β Scribed by James Robert Smith
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A remote Florida swamp has been targeted for theme-park development, and the swamp s inhabitants are none too happy. It doesn t help that the residents are a colony of intelligent, prehistoric, dinosaur-like birds. This flock of beasts, relying on stealth, cunning, and killer instinct survived the mass extinction that killed off the dinosaurs, and have been living in secret, just outside our civilized world. The developers hire mercenaries to exterminate the flock, and a billionaire rogue environmentalist has his own plans for these rare, predatory creatures. A naΓ―ve young Fish and Wildlife officer caught between these two incredibly powerful forces may find out the hard way that man is the most dangerous predator of them all.... THE FLOCK is a contemporary eco-thriller about what can happen when man violates nature, and nature fights back.
"Smith maps out a complex living environment that makes the flock's continued existence almost believable and depicts human characters who match the killer birds in adaptability." --"Publishers Weekly""
""This book has everything a crypto fan could want; prehistoric beasts with near human intelligence; a large corporate entity intent on turning the last wild areas of Florida into suburbia; a self made billionaire ecologist intent on preserving these same areas; and a retired Marine colonel with his own militia and a desire for mayhem. Smith does a wonderful job of brewing these disparate ingredients into a tasty story. And the fact that the hero is not much of a hero leaves a pleasant after taste on the palate."--Cryptozoology.com
"I read a lot of fiction, little of it sticking to the mental ribs, but The Flock delivered and will be one of those I revisit down the road, for sure. Give it a read, you won't be sorry!"--Steve Bissette
Library : Science Fiction
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780765328014
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