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Primordia #3
The Lost World - ReEvolution
“A small change today can change our tomorrow. A small change 100 million years ago can change everything.”
No one really noticed when things started to change. Some animals vanished. Some new ones appeared. Then some things appeared that were monstrous.
No one seemed to notice except Ben Cartwright and the other survivors of the hidden plateau in the depths of the Amazon Jungle. Only they were aware of the growing threat to the human race.
While Andy Martin lived out his dreams by venturing north to witness the birth of the American continent and navigate a prehistoric inland sea of the Late Cretaceous, whatever he was doing was rippling forward to change our world.
Every day brought new threats in the form of creatures that should have long been extinct, or newly evolved monstrosities that were from mankind’s worst nightmares.
The comet, Primordia, was returning and time was up. They had to go back and find Andy and stop him before mankind vanished from the face of the Earth.
In the thrilling 3rd installment of the blockbusting PRIMORDIA series, Greig Beck explores a frightening world where evolution has gone wild, while also taking us further into the prehistoric Cretaceous jungle and oceans, to a time in which mankind was never meant to exist.
No one really noticed when things started to change. Some animals vanished. Some new ones appeared. Then some things appeared that were monstrous.
No one seemed to notice except Ben Cartwright and the other survivors of the hidden plateau in the depths of the Amazon Jungle. Only they were aware of the growing threat to the human race.
While Andy Martin lived out his dreams by venturing north to witness the birth of the American continent and navigate a prehistoric inland sea of the Late Cretaceous, whatever he was doing was rippling forward to change our world.
Every day brought new threats in the form of creatures that should have long been extinct, or newly evolved monstrosities that were from mankind’s worst nightmares.
The comet, Primordia, was returning and time was up. They had to go back and find Andy and stop him before mankind vanished from the face of the Earth.
In the thrilling 3rd installment of the blockbusting PRIMORDIA series, Greig Beck explores a frightening world where evolution has gone wild, while also taking us further into the prehistoric Cretaceous jungle and oceans, to a time in which mankind was never meant to exist.
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Greig Beck
62 books1,135 followersHi GoodReaders, I’m an Australian author residing in Sydney with my wife, son and a mad Golden Retriever named Jessie. My novels are now available globally, also in Large Print and now in full AUDIO format.
I grew up spending my days surfing at Bondi Beach before entering a career in Information technology which took me around the world. After completing an MBA, i was appointed both an Australasian director of a multinational software company, and tasked with setting up the USA arm of the organisation.
Today, I spend most of my time writing... with plenty left over for surfing.
More information about me and my works can be found at either www.greigbeck.com, or join me on FaceBook (Greig Beck Author).
I grew up spending my days surfing at Bondi Beach before entering a career in Information technology which took me around the world. After completing an MBA, i was appointed both an Australasian director of a multinational software company, and tasked with setting up the USA arm of the organisation.
Today, I spend most of my time writing... with plenty left over for surfing.
More information about me and my works can be found at either www.greigbeck.com, or join me on FaceBook (Greig Beck Author).
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January 6, 2022
Any review I write will not give this series its just due. You can't go wrong with any (Matt Kierney, Alex Hunter, Primordia or standalone) you choose...they speak for themselves.
Mr. Sean Mangan, (narrator for each spellbinding episode) is fantastic. He brings all of the adventures Mr. Beck writes into vivid color, and kept my heart rate up start to finish. Much appreciation to both for all the hours of sheer joy and unadulterated thrills. #Hooah!! (@ Ben's character).
Mr. Sean Mangan, (narrator for each spellbinding episode) is fantastic. He brings all of the adventures Mr. Beck writes into vivid color, and kept my heart rate up start to finish. Much appreciation to both for all the hours of sheer joy and unadulterated thrills. #Hooah!! (@ Ben's character).
February 24, 2020
Hey Honey. We have new folks moving in next door. They're those lizard people and they have 47 kids and 10 eggs. Well shoot! There goes the neighbourhood.
Another action-packed thriller written to the same successful formula that the first two Primordia were. Andy Martin gets stuck in the Late Cretaceous and has to survive 10 years before he can return. However, his various dickings around back then are causing major changes in Earth's future. Yes, it's the Butterfly Effect. You know; where you go back in time and shoot a T-Rex which results in us all turning into butterflies. Andy MUST be stopped somehow. Suspenseful books seem to be Beck's trademark. Very much in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle (who inspired our author) or Jules Verne. If you like either of their works, then you'll definitely like this. It might not appeal to the more cerebral intelligentsia who drink their tea with pinky finger extended while, delicately nibbling their cucumber sandwiches.
It seems in my crusty infirmity, I didn't notice there was a Primordia Part 2 and I skipped straight to Part 3. Oopsy! Anyway, that hasn't lessened my enjoyment of the book. Now, what DOES piss me off a little, is exaggeration of the facts. For example, our hapless little Andy comes across a big, nasty, toothy thunder-lizard prone to eating whatever it wants. He correctly identifies it as Siats Meekerorum but he INCORRECTLY describes it as being 40 feet and 15 tons. No, no, no NO. 40 feet yes, but only 4.4 tons...unless it was a particularly porky version that ate takeaway every night and watched Oprah all day. Like the old saying goes, “Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story”. Maybe it was just a typo after all.
The action builds quite nicely and makes putting the book down very hard, particularly near the end. There are a few unpolished edges, and at times, the author's imagination really takes over. While some of the creatures that suddenly appear in our time seem a bit silly, suspend your disbelief and read on. Make sure you read the epilogue where Beck gives credence to some of those weird creations of his. He is obviously well-informed about Palaeontology and also knows a bit about time travel theory (The study of time travel: I christen thee "Dr Whoology"). Not all is right though. The ending is a minefield of plot-holes, and I had to ignore quite a few untied loose ends. One star off for that.
Like Mr Beck, I never quite let go of my childhood fascination with sci-fi, time travel and all things “dinosauria”. If that describes you too, then I think we may have found a “kindred spirit” (as Anne Shirley would have put it). Read. Enjoy.
Another action-packed thriller written to the same successful formula that the first two Primordia were. Andy Martin gets stuck in the Late Cretaceous and has to survive 10 years before he can return. However, his various dickings around back then are causing major changes in Earth's future. Yes, it's the Butterfly Effect. You know; where you go back in time and shoot a T-Rex which results in us all turning into butterflies. Andy MUST be stopped somehow. Suspenseful books seem to be Beck's trademark. Very much in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle (who inspired our author) or Jules Verne. If you like either of their works, then you'll definitely like this. It might not appeal to the more cerebral intelligentsia who drink their tea with pinky finger extended while, delicately nibbling their cucumber sandwiches.
It seems in my crusty infirmity, I didn't notice there was a Primordia Part 2 and I skipped straight to Part 3. Oopsy! Anyway, that hasn't lessened my enjoyment of the book. Now, what DOES piss me off a little, is exaggeration of the facts. For example, our hapless little Andy comes across a big, nasty, toothy thunder-lizard prone to eating whatever it wants. He correctly identifies it as Siats Meekerorum but he INCORRECTLY describes it as being 40 feet and 15 tons. No, no, no NO. 40 feet yes, but only 4.4 tons...unless it was a particularly porky version that ate takeaway every night and watched Oprah all day. Like the old saying goes, “Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story”. Maybe it was just a typo after all.
The action builds quite nicely and makes putting the book down very hard, particularly near the end. There are a few unpolished edges, and at times, the author's imagination really takes over. While some of the creatures that suddenly appear in our time seem a bit silly, suspend your disbelief and read on. Make sure you read the epilogue where Beck gives credence to some of those weird creations of his. He is obviously well-informed about Palaeontology and also knows a bit about time travel theory (The study of time travel: I christen thee "Dr Whoology"). Not all is right though. The ending is a minefield of plot-holes, and I had to ignore quite a few untied loose ends. One star off for that.
Like Mr Beck, I never quite let go of my childhood fascination with sci-fi, time travel and all things “dinosauria”. If that describes you too, then I think we may have found a “kindred spirit” (as Anne Shirley would have put it). Read. Enjoy.
January 26, 2022
Loved this book!
Listened to it on Audible and las usual Sean Mangan kept me on the edge of my seat.
Cannot recommend this final exciting book in the trilogy enough.
Greig Beck is by far my favourite Author his books never disappoint.
Listened to it on Audible and las usual Sean Mangan kept me on the edge of my seat.
Cannot recommend this final exciting book in the trilogy enough.
Greig Beck is by far my favourite Author his books never disappoint.
January 16, 2019
Disappointing. I was really looking forward to this as the previous instalments were fantastic, sadly Primordia 3 offered nothing new and to be honest damaged the trilogy. The story is convoluted and in places non sensical, the characters who were once heroic and honourable are now cut throat and mercenary looking out for their own ends at the extent of anything else. The secondary characters are all horrible human beings who you hope to read about meeting the Titanaboa. The book seemed rushed at times and indeed whilst on the Tepui it seems to be over before it starts. I found myself wondering " if they can deal death to these monsters so easily now, why couldn't they do it in the second book?", this is one of the reasons it has damaged the trilogy. In the previous instalments the Titanaboa was a terrifying killing machine, utterly unstoppable by man or Dinosaur. This time however they appear, they die, end of. Greig Beck has created such a rich, wonderful and terrifying world that I felt cheated that it ended so easily. I would have liked some more background on the indigenous people who once lived there, the Titanaboa is portrayed all through the trilogy as unstoppable, yet in this book, it seems that the Titanaboa is a rare animal that only lives on the Tepui, that makes no sense, as surely it would roam and breed where it pleased because nothing could stop it. I kept waiting for something more to happen, more substance, more story...just more! Ive given the book three stars because it does provide an end to the trilogy, not one I enjoyed, but an end nonetheless, if this had been a standalone novel it would have 1. The last couple of books from Greig have been sadly, not up to the standard i've come to expect. Let's have another Matt Kearns book, something really meaty, really dark, really mythological but mostly, really entertaining.
January 20, 2019
I previously wrote that although well written and well paced, the previous books exaggerate too much for my taste.
This book takes the exaggeration to the limit, really testing any willing suspension of disbelief.
The characters are meaner, but that's in keeping with the story development over 3 books. I'm unhappy with the resolution of Andy's story arc. The author could have done so much better by him.
The ending seems extremely rushed and is full of holes. Are all the changes undone? If so, what about the two female mercenaries who blinked out of existence? This creates the sort of time paradoxes that the books generally avoid, and unfortunately in ways that directly impact the story. DId the first one find herself suddenly falling in free air over the Amazon jungle? Did the second suddenly find herself abandoned on the plateau in the Cretaceous?
Then there is Titanoboa, the villain of the previous books who hardly figures here, just enough for us to learn that our heroes are the ones responsible for its extinction. As I already pointed out, the Titanoboa lived about 30-40 million years AFTER the disappearance of the dinosaurs. You can give the author a bit of leeway in imagining they co-existed, but to have them become extinct before the dinosaurs di is just pushing it too far.
This book takes the exaggeration to the limit, really testing any willing suspension of disbelief.
The characters are meaner, but that's in keeping with the story development over 3 books. I'm unhappy with the resolution of Andy's story arc. The author could have done so much better by him.
The ending seems extremely rushed and is full of holes. Are all the changes undone? If so, what about the two female mercenaries who blinked out of existence? This creates the sort of time paradoxes that the books generally avoid, and unfortunately in ways that directly impact the story. DId the first one find herself suddenly falling in free air over the Amazon jungle? Did the second suddenly find herself abandoned on the plateau in the Cretaceous?
Then there is Titanoboa, the villain of the previous books who hardly figures here, just enough for us to learn that our heroes are the ones responsible for its extinction. As I already pointed out, the Titanoboa lived about 30-40 million years AFTER the disappearance of the dinosaurs. You can give the author a bit of leeway in imagining they co-existed, but to have them become extinct before the dinosaurs di is just pushing it too far.
July 20, 2021
So, I loved, loved the first one and really enjoyed the second one and I don't want to see I did not love the third one, but perhaps just not as much as the previous two.
In book two, Andy chooses to stay behind, he wants to experience for real what live was like 100 million years ago, something he has studied he's whole live. He loves live in the Cretaceous era and even managed to have a "pet", little Gluck, a slightly deformed little dyno that thinks Andy is he's Dad.
But Andy's roaming in the past has consequences and slowly everything in the present starts changing, first small and then bigger and bigger changes. Ben and the other survivors are the only ones that seem to notice that new species are appearing, other disappearing and the landscape changing.
They know Andy must be stopped and Primordia is months away ......
A fitting last novel in the series. Some small annoyances. Andy claims in the final scenes that he could not have changed the future as it's "set in stone" but at the same time claims the group wiped out Titanoboa by killing so many on the previous visits. Also, Ben and Drake were heroic saviors' before, now totally willing to kill a erstwhile companions seems a bit much. Lastly, in the previous books the Titanoboa were unstoppable, this time they were so easily killed - a bit of a letdown.
That said, I could not read it fast enough and overall really enjoyed the series.
In book two, Andy chooses to stay behind, he wants to experience for real what live was like 100 million years ago, something he has studied he's whole live. He loves live in the Cretaceous era and even managed to have a "pet", little Gluck, a slightly deformed little dyno that thinks Andy is he's Dad.
But Andy's roaming in the past has consequences and slowly everything in the present starts changing, first small and then bigger and bigger changes. Ben and the other survivors are the only ones that seem to notice that new species are appearing, other disappearing and the landscape changing.
They know Andy must be stopped and Primordia is months away ......
A fitting last novel in the series. Some small annoyances. Andy claims in the final scenes that he could not have changed the future as it's "set in stone" but at the same time claims the group wiped out Titanoboa by killing so many on the previous visits. Also, Ben and Drake were heroic saviors' before, now totally willing to kill a erstwhile companions seems a bit much. Lastly, in the previous books the Titanoboa were unstoppable, this time they were so easily killed - a bit of a letdown.
That said, I could not read it fast enough and overall really enjoyed the series.
February 20, 2022
The third book in the Primordia series.
After one of their group decides to stay behind (from the 2nd book) we fast forward 10 years and things begin changing, new animals, new monsters start appearing in our time. Obviously the past has been changed and is having drastic effects on our current time. What to do?
Get everyone back together and go back to Primordia, retrieve all people that have decided to stay behind in 100 million years ago and bring them back to the present before they can change anything else in the past.
Really good characters work, blistering fast page turning, tons of action, lots of dinosaurs.
It is exactly what I expected. A nice weekend change of pace. I wasn't expecting Tolstoy.
It's was a rollicking good tale.
Don't let the 3 stars throw you off - it was fun and well written with good characters.
After one of their group decides to stay behind (from the 2nd book) we fast forward 10 years and things begin changing, new animals, new monsters start appearing in our time. Obviously the past has been changed and is having drastic effects on our current time. What to do?
Get everyone back together and go back to Primordia, retrieve all people that have decided to stay behind in 100 million years ago and bring them back to the present before they can change anything else in the past.
Really good characters work, blistering fast page turning, tons of action, lots of dinosaurs.
It is exactly what I expected. A nice weekend change of pace. I wasn't expecting Tolstoy.
It's was a rollicking good tale.
Don't let the 3 stars throw you off - it was fun and well written with good characters.
March 19, 2023
The third and last part of the Primordia series seems to be the last adventure of Ben Cartwrite. (I would like more of this, honestly.)
I liked the series and the characters... well, most of them, anyways. Ben doesn't want to return to the world 100 million years ago but he is forced to do so when things begin to change in his world. So he travels back once again acompanied by Helen and Drake to bring Andy back.
What I liked the most about the series is that there is not a big T-Rex and Raptors and such but bugs the size of your head and big sea creatures and so on. The book switches between Ben and his group, Emma and their son Zach and Andy, mostly. But we get to "know" some random people sometimes when things change... when there is a Mosa season and you shoudn't go swimming... but everybody knows that, right?
I didn't like the ending so much because imo it felt a little short but it's okay. I love the series nontheless and I will read other books from the author.
I liked the series and the characters... well, most of them, anyways. Ben doesn't want to return to the world 100 million years ago but he is forced to do so when things begin to change in his world. So he travels back once again acompanied by Helen and Drake to bring Andy back.
What I liked the most about the series is that there is not a big T-Rex and Raptors and such but bugs the size of your head and big sea creatures and so on. The book switches between Ben and his group, Emma and their son Zach and Andy, mostly. But we get to "know" some random people sometimes when things change... when there is a Mosa season and you shoudn't go swimming... but everybody knows that, right?
I didn't like the ending so much because imo it felt a little short but it's okay. I love the series nontheless and I will read other books from the author.
November 1, 2021
Every story has a good or bad ending….
Once more Ben leads a team to the past but this team to save all humanity from the actions of the person they left in the last novel. It had potential to introduce new creatures in the past has many creatures have been lost to history would’ve been a neat idea for creativity for meeting Andy.
The story was amount my favorite time travel series but how it ends feels to mugh like a cop-out in story telling has it leaves the reader to figure how the 2 meteor impact and temporal displacement would fix every thing could’ve gone into more details but over all an above average ender to a series I’ve read.
Once more Ben leads a team to the past but this team to save all humanity from the actions of the person they left in the last novel. It had potential to introduce new creatures in the past has many creatures have been lost to history would’ve been a neat idea for creativity for meeting Andy.
The story was amount my favorite time travel series but how it ends feels to mugh like a cop-out in story telling has it leaves the reader to figure how the 2 meteor impact and temporal displacement would fix every thing could’ve gone into more details but over all an above average ender to a series I’ve read.
June 24, 2019
Could have been better. I'm glad Gluk had a happy ending.
February 8, 2019
Another brilliant book.
Time travel and the resultant quirks in narrative are always hard to write, but Beck manages without flaw. No confusion whatsover.
Recommended.
Time travel and the resultant quirks in narrative are always hard to write, but Beck manages without flaw. No confusion whatsover.
Recommended.
August 5, 2025
Not as good as the others, and an interesting and oft used concept that doesn’t seem to reach its peak here.
3.2 🌟
3.2 🌟
March 17, 2020
Oh Greg Greg Greg, what do you think we’ve been drinking. But nevertheless, what an awesome book. Wow wow wow.
This final saga of the primordial series was no letdown at all, as we spin out of control by interfering with the forces of nature around us life takes an unexpected turn. Oh don’t worry, I won’t go into details as I do not wish to take the pleasure of this surprising journey from you.
Such a clever writing and what a great imagination, or is it? I think I’ll be looking over my shoulder all the time now, just in case. Will miss the series as it was such a good and entertaining read. Love this author, you just never know what it’s gonna happen next in any of his adventures.
This final saga of the primordial series was no letdown at all, as we spin out of control by interfering with the forces of nature around us life takes an unexpected turn. Oh don’t worry, I won’t go into details as I do not wish to take the pleasure of this surprising journey from you.
Such a clever writing and what a great imagination, or is it? I think I’ll be looking over my shoulder all the time now, just in case. Will miss the series as it was such a good and entertaining read. Love this author, you just never know what it’s gonna happen next in any of his adventures.
December 2, 2019
It feels like half an eternity since I read the very first Primordia book, In Search of the Lost World, which I wasn't that fond of. Reading my review, I found it decidedly 'okay' but not much more. I quickly followed that up with the second Primordia book, Return to the Lost World, which I found to be a significant improvement. So when I read that Greig Beck was working on a third book, making it a trilogy, I was both excited and filled with dread.
After all, would the book follow suit and be better than its predecessors or backslide into the droll of the first?
Well, safe to say, I consider it significantly better than then first book and even better than the second. I think part of that is because I just haven't been reading this type of book in a while and also because I'm already connected to the story since it follows on from the second book. But I also think it's because Beck has simply found what he wanted to say with these books and that improves the writing. After two previous entries, he's got the narrative structure down tight and, like the second book, it's a very engrossing and fun read.
Reading from the different perspectives infuses the book with an energy and entice you to keep reading. I devoured the second half of the book in a single sitting since that's when it got really good. The added influences of Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder also help raise the stake above the typical run-and-gun-fun where we just read about them being picked off one by one.
Don't get me wrong, we still get to read about humans being attacked and devoured by creatures, made all the more fun when we get to read about the effects of the "time waves" that change things around at inopportune moments.
There's also a childlike reverance for dinosaurs in the book, something the previous two books sort of lacked due to their setup. But I'm all for looking at dinosaurs gleefully.
Perhaps my one complaint is that the ending is just a bit rushed. The book asks a lot of pertinent questions but don't really answer some of them. They ask whether the changes can be reversed or not, if everything that has happened somehow reverts or ever happened in the first place. It also sort of ignores the question that was posed back in the first book (don't quote me on this one) where it was posited that the Primordia effect was a timeloop of sorts and various timelines intersected. How did Ben see a boat before Andy was there? I assumed this book would answer that question but it... well, didn't.
Or perhaps I'm misremembering. Either way... I really liked this book. And the Primordia series ended on a high note. Or did it? Maybe Beck isn't done with the story after all. It certainly didn't exclude the possibility of future sequels.
Also, cute twist there at the very end, mr. Beck.
After all, would the book follow suit and be better than its predecessors or backslide into the droll of the first?
Well, safe to say, I consider it significantly better than then first book and even better than the second. I think part of that is because I just haven't been reading this type of book in a while and also because I'm already connected to the story since it follows on from the second book. But I also think it's because Beck has simply found what he wanted to say with these books and that improves the writing. After two previous entries, he's got the narrative structure down tight and, like the second book, it's a very engrossing and fun read.
Reading from the different perspectives infuses the book with an energy and entice you to keep reading. I devoured the second half of the book in a single sitting since that's when it got really good. The added influences of Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder also help raise the stake above the typical run-and-gun-fun where we just read about them being picked off one by one.
Don't get me wrong, we still get to read about humans being attacked and devoured by creatures, made all the more fun when we get to read about the effects of the "time waves" that change things around at inopportune moments.
There's also a childlike reverance for dinosaurs in the book, something the previous two books sort of lacked due to their setup. But I'm all for looking at dinosaurs gleefully.
Perhaps my one complaint is that the ending is just a bit rushed. The book asks a lot of pertinent questions but don't really answer some of them. They ask whether the changes can be reversed or not, if everything that has happened somehow reverts or ever happened in the first place. It also sort of ignores the question that was posed back in the first book (don't quote me on this one) where it was posited that the Primordia effect was a timeloop of sorts and various timelines intersected. How did Ben see a boat before Andy was there? I assumed this book would answer that question but it... well, didn't.
Or perhaps I'm misremembering. Either way... I really liked this book. And the Primordia series ended on a high note. Or did it? Maybe Beck isn't done with the story after all. It certainly didn't exclude the possibility of future sequels.
Also, cute twist there at the very end, mr. Beck.
January 30, 2019
PRIMORDIA 3:THE LOST WORLD-RE-EVOLUTION is the concluding novel in the PRIMORDIA trilogy inspired by (or more accurately, re-written from) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 classic, THE LOST WORLD. Ben Cartwright and companions once more visit that mysterious plateau in the Amazon where once every 10 years, the apparition of the orbiting asteroid, Primordia, causes a time distortion for one day that shifts the plateau back 100 million years. Barely surviving the 10 years he spent trapped there when he failed to make it out on time from the original expedition 20 years ago only to be rescued 10 years ago by his now wife, Emma in the second novel, returning is the last thing on Ben's mind. Until things start to change. For the worse. Borrowing liberally from another sci-fi master, Ray Bradbury's 1953 short story, THE S0UND OF THUNDER, it seems that Andy, a paleontologist who was a member of the second expedition and decided to stay behind has caused changes to the time line via Bradbury's "Butterfly Effect" with disastrous consequences for the present. So off we go, back to the Amazon and 100 million years ago to try and find Andy and stop him from doing whatever he is doing/did/will do (tenses are tough here) before our world of today is altered beyond recognition.
PRIMORDIA 3 is typical Beck. It moves very quickly as its must because the 22 hour Primordia window force the action and the tempo (as if Beck needed help with that). The writing is serviceable and the new (old) species are well described both in the past and in the present, between which the book's timelines alternate. I enjoyed the novel as I do most of Beck's novels and it is a fitting conclusion to a fun adventure. I'm a fan and haven't missed a Beck novel since he burst onto the scene in 2010 with BENEATH THE DARK ICE. I look forward to the next one.
Recommended.
JM Tepper
PRIMORDIA 3 is typical Beck. It moves very quickly as its must because the 22 hour Primordia window force the action and the tempo (as if Beck needed help with that). The writing is serviceable and the new (old) species are well described both in the past and in the present, between which the book's timelines alternate. I enjoyed the novel as I do most of Beck's novels and it is a fitting conclusion to a fun adventure. I'm a fan and haven't missed a Beck novel since he burst onto the scene in 2010 with BENEATH THE DARK ICE. I look forward to the next one.
Recommended.
JM Tepper
August 23, 2020
Es könnte alles so schön sein. Ben & Emma haben sich seit ihrer Rückkehr vom Plateau ein gemeinsames Leben aufgebaut, zu dem ein kleiner Sohn, ein Haus und ein Hund gehören. Die kleine Familie ist glücklich, bis das Paar von einer Reise zurückkommt und ihr Hund verschwunden ist. Seltsamer noch, er scheint nie existiert zu haben und ihr Sohn weiß überhaupt nicht, was Hunde sind.
Ben & Emma sind völlig irritiert, und dann folgen weitere seltsame Ereignisse überall auf der Welt, die scheinbar nur jene wahrnehmen, die bereits in der Vergessenen Welt rund um »Primordia« waren und überlebt haben, denn auch Drake und Helen berichten von Vorkommnissen, die einfach nur verrückt zu sein scheinen. Ganze Spezies verschwinden von einem Moment auf den nächsten, während andere, die längst ausgestorben sind, plötzlich Jagd auf Menschen machen und niemand stört sich daran.
Was stellt der in der Vergangenheit zurückgebliebene Andy dort nur an? Ben & seinen Freunden bleibt keine Wahl, sie müssen erneut in das Amazonas-Gebiet reisen und das Portal durchschreiten, um Andy zu finden, bevor der die Menschen aus Versehen ausrottet.
Begleitet werden sie dabei von Söldnern, denen man nicht trauen kann, und einer Welt, die sich rasend schnell neu entwickelt. Und dazu gibt es wieder gewaltige Dinosaurier, die ihnen an den Kragen wollen, nicht zu vergessen die Titanboa, die wenig amüsiert ist, schon wieder Fremde in ihrem Nest vorzufinden.
Der Autor hat hier einige Male in die Trickkiste gegriffen, was Zeitreisen und das damit einhergehende Paradoxon angeht. Mir hat das gut gefallen, denn wer kann schon sagen, ob es Zeitreisen mit all ihren möglichen Auswirkungen nicht wirklich gibt. Spannend macht es die Suche nach Andy allemal.
Mir haben die drei Bücher jedenfalls richtig gut gefallen und ich habe sie garantiert nicht zum letzten Mal gelesen.
Ben & Emma sind völlig irritiert, und dann folgen weitere seltsame Ereignisse überall auf der Welt, die scheinbar nur jene wahrnehmen, die bereits in der Vergessenen Welt rund um »Primordia« waren und überlebt haben, denn auch Drake und Helen berichten von Vorkommnissen, die einfach nur verrückt zu sein scheinen. Ganze Spezies verschwinden von einem Moment auf den nächsten, während andere, die längst ausgestorben sind, plötzlich Jagd auf Menschen machen und niemand stört sich daran.
Was stellt der in der Vergangenheit zurückgebliebene Andy dort nur an? Ben & seinen Freunden bleibt keine Wahl, sie müssen erneut in das Amazonas-Gebiet reisen und das Portal durchschreiten, um Andy zu finden, bevor der die Menschen aus Versehen ausrottet.
Begleitet werden sie dabei von Söldnern, denen man nicht trauen kann, und einer Welt, die sich rasend schnell neu entwickelt. Und dazu gibt es wieder gewaltige Dinosaurier, die ihnen an den Kragen wollen, nicht zu vergessen die Titanboa, die wenig amüsiert ist, schon wieder Fremde in ihrem Nest vorzufinden.
Der Autor hat hier einige Male in die Trickkiste gegriffen, was Zeitreisen und das damit einhergehende Paradoxon angeht. Mir hat das gut gefallen, denn wer kann schon sagen, ob es Zeitreisen mit all ihren möglichen Auswirkungen nicht wirklich gibt. Spannend macht es die Suche nach Andy allemal.
Mir haben die drei Bücher jedenfalls richtig gut gefallen und ich habe sie garantiert nicht zum letzten Mal gelesen.
August 26, 2025
More of the same, a LOT more of the same. Fun but I'll admit I was glad to finish it.
Overall concept of this three-part story was good, and I found many of the details to be entertaining.
However, I felt it became rather repetitive towards the end of book two and even more so in book three.
I was listening to the audiobook version rather than reading actual text but at too many times I felt the sequence of events (eg, an engagement with yet another nasty critter) or the description of something (eg, a telescope rusty surface on the outside polished mirrors on the inside) were almost a cut and paste from what I had listened too earlier. Sure, some minor things were different, but it was pretty much a here we go again.
I also felt there were too many perfectly aligned coincidences. Maybe not the best word but an item dropped in the middle of the jungle (a rusty gun, a broken knife, a space capsule and helmet ...) all miraculously found by just the right person or group of people who knew what it was later on. A trip on a log uncontrolled drifting with the tide for hours on end miraculously return to the exact spot when a boat had been left previously. How convenient. And lastly, the number of miraculous escapes was in fact in itself miraculous.
I can certainly recommend the story as a fun read as long as you are comfortable with ignoring some of the finer details and just enjoying the ride. Very fun final twist too. Believe it, or not!
I thank the author for their work, rated three stars from me.
Overall concept of this three-part story was good, and I found many of the details to be entertaining.
However, I felt it became rather repetitive towards the end of book two and even more so in book three.
I was listening to the audiobook version rather than reading actual text but at too many times I felt the sequence of events (eg, an engagement with yet another nasty critter) or the description of something (eg, a telescope rusty surface on the outside polished mirrors on the inside) were almost a cut and paste from what I had listened too earlier. Sure, some minor things were different, but it was pretty much a here we go again.
I also felt there were too many perfectly aligned coincidences. Maybe not the best word but an item dropped in the middle of the jungle (a rusty gun, a broken knife, a space capsule and helmet ...) all miraculously found by just the right person or group of people who knew what it was later on. A trip on a log uncontrolled drifting with the tide for hours on end miraculously return to the exact spot when a boat had been left previously. How convenient. And lastly, the number of miraculous escapes was in fact in itself miraculous.
I can certainly recommend the story as a fun read as long as you are comfortable with ignoring some of the finer details and just enjoying the ride. Very fun final twist too. Believe it, or not!
I thank the author for their work, rated three stars from me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 1, 2024
I am so terribly distraught after finishing this. Ok first of all, I only wanted a quick prehistoric creature horror sci-fi adventure fix but the way it made me contemplate life and my existence in the universe, and how it made my heart break for a pterodactyl pet who represents a cretaceous parrot was NOT what I was ready for. My whole entire being got invested in this and I loved loved loved the concepts it brought into question. Like what if we hadn't evolved to be on top of the food chain, what if we were livestock instead in a very hellish alternate universe? I devour sci-fi that play around with this concept. Hence, I was so delighted to see it here but,, but I am not satisfied with the ending! There are so many unanswered questions like how did everything get undone? How did it all return to normal? And what about the people who got caught in that re-evolution, did they just reappear and find themselves stuck in between places and/or in the past? UGH I WANT ANSWERS. I am distraught with wanting to give this book a full 5 stars but I'm upset that I can't do that because of how unresolved it left off. I could have read a dozen more chapters relishing in the fleshing out of that ending but sadly, it ends so abruptly. I really wanted to throw all those stars at it but I cannot give it more than 3. AND THAT IS REALLY HURTING MY FEELINGS. why greig beck why
January 24, 2020
Another ten years pass, and Primordia has come back around on its orbit. This time, changes being made 100 million years ago by Andy, who willingly stayed behind last time, are beginning to have direct effects on the current timeline. It starts small, Ben goes to pick up his dog from the neighbor's house only to learn that dogs have never existed (what a horrifying idea). Each time a little blackout occurs in the characters' minds changes along the evolutionary scale are rewritten. The worst part is that only the four who had traveled to that time and come back realize it. To everyone else, things have always been that way. When the changes begin to accelerate, that's when life really gets interesting, and dangerous, as creatures who had never previously existed now hold more power than us humans.
A great aspect of this book is also Andy's adventures in the past. His scientific curiosity taking him all over the western hemisphere, up to the once existing Western Interior Seaway in present day middle-America. The real crazy part happens when they finally meet up with Andy and have to convince him to come back home.
A great aspect of this book is also Andy's adventures in the past. His scientific curiosity taking him all over the western hemisphere, up to the once existing Western Interior Seaway in present day middle-America. The real crazy part happens when they finally meet up with Andy and have to convince him to come back home.
January 31, 2021
WOW WOW WOW!!!
Ich bin froh, im Bett zu liegen, denn sonst würde ich gnadenlos umfallen!
Ich habe noch nie 300 Seiten an einem Tag gelesen, aber heute konnte ich echt überhaupt nicht mehr aufhören 😱🤯
Es war super spannend und einfach nur gut. Ich mag es total, wenn Bücher auch Sichtweisen auf die Geschichte wiedergeben, die nicht von den Hauptcharakteren kommen. Und ich mag es, wenn Geschichten (Dystopien (und als solche würde ich den dritten Band der Primordia-Reihe definitiv bewerten!)) manchmal Dinge aus der uns bekannten Realität beschreiben. (So werden hier Mysterien wie das Bermuda-Dreieck angedeutet)
‼️Achtung Spoiler‼️
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Ich liebe auch die Sichtweise von Andy, dem ja das mehr oder minder gleiche Schicksal wie Ben zuteil wurde. Aber bei ihm macht das alles einen völlig anderen Eindruck und man fühlt auch komplett anders! Das war verdammt cool!
Und generell die Veränderungen, die stattgefunden haben, sodass es kurz sogar eine Art Schlachthaus und Massenhaltung für Menschen gab ... 👌
Und das Ende fand ich auch verdammt gut! VERDAMMT GUT HAT MIR DAS GEFALLEN! :D
(Mein Appell an den @luziferverlag : Das Korrekturlesen ein bisschen genauer nehmen 🙏)
Ich bin froh, im Bett zu liegen, denn sonst würde ich gnadenlos umfallen!
Ich habe noch nie 300 Seiten an einem Tag gelesen, aber heute konnte ich echt überhaupt nicht mehr aufhören 😱🤯
Es war super spannend und einfach nur gut. Ich mag es total, wenn Bücher auch Sichtweisen auf die Geschichte wiedergeben, die nicht von den Hauptcharakteren kommen. Und ich mag es, wenn Geschichten (Dystopien (und als solche würde ich den dritten Band der Primordia-Reihe definitiv bewerten!)) manchmal Dinge aus der uns bekannten Realität beschreiben. (So werden hier Mysterien wie das Bermuda-Dreieck angedeutet)
‼️Achtung Spoiler‼️
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Ich liebe auch die Sichtweise von Andy, dem ja das mehr oder minder gleiche Schicksal wie Ben zuteil wurde. Aber bei ihm macht das alles einen völlig anderen Eindruck und man fühlt auch komplett anders! Das war verdammt cool!
Und generell die Veränderungen, die stattgefunden haben, sodass es kurz sogar eine Art Schlachthaus und Massenhaltung für Menschen gab ... 👌
Und das Ende fand ich auch verdammt gut! VERDAMMT GUT HAT MIR DAS GEFALLEN! :D
(Mein Appell an den @luziferverlag : Das Korrekturlesen ein bisschen genauer nehmen 🙏)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 26, 2020
The third installment in Greig Beck’s “Primordia” Series is “Primordia 3: The Lost World—Re-Evolution.” No one really noticed when things started to change. Some animals vanished. Some new ones appeared. Then some things appeared that were monstrous. Trips to the past must be changing the world of today. Andy Martin who chose to stay behind in Primordia has lived out his dreams by studying the past; however, whatever he was doing was rippling forward to change our world.
The Lost World is calling; Primordia and its effects only occur every ten years. But too much is changing in the modern world, so Emma and Ben are set to return to the Amazon to find Andy who remained there. He must be changing something which is changing today’s world. “Primordia 3” is a bit weaker than the previous two: the ending is a bit rushed. There are some questions posed that are not answered. The first half the book was much stronger, fresher, and more creative. Still, it was a good read and it was a very good series. Give it a try!
The Lost World is calling; Primordia and its effects only occur every ten years. But too much is changing in the modern world, so Emma and Ben are set to return to the Amazon to find Andy who remained there. He must be changing something which is changing today’s world. “Primordia 3” is a bit weaker than the previous two: the ending is a bit rushed. There are some questions posed that are not answered. The first half the book was much stronger, fresher, and more creative. Still, it was a good read and it was a very good series. Give it a try!
June 1, 2019
Oh, I loved the premise of this book - what would happen if someone went back in time and altered the evolution of the plants, animals and people of our planet? Creepily realistic.
This is the third book in the Primordia series and as a person who has read all three, I would highly recommend reading them in order, although you could read this book as a standalone as well.
Ben is quite happily settled in his marriage but he needs to return to the jungle plateau once again, to stop Andy from altering the present day, or there might not be anything left to recognise. Naturally enough, he needs to take some serious muscle power with him, and there is not even a guarantee that Andy is going to still be alive, but the chance needs to be taken.
As usual, Greig Beck has woven a clever tale of fact and fiction and paints a picture of how things might have been, if the past had been just a little different than it was. Fascinating.
4.5 stars from me.
This is the third book in the Primordia series and as a person who has read all three, I would highly recommend reading them in order, although you could read this book as a standalone as well.
Ben is quite happily settled in his marriage but he needs to return to the jungle plateau once again, to stop Andy from altering the present day, or there might not be anything left to recognise. Naturally enough, he needs to take some serious muscle power with him, and there is not even a guarantee that Andy is going to still be alive, but the chance needs to be taken.
As usual, Greig Beck has woven a clever tale of fact and fiction and paints a picture of how things might have been, if the past had been just a little different than it was. Fascinating.
4.5 stars from me.
June 30, 2021
3.5
Not as good as book 2 of the series, but better than the first installment. There were a lot of things to like. First, Gluck was a fine addition and brought some freshness to the series. Next, focusing on Andy for much of the time also was enjoyable and made up for the fact that Ben and his team didn't get up to the tepui until over half-way through the book.
There were also some negatives. The whole time element of changes in the present day seemed strain and incongruent. It was hard for me to suspend disbelieve on the extreme time changes, including the scene at the slaughter house. The new mercenaries were also a disappointment. I didn't mind them being jerks, I just thought more could have been done with them. It also did not reflect well on Ben and Drake in choosing them. I also got a chuckle that Ben was going to write a book about the experiences and use the name Greig Beck. Overall a good read, liked it but didn't love it.
Not as good as book 2 of the series, but better than the first installment. There were a lot of things to like. First, Gluck was a fine addition and brought some freshness to the series. Next, focusing on Andy for much of the time also was enjoyable and made up for the fact that Ben and his team didn't get up to the tepui until over half-way through the book.
There were also some negatives. The whole time element of changes in the present day seemed strain and incongruent. It was hard for me to suspend disbelieve on the extreme time changes, including the scene at the slaughter house. The new mercenaries were also a disappointment. I didn't mind them being jerks, I just thought more could have been done with them. It also did not reflect well on Ben and Drake in choosing them. I also got a chuckle that Ben was going to write a book about the experiences and use the name Greig Beck. Overall a good read, liked it but didn't love it.
March 30, 2022
This was an interesting finale to this series. A lot of material was almost a copy of the first two books. But still well done. The whole "Butterfly Effect" phenomenon, which was the reason for this story, was presented somewhat weakly. Obviously, the whole concept of the series involves fantasy and strange pseudoscience. But the author doesn't provide a lot here to support the phenomenon. This story, like a lot of others, posits sequential, incremental present effects from timeline changes made long ago. But no reasoning why all the changes wouldn't take place simultaneously from a present viewpoint. There is little effective discussion why effects of earlier time travel (in the first two books) seemingly caused no changes, but another excursion caused such massive changes. The third book is still a good story, but it seems like a bit tacked-on, rather than an integral part of the series.
July 21, 2019
Solid finish... “but”
Like other reviewers, I found that the third book in the series (presumably the last) didn’t quite reach the same exciting heights of the first two.
I liked how a lot of the scenes in the prehistoric age seemed to unfold naturally - I didn’t get the feeling that things happened just to drive the plot in a certain direction, but rather that the events actually occurred. It is a beautiful fine line between making the scene natural and obvious, and keeping the plot moving in a certain direction.
I wasn’t such a big fan of the “re-evolutions” in the present time. They seemed to follow the same formula over and over again.
That said, still a solid finish to the series.
Like other reviewers, I found that the third book in the series (presumably the last) didn’t quite reach the same exciting heights of the first two.
I liked how a lot of the scenes in the prehistoric age seemed to unfold naturally - I didn’t get the feeling that things happened just to drive the plot in a certain direction, but rather that the events actually occurred. It is a beautiful fine line between making the scene natural and obvious, and keeping the plot moving in a certain direction.
I wasn’t such a big fan of the “re-evolutions” in the present time. They seemed to follow the same formula over and over again.
That said, still a solid finish to the series.
January 15, 2022
Very interesting
Another well-written piece, Greg does a great job of writing fiction, suspense, action/gore and he injects plenty of science and pseudo-science. Thankfully there was minimal romance here. There's many questions posed about time travel paradoxes, chicken & the egg, as well as philosophical discussions around how would it be if humans were not the top of the food chain & if we were the cattle instead. Also how one change, one person can have overarching consequences for the whole (and how holier-than-thou scientists on their high horses can and will be the death of us all). A highly imaginative series, that is gripping and thought provoking. It's a great ride.
Another well-written piece, Greg does a great job of writing fiction, suspense, action/gore and he injects plenty of science and pseudo-science. Thankfully there was minimal romance here. There's many questions posed about time travel paradoxes, chicken & the egg, as well as philosophical discussions around how would it be if humans were not the top of the food chain & if we were the cattle instead. Also how one change, one person can have overarching consequences for the whole (and how holier-than-thou scientists on their high horses can and will be the death of us all). A highly imaginative series, that is gripping and thought provoking. It's a great ride.
January 4, 2024
Primordia
I don’t often write reviews of books. But this series was excellent! My granddaughter wants to be a paleontologist. She has been in love with dinosaurs since she was a little girl with diapers. Ha ha. She is going to love this series. She’s in college right now studying. She is 18. Because so much of it can be, and probably is true when you think about your own life and how something could be changed by you just receiving a pet. You then fall in love with it and end up raising and breeding them going to shows, shipping them all over the world how that one little butterfly effect can affect so many things. Excellent fantastic stories all three I hope there is more!
I don’t often write reviews of books. But this series was excellent! My granddaughter wants to be a paleontologist. She has been in love with dinosaurs since she was a little girl with diapers. Ha ha. She is going to love this series. She’s in college right now studying. She is 18. Because so much of it can be, and probably is true when you think about your own life and how something could be changed by you just receiving a pet. You then fall in love with it and end up raising and breeding them going to shows, shipping them all over the world how that one little butterfly effect can affect so many things. Excellent fantastic stories all three I hope there is more!
April 13, 2021
Amazing as usual!
Wow. How does he do it? This third installment was just as incredible as the first two. So creative and original. I especially loved the reference to the character wanting to change his name to write a book. That was so great. And all the re evolutions were awesome, especially the very last one. I don't want to give it away. I'm so sad this series is over. I haven't enjoyed a series like this in a long time. Anyone who loves sci to time travel and Indiana Jones meets Jurassic park type of adventure...you will be on the edge of your seat. This book has your name written all over it.
Wow. How does he do it? This third installment was just as incredible as the first two. So creative and original. I especially loved the reference to the character wanting to change his name to write a book. That was so great. And all the re evolutions were awesome, especially the very last one. I don't want to give it away. I'm so sad this series is over. I haven't enjoyed a series like this in a long time. Anyone who loves sci to time travel and Indiana Jones meets Jurassic park type of adventure...you will be on the edge of your seat. This book has your name written all over it.
May 3, 2024
Some more fun monsters were added.
So it's book 3 so they have to go back to Primordia again to finish off the series and may as well fix time while there.
Time is shifting and everything is changing for the worse, cats chase dogs, rabbits eat dragons and monkeys control your mind.
Ok, it's not that crazy but it gets a bit stupid at times when the butterfly effect comes into play without any real reason but it does give us some fun monsters, and humans traveling around the lost world are always popping for sweet kills.
It's a fine enough ending for a fun trash monster series.
Go read Becks To the Center of the Earth series instead.
So it's book 3 so they have to go back to Primordia again to finish off the series and may as well fix time while there.
Time is shifting and everything is changing for the worse, cats chase dogs, rabbits eat dragons and monkeys control your mind.
Ok, it's not that crazy but it gets a bit stupid at times when the butterfly effect comes into play without any real reason but it does give us some fun monsters, and humans traveling around the lost world are always popping for sweet kills.
It's a fine enough ending for a fun trash monster series.
Go read Becks To the Center of the Earth series instead.
March 24, 2025
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Déçu par ce dernier tome qui laisse de côté tout ce que j'aimais dans cette saga au profit de quelque chose de nouveau (Les Re-Evolutions) qui auraient pu être vraiment intéressantes si elles n'avaient pas été balayées d'un seul coup à la fin du livre pour n'être finalement que des "Et si ?" sans conséquences...
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Disappointed by this final volume, which leaves aside everything I loved about this series in favor of something new (The Re-Evolutions), which could have been really interesting if they hadn't been swept aside in one fell swoop at the end of the book, ultimately becoming nothing more than "What ifs?" without consequences...
Déçu par ce dernier tome qui laisse de côté tout ce que j'aimais dans cette saga au profit de quelque chose de nouveau (Les Re-Evolutions) qui auraient pu être vraiment intéressantes si elles n'avaient pas été balayées d'un seul coup à la fin du livre pour n'être finalement que des "Et si ?" sans conséquences...
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Disappointed by this final volume, which leaves aside everything I loved about this series in favor of something new (The Re-Evolutions), which could have been really interesting if they hadn't been swept aside in one fell swoop at the end of the book, ultimately becoming nothing more than "What ifs?" without consequences...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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