Sam Brodie works for the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and hunts illegal poachers. She is excellent at her job, although, she is often mistaken for being a man, having the first name of Sam (her Dad wanted a boy).
Things take a turn for the unusual though, when she receives a call to attend what is apparently a ‘Saber-tooth Tiger’ lose in Yellowstone National Park. She meets another Warden at the park, Murphy Barnes, and together, they come across a large cat, that at first appearance, does appear to be a Saber-tooth Tiger. However, when they go to stop the big cat, they are attacked by a team of ruthless hunters who don’t want to leave any witnesses.
Sam finds herself drawn into a new investigation, one in which someone is cloning creatures from the past to create ‘extreme’ hunting experiences and other experiences for those that have a lot of money. She and Barnes, who is not actually a Warden, but belongs to a specialist Task Force, must find who is behind this before people not only get hurt or killed, but before these animals make it out into the wild and damage the world’s ecological balance.
But as Sam and the team investigate, they find that this is not the only insidious thing that is going on, and that there are far darker things unfolding behind the scenes. With limited resources, and limited time, Sam and this new Task Force she has been tied to, must uncover multiple plots that not only risk damaging the world’s ecological balance, but could ultimately destroy it and humanity in the process.
This is an absolute thrill ride of a story, one in which once you start reading, you just can’t put it down. There are multiple compelling storyline lines that all interweave together as the story unfolds. We follow Sam as she tries to catch a Saber-tooth Tiger, with terrifying action scenes, before moving to laboratories to follow one of the science teams working on how to create various creatures from the Jurassic era for a better hunt, and being pushed to develop something that is a crossbreed to make it meaner. There are aspects of Jurassic Park in this book, tied with the intrigue of a Michael Crichton or Matthew Reilly novel, that captivating, fast-paced intellectual thriller.
Aukes ties this all together with her characteristic brilliant character writing, Sam Brodie is engaging and riveting as the Warden, used to tracking down poachers in the Yellowstone National park, but suddenly finds herself face to face with what appears to be an extinct predator from the Ice Age. We find this determined Woman, who for two decades has protected her parks against poachers and learned a lot of valuable skills. Now she is faced with a much larger (literally) threat(s), and has to put all of those skills to use chasing people far beyond the scope of mere poachers. But she has help, from the very likeable, and capable Murphy Barnes, who works for WASP, The Wilderness and Animal Special Protection Task Force. Barnes is a great character in that he has a good sense of humour and just lightens Brodie’s intense character a bit. There are multiple other great characters within WASP, but I don’t want to give away spoilers.
If you love a great action-adventure thriller, one that has some heart-pounding action scenes involving predators that haven’t been seen on earth in thousands of years, then this is a must read. More than that though, this is an intelligent thriller, with a good streak of intrigue and mystery as the main characters try to uncover a multi-faceted threat against not just the animals and ecological environment, but humanity itself. This is going to be one of those thrillers everyone is talking about – one of the must reads of 2024!!!
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That was a splendid adventure!
Reviewed in Germany on February 28, 2024
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Good reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2024
