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Steve Stred
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Seventeen years ago, Tyler Barton was born in the Rocky Mountains, while his parents were on a hike.
On that day, his mother disappeared, never to be seen again.
Now, history repeats itself.
On the 17th anniversary of her disappearance, Tyler’s father is flying home when the plane he’s on disappears - in the same area where his mother was last seen.
Undeterred by officials, Tyler decides to hike into the area in search of his father, hoping to find him alive and bring him back to safety.
But there’s a reason that area is prohibited to enter and even though Tyler doesn’t care, he’ll soon find out that the wilderness can hide some of the deepest, darkest fears known to man.
From the author of Incarnate, The Window In the Ground, and Ritual, comes a new novel that’ll make you rethink your Summer hiking trip.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Haunted Forest Tour! Sit back, and enjoy a smooth ride in air-conditioned comfort as your heavily armored tram takes you through nature's most astonishing creation. The forest is packed to capacity with dangerous and terrifying creatures of all shapes, sizes, and hunger levels, and you'll get to observe these wonders in complete safety.
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Critic reviews
"An old-school creature thriller told with crisp pacing and kick-ass set pieces, Steve Stred's Mastodon is a monster-in-the-woods tale with some choice surprises and plenty of rampaging fun." (Andrew Pyper, author of The Residence, The Damned, and The Demonologist)
“Steve Stred's Mastodon reads like a cross between Gary Paulson's Hatchet and Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach Trilogy: A big-hearted adventure yarn with a dark and compelling mystery at its core.” (Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters)
“Mysterious. Gripping. High-octane. Mastodon is not the typical creature feature.” (Eddie Generous, author of Rawr and Behemoth Risen)
Lovers of H G Wells will 99.9 percent enjoy this story. The Narrator Shep Pryor voice reminded me of a Matter of Fact Military experience from the very start.
The protagonist is on a quest to find his father and possibly his mother as well or at least learn what has become of his parents. The journey is frightening and painful.
Science Fiction
Canada
Instinct and Skills
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Crazy Creepy Fun
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Fun and exciting creature feature!
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Had a lot of potential
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the world building
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Love this Author and Narrator
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I paid cash for this… DARN RIGHT I’m going to finish!!
Unfortunately for me it did not get better and I think I know why; It’s not the story that I took issue with, but rather the narration. For me it simply wasn’t engaging. It just seemed too lackadaisical. Lacking anything close to emotion. The narrators tone was tired and lazy. Not even trying to kick it up and change it when speaking to multiple characters. I was often confused and bored. Finding myself totally zoned out I was more than once having to go back and re-listen.
Perhaps it would have been a better experience for me if I’d read the physical media myself. But as of this moment in time I have too much on my shelves to consider giving him a second go around. Maybe at some point in the future. 3 ⭐️ for story bc I love a good cryptid and there are some awesome hybrids going on in here. But in this reader’s opinion the story could use some polishing and the audio needs a redo.
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Listener received this title free
Looking forward to reading more from this author!
Well-written creature feature
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Solid creature feature
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All I can really say about it is... it's something to listen to? I recommend it as an "in-between" book from the last good one you listened to and before the next one you think will be good. After listening to this you'll likely appreciate the next book more.
The narration is meh. No real effort is made to convey character emotions or their headspace. The audio quality sounds like someone was paid to record it in a basement and some other guy at a local book store looking to make a quick $100 for reading this in parts, which are very obvious with the audio quality.
I didn't care for it that much. Again, it was to listen to but that's about the only redeeming quality it has. Everything about it is pretty subpar in comparison to what I generally listen to. Maybe I have unreasonable standards, I don't know. Take my review as it is, just my $.02 worth of pulpy horror story opinions.
Okay but disappointing
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