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The Cryptid Chronicles: Here Be Monsters
A knock on the door that changed everything.
Up until that moment, they were typical 20-year-old college students. Aiden and Adelaide Enfield had grown up reading the legends of creatures and of cryptid lore in their father's library. When Fynch Enfield was home in between his crypto-zoology research trips, he would regale them with these wonderful, though sometimes frightening, stories. Never in a million years did they expect to be taking over his work, because they never allowed themselves to think that he could ever be gone. But now he was inexplicably dead. And in his will, he asked them to carry on his work.
Where will this journey take them and how will it end?
Up until that moment, they were typical 20-year-old college students. Aiden and Adelaide Enfield had grown up reading the legends of creatures and of cryptid lore in their father's library. When Fynch Enfield was home in between his crypto-zoology research trips, he would regale them with these wonderful, though sometimes frightening, stories. Never in a million years did they expect to be taking over his work, because they never allowed themselves to think that he could ever be gone. But now he was inexplicably dead. And in his will, he asked them to carry on his work.
Where will this journey take them and how will it end?
561 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2022
3 people want to read
About the author
Mark R. Klinger
6 books5 followersMark has been writing since an early age. From middle school on, he found his passion for the written word. He started imagining people who's backstories later became the basis for many of the characters that appear in his works. Though works of fiction, many readers familiar with Northeast Ohio, may be able to recognize the inspiration for many of the locations in Mark's works.
With the publication of his debut novel, Opportunity, Mark is excited about the many other novels he's working on, all at different stages of development - seventeen at present, but who's counting.
Mark has since left Ohio, settling with his husband in Philadelphia, where they reside with their dog and two cats. Mark can be followed on Facebook and Instagram.
With the publication of his debut novel, Opportunity, Mark is excited about the many other novels he's working on, all at different stages of development - seventeen at present, but who's counting.
Mark has since left Ohio, settling with his husband in Philadelphia, where they reside with their dog and two cats. Mark can be followed on Facebook and Instagram.
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February 18, 2025
What a Rollercoaster of adventures this book was.
The characters were amazing. I loved getting to know the twins and their friends/family.
The storyline was incredible and kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. And that ending pulled at my heartstrings. This book is full of lots of adventures and scary moments but I was completely enchanted by the story. I felt as if I was part of the story which made it that much more entertaining. I enjoyed this read very much and I highly recommend it.
The characters were amazing. I loved getting to know the twins and their friends/family.
The storyline was incredible and kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. And that ending pulled at my heartstrings. This book is full of lots of adventures and scary moments but I was completely enchanted by the story. I felt as if I was part of the story which made it that much more entertaining. I enjoyed this read very much and I highly recommend it.
November 29, 2024
odd characters and poor editing
The very first scene is an incest-vibey exchange between the twins focusing on the young man’s …. I take it the author either had no siblings or just chose to make the relationship between the twins as unnecessarily gross and uncomfortable with out adding any story value.
The descriptions, dialogue and literal redundancies that are annoying and unbelievable could have been avoided pre-publication with proper editing. Having to read a sentence that is structurally odd that contains sophomoric descriptions and hard to believe actions was just a bridge too far for me - too bad, because I found the premise interesting in a sort of ‘Indiana Jones” way.
The very first scene is an incest-vibey exchange between the twins focusing on the young man’s …. I take it the author either had no siblings or just chose to make the relationship between the twins as unnecessarily gross and uncomfortable with out adding any story value.
The descriptions, dialogue and literal redundancies that are annoying and unbelievable could have been avoided pre-publication with proper editing. Having to read a sentence that is structurally odd that contains sophomoric descriptions and hard to believe actions was just a bridge too far for me - too bad, because I found the premise interesting in a sort of ‘Indiana Jones” way.
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