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The Guillotine
1,000 feet under the surface, Prehistoric Anthropologist, Ash Barrington, and his team are in the midst of a great archeological dig at the bottom of Lake Superior where they find a treasure trove of bones. Bones of dinosaurs that aren't supposed to be in this particular region. In their underwater facility, Infinity Moon, Ash and his team soon discover a series of underground tunnels. Upon exploring, they accidentally open an ice pocket, thawing the prehistoric creature trapped inside. Soon they are being attacked, the facility falling apart around them, by what Ash knows is a dunkleosteus and all those bones were from its prey. Now...Ash and his team are the prey and the creature will stop at nothing to get to them.
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 25, 2018
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Lucas Pederson
43 books56 followersLucas Pederson is an American novelist and short story writer of horror, dark fantasy, young adult and science fiction. He lives in a small Iowa town with his family and they're all pretty sure their cat is an alien. He can be reached at lucaspederson@yahoo.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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September 5, 2021
Although I've been a dinosaur fan my entire life, my two favorite monsters from the Paleozoic Era were Dunkleosteous and Inostrancevia. The fossils of Dunkleosteous reveal a terrifying prehistoric sea monster with a suit of armor over its entire head, including bony shields over its eyes!
The this an extremely action-packed novel, and the monster fish makes a great villain who behaves exactly as I imagined him.
But as everyone points out, the word stomach uses a stupid mixed capitalization every time it appears that Amazon has yet to fix, so I deducted one star for that. I suspect the author did a global search and replace for an acronym while carelessly butchering that specific word.
The this an extremely action-packed novel, and the monster fish makes a great villain who behaves exactly as I imagined him.
But as everyone points out, the word stomach uses a stupid mixed capitalization every time it appears that Amazon has yet to fix, so I deducted one star for that. I suspect the author did a global search and replace for an acronym while carelessly butchering that specific word.
August 27, 2018
Jurassic Fish!
This is a recipe of several parts. Take a dash of Peter Benchley a pinch of Steve Alten, mix in some lovecraft for flavor and bake in a Dystopian near future full of mutant monsters and a cold blooded billionaire. This is the world of the Guillotine. A world that was touched in Leviathan: Ghost Rig is explored a bit more here. What was promised as the find of the century turns into a nightmare that leaves you in the edge of your seat wanting more.
And I do Mr. Pederson.... I want more of this rich world you've created, I want to find out what happens to Ash.. And I REALLY want something to eat Murdock Jones!
So this is me standing before you with my Kindle in hand saying
Please sir may i have some more?
This is a recipe of several parts. Take a dash of Peter Benchley a pinch of Steve Alten, mix in some lovecraft for flavor and bake in a Dystopian near future full of mutant monsters and a cold blooded billionaire. This is the world of the Guillotine. A world that was touched in Leviathan: Ghost Rig is explored a bit more here. What was promised as the find of the century turns into a nightmare that leaves you in the edge of your seat wanting more.
And I do Mr. Pederson.... I want more of this rich world you've created, I want to find out what happens to Ash.. And I REALLY want something to eat Murdock Jones!
So this is me standing before you with my Kindle in hand saying
Please sir may i have some more?
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April 24, 2024DNF @ 20%. It's my kind of book, but this one just didn't hit for me. Your mileage may vary.
July 2, 2019
Pederson does it again with his action packed underwater thriller, Guillotine. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page!
October 11, 2018
Brilliantly spooky. Lucas at his very best. He knows how to write. Draws you in and never lets go.
A prehistoric fish is let loose in one of the Great Lakes. Would you help catch it or kill it? Read and join Ash on his quest.
This book had me on the edge of my seat AND reaching for the tissues.
A prehistoric fish is let loose in one of the Great Lakes. Would you help catch it or kill it? Read and join Ash on his quest.
This book had me on the edge of my seat AND reaching for the tissues.
February 25, 2019
It was okay
Grammatically sort of sloppy. If it was self edited, it shouldn’t have been. If someone was hired to do this then they should be let go. This book had the word stomach in it frequently and it was consistently written as stoMach, which drove me insane. The plot wasn’t bad, but the writing was forced. It was pushed too far, too quickly, and the whole story suffered for it. I enjoy books like these, typically, but this one in particular was just okay.
Grammatically sort of sloppy. If it was self edited, it shouldn’t have been. If someone was hired to do this then they should be let go. This book had the word stomach in it frequently and it was consistently written as stoMach, which drove me insane. The plot wasn’t bad, but the writing was forced. It was pushed too far, too quickly, and the whole story suffered for it. I enjoy books like these, typically, but this one in particular was just okay.
August 9, 2019
Robert's Review and Comments
Action and mechs. Thought the mechs would do better then they did. Not enough information on how the world got to its current state. Need a little back story. How big was this Dunk? Normal is 33 feet and a Baliosauras is about 62 feet, how could a Dunk swallow a Baliosauras up to its head? Kept my interest trying too see what the Dunk would do next.
Action and mechs. Thought the mechs would do better then they did. Not enough information on how the world got to its current state. Need a little back story. How big was this Dunk? Normal is 33 feet and a Baliosauras is about 62 feet, how could a Dunk swallow a Baliosauras up to its head? Kept my interest trying too see what the Dunk would do next.
January 4, 2020
Skip this one!
This could have been a great story, but so much is wrong. First, every time they use the word stomach, it’s spelled stoMach! Do some basic editing. The story was short and stilted. What’s going on, they say the world has changes, but don’t tell us much. Skip this one!
This could have been a great story, but so much is wrong. First, every time they use the word stomach, it’s spelled stoMach! Do some basic editing. The story was short and stilted. What’s going on, they say the world has changes, but don’t tell us much. Skip this one!
December 3, 2020
Ummm?
I’m not actually sure if I liked this book or not. I definitely could not stop reading even when I found some parts irritating enough to make me stop reading. Yet i still continued to read and I finished. But still undecided.
Will say I definitely like the concept of a post-apocalypse world idea. Hope author does more with it.
I’m not actually sure if I liked this book or not. I definitely could not stop reading even when I found some parts irritating enough to make me stop reading. Yet i still continued to read and I finished. But still undecided.
Will say I definitely like the concept of a post-apocalypse world idea. Hope author does more with it.
August 5, 2020
Awful awful awful book. Terribly written, with flat or non-existent characters, generic action, and some of the most non-sensical plot points I've ever read. Grade Z junk. If you want to read "monster gets released and terrorizes people" there are plenty of better ones put there.
January 25, 2024
The store was alright. But if I have to be honest it was all over the place. Like in the beginning, we were talking about mutants and then at the end we're in mechs. Overall, it's OK if you just have nothing else to read.
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October 6, 2018
Great Read
Lots of huge prehistoric vs man fighting.
Well written, great read.
Looking forward to the authors next book.
#Fish on
Lots of huge prehistoric vs man fighting.
Well written, great read.
Looking forward to the authors next book.
#Fish on
October 27, 2018
A FISHY TALE IT IS.....
Hello, this story was just plain okay. Not bad and not good. Three stars is being generous by about a half a star. Thanks.
Hello, this story was just plain okay. Not bad and not good. Three stars is being generous by about a half a star. Thanks.
February 8, 2022
Good silly fun. The book has a few editing mistakes but it’s a fun ride all the same, the equivalent of a popcorn action movie.
April 25, 2023
This is some brutal creature. I googled it (come on you know we all do that as soon as an author mentions any kind of dinosaur other than the basic T Rex or his friends), and he's...awful. The descriptions of it and what it does, are amazing and shows it to be a thing from nightmares. Deep sea (or deep lake) stories, and then tunnels (oh god no), and unwittingly allowing this monster to get out and terrorize them is just such a wonderful plot. I was thinking about this beast for a long time afterward. Good story.
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