It’s been a month since I last posted a message in the Blog, so I thought I should put something in just to keep it alive. Unfortunately, with the end of the year, things slowed down a bit, and there really wasn’t much news. “The Day The Earth Stood Still” was released at the theaters, and so far all I’ve heard is negative feed back on it, so it looks like Hollywood goofed again. There’s not even the famous “Gort, Klaatu, Barada Nickto” line in the movie anywhere!
However, on the bright side, Altus Press has several of my books in preparation for early release. And to make them more interesting, Will Murray will be joining me in some of the research again, so 2009 looks to be a good year!
Meantime, over at NTD, I’ve had some good success with several of my books Barbara Custer published in 2008. So I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to Post a Review we got on one of those books. Keeping in mind, the Reviewer is from a romance group, and my novels are more action/adventure, we still received a 4-Cup Rating; a 5-Cup Rating would require steamy sex scenes, so the best I could hope for was what I received. The book can be ordered from NTD’s website, or through Amazon.
Hopefully, I’ll have more to talk about next time. I hope 2009 will be a good year for all of us!
Tom
Reviews for Pangaea
Rating: 4 Cups
Colonel Evelyn Peterson is ready for the commission of a lifetime. Her career is a testament to years of hard work and dedication, and the trip to Mars is just one more feather in her cap. She will be among the first to build a living community on an alien planet.
Major Adam Cooper is second in command to the Colonel. His respect and admiration for her is absolute, and if he drives her a little nuts, it just keeps her on her toes. He would give his life for his crew mates, and there is no question in his mind that the Colonel would do the same.
Colonel Peterson and her crew set off on an adventure like no other. They are to set up a bio-dome on Mars, and start a terra forming project. However the mission quickly becomes one of survival on a planet so alien that it barely resembles Earth. The ship and its crew are swept back in time to the Permian Period of the Paleozoic Era; which is approximately 250 million years in the past. Colonel Peterson and Major Cooper along with their five crew mates fight for their lives against a primordial planet and its inhabitants. Humans may be the highest on the evolutionary ladder, but nature has a way of evening out the playing field. Does the crew have any hope of survival? Or will they become just another species to fall victim to the great extinction?
This story has such a fascinating concept, I was enthralled from the very beginning. If you are at all interested in prehistoric Earth, this is a fantastic fictional read. Mr. Johnson gives life to prehistoric Earth with amazing detail. His descriptions of plant and animal life, as well as the geographical layout makes the story come to life for the reader. From the scorching desert to the steaming swamps each page is loaded with an eye for detail. The characters are also fully developed, and have a great diversity of personality. I fully enjoyed this story, and hope that Mr. Johnson has many more to come.
Lototy
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