Pangaea: Exiles

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Pangaea: Exiles

Jeff Brackett

16 November 2017

Sci-Fi | Dystopian

224 Pages

My Rating ~ 5 bites

2149 A.D. ~ Sean Barrow has had a couple of horrible breaks, but the way he deals with them lands him in front of a judge. Sentenced to a temporal exile for the crimes he committed, Sean ends up 200 million years back in time. The portal spits him out into a world different than he imagined, but it’s still a matter of survival. Not just against the dinosaurs of this era, but the criminals who have been sent here before him.

By looking at the cover you’d think this is a book about dinosaurs. A dinosaur book. Maybe even dino monster porn which I have been known to read on occasion. While dinosaurs do play a part of the story, they’re really just characters along with everyone else. No monster porn at all. Though I had to laugh at the oblique reference to monster porn at one point. Hehe No. The real story is about survival. Imagine the wild west with dinosaurs. And food that isn’t even around yet. Like vegetables. Or fruits. Or grains. Or chocolate. The horror! And it’s about Sean. What kind of man he was, what kind he is, and what he’s about to become.

I have yet to read a book by Jeff Brackett that didn’t suck me into the story and not let me go. From the beginning of this tale where we meet Sean until the end, it’s go, go, go. The action and dialogue are fantastic. The tension? Holy shit! The tension just about kills me. The uncertainty of what will happen and when is enough to drive any reader wild with anxiety. And there are several instances of this kind of tension interspersed with stuff that’s blood pressure lowering to give the reader a break. I was enthralled from beginning to end. That is all.