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Out of the Earth
Something else has been living beneath the Earth. Now, it's their time to rule . . . The Yellowstone supervolcano has begun to erupt, sending North America into chaos and the rest of the world into a panic. People are dangerous and desperate, knowing this will plunge the continent, and the world, into perpetual winter. Until they realize that the eruption is the least of their worries . . . Out of the massive chasm comes more than ash and lava. Giant monsters emerge, bent on destroying everything in sight. Federal Marshal Lu Morgan and a ragtag group of survivors and soldiers must fight hard to stay alive and beat back the invasion of massive creatures. It is a race against time, and a race for survival, as all involved struggle to find answers as to where the monsters came from and how to stop them.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 22, 2022
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Jake Bible
157 books365 followersJake Bible, Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist, short story writer, independent screenwriter, podcaster, and inventor of the Drabble Novel, has entertained thousands with his horror, sci/fi, thriller, and adventure tales. He reaches audiences of all ages with his uncanny ability to write a wide range of characters and genres.
Jake is the author of the bestselling Z-Burbia series set in Asheville, NC, the bestselling Salvage Merc One, the Apex Trilogy (DEAD MECH, The Americans, Metal and Ash) and the Mega series for Severed Press, as well as the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated Teen horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the ScareScapes series, and the Reign of Four series for Permuted Press.
Find Jake at jakebible.com. Join him on Twitter @jakebible and find him on Facebook.
Jake is the author of the bestselling Z-Burbia series set in Asheville, NC, the bestselling Salvage Merc One, the Apex Trilogy (DEAD MECH, The Americans, Metal and Ash) and the Mega series for Severed Press, as well as the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated Teen horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the ScareScapes series, and the Reign of Four series for Permuted Press.
Find Jake at jakebible.com. Join him on Twitter @jakebible and find him on Facebook.
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May 21, 2022
Dozens (if not hundreds) of kaiju are climbing out of the Yellowstone super volcano, ready to destroy anything in their reach. It’s a great premise, with the book roughly divided between people trying to survive the kaiju and the president trying to figure out how to destroy them. On that level, this is an exciting, action-packed, adventure, but what makes it really great is that the biggest monster is not a kaiju but a very sick man hunting down the son born to a woman he raped. Throw in some dangerous convicts and an anti-government militia and you have everything you need for a great story. My favorite character surprised me and I’m betting you’ll be surprised by how much you like him too.
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April 17, 2022
Odd narrative
I really enjoyed the story, although slightly light on character development. It’s the way it’s told that’s odd, neither first or third person narrative. I can’t put my finger on it but it’s odd. I still enjoyed it though, and it’s way better than anything I could ever write.
I really enjoyed the story, although slightly light on character development. It’s the way it’s told that’s odd, neither first or third person narrative. I can’t put my finger on it but it’s odd. I still enjoyed it though, and it’s way better than anything I could ever write.
September 19, 2022
“Drop will commence in thirty seconds,” the pilot’s voice announces through their helmets. “Please proceed to the—HOLY FUCK!”
Oh but we just KNEW that flying in jets would work! NOT!!! (IMPORTANT: this book is rated PG-13 because of danger to the audience from repeated facepalming…) Well, let's try it with the jets again. Nope. And again. Nope. Hmm, did someone say nukes? Oh those'll work, oh yeah!
“That fucker is full of diesel…I think it’s about time to give him an upset tummy.”
“Lame,” the boy behind them says.
Actual rating 1 1/2 stars. "Out of the Earth" is an amateurish and ultimately very disappointing read, particularly as I've read other Jake Bible books in the past that put this one to shame (even including the experimental but still entertaining "Drabble" mech/zombie tale "Dead Mech", noting that the so-called "Apex Trilogy" wound up being a hell of a series by the end). Sadly, this book reads quicker than a small-town tourist pamphlet, mostly because there is simply no real structure or useful exposition to speak of at all. If you can get it for free (I did via Kindle Unlimited), then great, take it to the beach with you! But if not, save your pennies and nickels for a pack of gum instead.
“Those things could shit on us at any moment!”
Right off the bat, I have to say this: the sole use of present tense is - just to be completely blunt - irritating as hell. The effect achieved is that I felt like I was reading a screenplay for one of Michael Bay's ridiculous over-hyped, CGI clusterf*ck "films" that at best appeal to adolescent and hormonally challenged teenage boys. And yes that implies you only have to watch - or in this case read - 10 minutes to know exactly what I'm talking about. This encompasses a host of clichéd characters, out of control machismo - even by some of the female players - and yawns aplenty before you're finally freed from your seat. As a result, despite all the madness going on, there are absolutely no surprises at all as we rush from one sound-stage to another, looking to see if the next explosion will be more grandiose than the last.
Dr. Probst finally stops her Rain Man act and nods at Kyle.
There were other defects that began to claw at my eyes as I read - repeated phrasing (massive hole, massive hole, MASSIVE HOLE! oh and bunker, bunker, bunker baby!), silly names (yeehaw, Tiff, Scoot and Tomboy are my very faves y'all!), humor that falls so flat you'd think it'd been stomped by a behemoth … and so many wasted opportunities which could have been used to have actually made this book good. This includes tightening up all the dialogue that would be cheesy in the cheapest of old monster comic books and dime-store detective pulps. The only positive I took away from my extremely brief reading session was that a great number of the characters get totally kersplatted before we have to suffer their nonsense any further than necessary.
They too… will be part of saving their country from an imminent threat or condemning the world to a slow death. Quite possibly both.
It really was a disappointment as I had planned to read this entire 4-book series, particularly now that its finally finished (and yes, all of the books are available via Kindle Unlimited). All this accomplished though is that I might not be reading another book by this author again.
(He) tries not to gag, but his gorge won’t obey and his vomit joins the puddle of yuck that stands an inch around his boots.
Oh but we just KNEW that flying in jets would work! NOT!!! (IMPORTANT: this book is rated PG-13 because of danger to the audience from repeated facepalming…) Well, let's try it with the jets again. Nope. And again. Nope. Hmm, did someone say nukes? Oh those'll work, oh yeah!
“That fucker is full of diesel…I think it’s about time to give him an upset tummy.”
“Lame,” the boy behind them says.
Actual rating 1 1/2 stars. "Out of the Earth" is an amateurish and ultimately very disappointing read, particularly as I've read other Jake Bible books in the past that put this one to shame (even including the experimental but still entertaining "Drabble" mech/zombie tale "Dead Mech", noting that the so-called "Apex Trilogy" wound up being a hell of a series by the end). Sadly, this book reads quicker than a small-town tourist pamphlet, mostly because there is simply no real structure or useful exposition to speak of at all. If you can get it for free (I did via Kindle Unlimited), then great, take it to the beach with you! But if not, save your pennies and nickels for a pack of gum instead.
“Those things could shit on us at any moment!”
Right off the bat, I have to say this: the sole use of present tense is - just to be completely blunt - irritating as hell. The effect achieved is that I felt like I was reading a screenplay for one of Michael Bay's ridiculous over-hyped, CGI clusterf*ck "films" that at best appeal to adolescent and hormonally challenged teenage boys. And yes that implies you only have to watch - or in this case read - 10 minutes to know exactly what I'm talking about. This encompasses a host of clichéd characters, out of control machismo - even by some of the female players - and yawns aplenty before you're finally freed from your seat. As a result, despite all the madness going on, there are absolutely no surprises at all as we rush from one sound-stage to another, looking to see if the next explosion will be more grandiose than the last.
Dr. Probst finally stops her Rain Man act and nods at Kyle.
There were other defects that began to claw at my eyes as I read - repeated phrasing (massive hole, massive hole, MASSIVE HOLE! oh and bunker, bunker, bunker baby!), silly names (yeehaw, Tiff, Scoot and Tomboy are my very faves y'all!), humor that falls so flat you'd think it'd been stomped by a behemoth … and so many wasted opportunities which could have been used to have actually made this book good. This includes tightening up all the dialogue that would be cheesy in the cheapest of old monster comic books and dime-store detective pulps. The only positive I took away from my extremely brief reading session was that a great number of the characters get totally kersplatted before we have to suffer their nonsense any further than necessary.
They too… will be part of saving their country from an imminent threat or condemning the world to a slow death. Quite possibly both.
It really was a disappointment as I had planned to read this entire 4-book series, particularly now that its finally finished (and yes, all of the books are available via Kindle Unlimited). All this accomplished though is that I might not be reading another book by this author again.
(He) tries not to gag, but his gorge won’t obey and his vomit joins the puddle of yuck that stands an inch around his boots.
December 23, 2022
Originally published on the book blog Creature From the Book Lagoon.
*Trigger Warning: Pet death (maybe?)
Jake Bible is another one of my go to authors for creature feature fun. 🙂 I don’t read many kaiju stories, even though I do enjoy kaiju movies and books. When I need a book title tat started with an “O” for an A to Z Horror Reading Challenge, I knew just the book to read! This one. This book right here.
There are a lot of characters to keep track of right off the bat. It took me a few chapters to finally figure out who is who. Not too difficult though. Some of the characters are a little on the annoying side. I super didn’t care for Lu’s kid and his whole side story. I get the point of it, but I was pretty over the whole son and father plot prettttttttty quick. :/ The only think I liked about the kid is that he had a dog. But then the dog gets killed (maybe?? It is a little ambiguous)! So yeah. Don’t care for that part of the story!
The narrator is just ok. Not horrible but kinda meh. Everyone just kinda sounds the same. D: The voices sort just….. blend together. Maybe I’m spoiled by Ray Porter’s voice acting? 😮
BUT!! The plot! So the main story is very fun! 😀 I really enjoyed the WTF giant monsters. So much variety too. Tons of carnage and very unique sets of weaknesses. I was really entertained by the main story and I was definitely hooked enough to want to read the next book in the series.
Out of Earth is a TON of set up for this series. Do not expect many answers for what is going on. Gotta keep reading the series for that! And I totally plan to do just that. I had too much fun here. 🙂
*Trigger Warning: Pet death (maybe?)
Jake Bible is another one of my go to authors for creature feature fun. 🙂 I don’t read many kaiju stories, even though I do enjoy kaiju movies and books. When I need a book title tat started with an “O” for an A to Z Horror Reading Challenge, I knew just the book to read! This one. This book right here.
There are a lot of characters to keep track of right off the bat. It took me a few chapters to finally figure out who is who. Not too difficult though. Some of the characters are a little on the annoying side. I super didn’t care for Lu’s kid and his whole side story. I get the point of it, but I was pretty over the whole son and father plot prettttttttty quick. :/ The only think I liked about the kid is that he had a dog. But then the dog gets killed (maybe?? It is a little ambiguous)! So yeah. Don’t care for that part of the story!
The narrator is just ok. Not horrible but kinda meh. Everyone just kinda sounds the same. D: The voices sort just….. blend together. Maybe I’m spoiled by Ray Porter’s voice acting? 😮
BUT!! The plot! So the main story is very fun! 😀 I really enjoyed the WTF giant monsters. So much variety too. Tons of carnage and very unique sets of weaknesses. I was really entertained by the main story and I was definitely hooked enough to want to read the next book in the series.
Out of Earth is a TON of set up for this series. Do not expect many answers for what is going on. Gotta keep reading the series for that! And I totally plan to do just that. I had too much fun here. 🙂
December 13, 2022
The Kaiju apocalypse begins! This book tells the beginning of a pretty terribly tale. The Yellowstone supervolcano is much more than we may realize. There are things that have slumbered under the earth's surface for who knows how long. This begins with a family including a U.S. Marshall and her mom and son. Add in local prison guards, prisoners and law enforcement to the mix for a full compliment of players. The world changes when creatures begin erupting from some of the highest peaks around and then all hell breaks loose. This installment sets the story with the people involved and gets them moving, all the while trying to avoid the catastrophe to come. But there are much worse things to come, as the next books reveal.
This was just fun to read. My favorite character is a wise talking prisoner by the name of Lowell. He is a hoot. There are also presidential responses that are useless, but gets some highly trained Army and Seal personnel in the area of the disaster. THe roller coaster ride for these people has barely begun, for sure.
Danny
This was just fun to read. My favorite character is a wise talking prisoner by the name of Lowell. He is a hoot. There are also presidential responses that are useless, but gets some highly trained Army and Seal personnel in the area of the disaster. THe roller coaster ride for these people has barely begun, for sure.
Danny
July 9, 2022
I’ve read books with more vulgarity, worse obscenity, and more offensive and unlikeable characters - but I really can’t remember when. I quit the kindle version twice and started the audio book because I want to know about the kaiju but I can’t say much to recommend this. In the end, I didn't even get any kind of answers or even a proper teaser for the next book-just a horror-movie cliffhanger. The whole thing is written in present tense, which makes it really hard to read and only marginally easier to listen to. I regret the time spent on this book and I'll be giving the rest of the series a pass. But I did manage to finish it, and this type of material will appeal to some people - hence two stars instead of one.
October 4, 2022
I finished reading this in two days. I personally did not mind the language used in some sections of the book because I wouldn't expect anything less from some people in the face of, essentially, Kaijupoculypse...as well as some just unhinged and crazy. I thought it was a great Kaiju Military Sci-Fi Novel. I also love that they use the Yellowstone supervolcano and wish it was used more than just two books that I've read. (This one and another kaiju novel)
Obviously, there's somethings that can be improved upon, mainly the human character development.
All and all...I enjoyed this book and can't read the other books in the series.
Obviously, there's somethings that can be improved upon, mainly the human character development.
All and all...I enjoyed this book and can't read the other books in the series.
March 28, 2022
Well-written book, a nice horror, survival sci-fi book where humans are basically unable to do anything to the aggressors. The characters are overall quite good - the two 'bad' guy characters are the best written. The kid is, by far, the most annoying in the whole book. The book loses a full star from me because of the unnecessary usage of the Lord's name in vain and as vulgarities, which in a way is sort of ironic as some of the characters are Christian. There's plenty of action and death, nobody is really safe and the terror is quite real.
August 22, 2023
This was entertaining, but there is a story line that I do not enjoy in the jumble. With everything that happens in this book, the story line that I'm not enjoying doesn't really seem to add anything to what's going on for me. I will be checking out the next installment to see how this story plays out, but I'm hoping the things that bothered me about this one won't amplify as we go forward.
I did listen to the audiobook. The narrator was ok. He made it entertaining enough and kept me interested in what was going on.
I did listen to the audiobook. The narrator was ok. He made it entertaining enough and kept me interested in what was going on.
December 12, 2024
Giant monsters are now our new masters and I welcome our new overlords.
A huge volcano is about to erupt in North America and while the country prepares for the worst a small town is packing up and shipping out the people while a crazed killer is hunting for his son. When the end of the world happens it turns out it's giant monsters, not lava the people have to run from.
I really enjoyed this, and the addition of the side stories during the main monster arc flowed pretty well. Though the "pay off" with the kid's dad was a little underwhelming, overall, it was a good story.
A huge volcano is about to erupt in North America and while the country prepares for the worst a small town is packing up and shipping out the people while a crazed killer is hunting for his son. When the end of the world happens it turns out it's giant monsters, not lava the people have to run from.
I really enjoyed this, and the addition of the side stories during the main monster arc flowed pretty well. Though the "pay off" with the kid's dad was a little underwhelming, overall, it was a good story.
April 27, 2022
Not bad
Got to be honest for awhile I was ready to call it quits ,i was looking for a giant monster book not a drama with a bad guy chasing people.But I'm glad I stayed with it . Turns out it was a pretty darn good story . Loved the suttle humor between charactors .in the end I found myself wishing the book was made into a movie , was very glad I stayed with it and I'm on to the next book in the series
Got to be honest for awhile I was ready to call it quits ,i was looking for a giant monster book not a drama with a bad guy chasing people.But I'm glad I stayed with it . Turns out it was a pretty darn good story . Loved the suttle humor between charactors .in the end I found myself wishing the book was made into a movie , was very glad I stayed with it and I'm on to the next book in the series
May 1, 2022
Hell or Mini-kaiju war either are bad
The story is less then 300 pages was abit of turn-off for me has the shorter the book the less likely it’ll be good quality. Then gpcame my surprise has got hook into the mystery an realism of chacther interaction and real world action to a monster apocalypse do the all the chacther’s reach a the same location was abit odd likability but it had logic to it that was really understand for and what it sets for the sequel.
The story is less then 300 pages was abit of turn-off for me has the shorter the book the less likely it’ll be good quality. Then gpcame my surprise has got hook into the mystery an realism of chacther interaction and real world action to a monster apocalypse do the all the chacther’s reach a the same location was abit odd likability but it had logic to it that was really understand for and what it sets for the sequel.
May 11, 2022
Gruesome at times, but a fun monster book that exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations. I hated Lu though. Why are female characters so often written as stubborn bleeding-hearts that act irrationally? (Though Lu wasn’t as bad as most by that metric. But she gets the added characteristic of being physically violent with the men around her, which I’m never a fan of. It’s not okay to hit people, even if you are a woman.)
August 8, 2023
I really enjoyed Jake's book series Z-burbia. The characters and situations were well developed. It even had some corny humor thrown in. So I was really disappointed with this book. I really did not like any of the characters. It seemed that they annoyed me more than anything. Really, I didn't care about anyone. I won't read read the next book in the series, as I can happily think they all die in the end!
June 5, 2022
I hate it when a book leaves me in a place. This one does and unfortunately I don't feel attached enough to any of the characters to be that upset. It wasn't that they were all unlikable, although many were, I just never connected with them. I do love a good monster tale and Yellowstone has always frightened me, so this was a clever and unique premise.
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December 22, 2022
A worth while book to read.
You are taken on a journey you will not believe is happening to people or the country. Yellow stone park has a volcano and it is erupting and and everyone is in trouble trying to survive. The author did a good job with the book , I am hoping book 2 is as good.
You are taken on a journey you will not believe is happening to people or the country. Yellow stone park has a volcano and it is erupting and and everyone is in trouble trying to survive. The author did a good job with the book , I am hoping book 2 is as good.
March 26, 2022
adrenaline fuelled reading
It was impossible to put this story down, right from the first page. And it got faster, scarier and stronger. There was no stopping for me until I reached the end of this part of the “ashpocalypse”. Absolutely brilliant!
It was impossible to put this story down, right from the first page. And it got faster, scarier and stronger. There was no stopping for me until I reached the end of this part of the “ashpocalypse”. Absolutely brilliant!
March 26, 2022
One of the worst books I have ever read
One of the worst books I have ever read even though I didn't read past the third chapter because the language was so vulgar. I skipped toward
One of the worst books I have ever read even though I didn't read past the third chapter because the language was so vulgar. I skipped toward
March 29, 2022
It was an engaging book. The characters were well written and I cared about what happened to them. It's hard to describe monsters, though - I had a hard time picturing in my head what they looked like.
March 29, 2022
Another Bible classic
Nonstop action! The 1st scifi Novel that I've read that uses the Yellowstone fault As a backdrop for the story. I'm proud to call myself a friend of Jake's. A great Amazon writer
Nonstop action! The 1st scifi Novel that I've read that uses the Yellowstone fault As a backdrop for the story. I'm proud to call myself a friend of Jake's. A great Amazon writer
May 4, 2022
Interesting start to a Kaiju series
This was an interesting start to a kaiju series. The characters were interesting, there was a lot of action, and even giant monsters. What is not to like.
This was an interesting start to a kaiju series. The characters were interesting, there was a lot of action, and even giant monsters. What is not to like.
May 30, 2022
Solid monster story
Glad to see the author finally decided to finish this series. It's a really good story will plenty of characters and action. Lowell is crazy but awesome. This would be a great streaming series
Glad to see the author finally decided to finish this series. It's a really good story will plenty of characters and action. Lowell is crazy but awesome. This would be a great streaming series
October 31, 2022
Terrifying Story
Wow just wow. A page turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the end. Just when you think the monsters are defeated we find out that they aren’t quite yet done with.
Wow just wow. A page turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the end. Just when you think the monsters are defeated we find out that they aren’t quite yet done with.
December 18, 2022
Good book
I liked this, then I wasn't sure, but as the story went on I decided it was well worth the read. There are bits which made me think this is daft, but I'm glad I persevered. Give it a go
I liked this, then I wasn't sure, but as the story went on I decided it was well worth the read. There are bits which made me think this is daft, but I'm glad I persevered. Give it a go
March 2, 2024
A good start
This was one that I had for a while, and it didn't disappoint as we see a new threat to the Earth outside the usual sci-fi with typical quality from Bible. Loved the characters, and of course, we got an interesting scenario to explore.
This was one that I had for a while, and it didn't disappoint as we see a new threat to the Earth outside the usual sci-fi with typical quality from Bible. Loved the characters, and of course, we got an interesting scenario to explore.
February 6, 2025
A pretty good start to a series that I think I'll finish out. Never been a huge kaiju story fan but I'm liking the direction that this story is going and it definitely has a lot of twists and turns.
April 1, 2022
I read this before titled Kaiju Winter. I enjoyed the book when I read it before and scope of the monster and story.
April 5, 2022
Wow wow wow
Not believable, but really entertaining. Hope next one is even more enteraining!!!!!!! Author has an amazing imagination to say the least!!!!
Not believable, but really entertaining. Hope next one is even more enteraining!!!!!!! Author has an amazing imagination to say the least!!!!
April 18, 2022
Good read
I enjoyed reading book one. I look forward to book two and continue with the storyline. The guessing will need to continue.
I enjoyed reading book one. I look forward to book two and continue with the storyline. The guessing will need to continue.
May 5, 2022
Good story
Fast paced, action from the start! Sci Fi aspects original and surprising. Characters are actually really well written, take a stake in the story.
Fast paced, action from the start! Sci Fi aspects original and surprising. Characters are actually really well written, take a stake in the story.
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