bad.
What I Liked/What I Didn’t Like : I liked most of the books. In the later books there were flashbacks I skimmed, and in the earlier books some of the teenage Drama was a lot, but all in all these five books were an enjoyable read.
However, each book was really short. Like 2-3 hour reading time (YA books generally take me about 4 hours, adult books 8+). This series felt more like one or maybe two books, not five.
Rating: 1-Hated / 2-Disliked / 3-Okay / 4-Liked / 5-Loved : I should have at least decided the star rating before going on to the next book, but I didn't even pause between books.
Hell Pig: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Killer Pack: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Mammoth: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars, liked
Series overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ / 4 and a half stars.
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Original review:
In book one, a park ranger (Hannah) lead a class of a dozen advance science students, their teacher, and another fossil expert into a canyon on a fossil hunt, and by chance they stumbled onto a rip in time that sent them into the distant past, into prehistoric times. Every month that rip opens again, which means that through the series, they also moved through time.
As I said in my review of one of the earlier books, the author is an expert on survival situations, and that completely showed. All through the series, their struggle to survive was completely realistic and believable. With every jump, the group needed to quickly learn their new environment, how to hunt in it, find water, build a shelter, and just stay alive. In some of the times (like the final book), the environment was nearly harsh enough to kill them right off the bat. In other books, giant predators could kill them just as quickly.
I completely loved not just this whole series, but the author's writing in general. I started his next series, Grey, as soon as I finished this one last night.
It's only now that I'm writing this review that I realized two things:
* Because of how short these books were, I thought they were YA. Nope! They are seriously short though, maybe 2-3 hours of reading each. (YA books usually take me about 4 hours, adult books 6-8.)
* These books were self-published! WOW. Not just were they all very well written, the editing in them was outstanding. I found maybe four errors in the whole series, which is at least as good as traditionally published books. This is especially impressive when you know that he wrote and published all five of these books in a single year.
July 15, 2016
Oh. I enjoyed all three books. Lou please write the next continuing book soon. It made you feel that you were there with them.
I could r so tell it higher. Have you ever thought of time travel? I have. Could I be one of them that lived?
I could r so tell it higher. Have you ever thought of time travel? I have. Could I be one of them that lived?
June 28, 2016
This was the best book in the series by far. I enjoy the character driven story.
April 6, 2017
This series was soo addictive. The primary predator in this book, as you could guess from the title, was a giant murderous pig that ran in a pack. As in the other books, the group forged, tried to avoid all the predators, and figure out how to get back to their own time. This might sound like lather rinse repeat plotwise, but it doesn't read that way. There are plenty of new elements to keep it interesting.
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