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Overview
Ten years ago, the prehistoric past collided with the present as time itself underwent a tremendous disruption, transporting huge swaths of the Cretaceous Period into the world of the twentieth century. Entire neighborhoods and cities were replaced by dense primeval jungles and modern humanity suddenly found itself sharing the earth with fierce dinosaurs. In the end, desperate measures were taken to halt the disruptions and the crisis appeared to be over.
Until now.
Slowly at first, but with increasing frequency, time begins to unravel once more. What’s worse, Nick Paulson, Director of the newly-formed Office of Security Science, discovers that the time displacements are being manipulated by unknown parties, utilizing a mysterious new technology. Indeed, the very integrity of the space-time continuum appears to be at risk.
To preserve both the future and the past, Nick and his allies must uncover the secrets hidden within in a lost temple at the center of a dino-infested jungle–and in an enigmatic structure on the surface of the moon. But they are not alone in their quest. A cult of ruthless fanatics is also intent on controlling the time waves, and they will stop at nothing to reshape history to their own design . . . .
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Editorials
Publishers Weekly
The action-packed but formulaic sequel to David's time-travel novel Footprints of Thunder (1996) once again races through rifts in the space-time continuum, which in the earlier novel deposited dinosaurs in the modern world and swallowed entire contemporary cities. Now, engineer and rabid environmentalist Vince Walters, with the help of his followers, hopes to return the world to a Garden of Eden via newly created black holes. It's up to Nick Paulson, the director of the Office of Security Science, to stop Walters and prevent further chaos. The key seems to lie in three rectangular anomalies-one in a crater on the moon, another in Alaska and the third in the Yucat n Peninsula. While Paulson and his colleagues rush against (and through) time to discover the anomalies' secrets, David keeps up a frenetic pace with rampaging dinosaurs, shootouts, missing nuclear weapons and human sacrifices. As the climax approaches, Nick "must rescue the girl, find the bomb, and save the world." Other characters worry about the traditional paradoxes of time travel: "`What if I meet myself?'" one asks. The answer to that and similar questions is lost in the nonstop action of this derivative science fiction thriller. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.KLIATT -
Finally, here's the explanation all those who liked Footprints of Thunder have been awaiting! Once again there are lots of subplots, but David seems to like that as well as setting/story line jumping. This explains why the time quilts occurred—they were caused by large nuclear explosions. The plot follows different teams of experts to places as varied as Alaska, the Yucatan, and the moon to pyramid structures, which may be key in remedying the increasing number of time quilt "warps" that allow dinosaurs (and their habitats) to "drop" into the current time line. It's not necessary to read the first book to enjoy this installment. But, this will require a more sophisticated reader because of the myriad characters, time and plot shifts; it will be worth the time, especially for closet dinosaur aficionados. Reviewer: Sherry HoyKirkus Reviews
The dinosaurs are coming, the dinosaurs are coming-and so is the kitchen sink. Though somewhat more restrained than the author's previous work (Ship of the Damned, 2000, etc.), this sequel to 1995's Footprints of Thunder won't dislodge David from a favored place among the poster boys of run-away plotting. Set in the present, the near future, the distant past and the way distant past, this is a cornucopia of the convoluted. Ten years after the mysterious and terrifying "time quilts" began appearing in the U.S., overlaying and obliterating cities such as Atlanta, Portland, Oregon and others, and replacing them with forests primeval (think Jurassic Park), things have settled down. People are coping. Dinosaurs still chomp, of course, but this mostly affects the foolishly unwary. Now, however, to certain experienced space-time continuum watchers, the status quo seems imperiled. "Chaos was coming, and it was coming soon," if you asked Nick Paulson, Director of the Office of Security Science and his like-minded colleagues. Enter Vince Walters, closet zealot. In one guise, he's assistant director of a respectable research center; in another, a die-hard eco-terrorist. Dr. Walters is bent on destroying a civilization grown irredeemably corrupt. He then plans a redesign, envisioning a society more closely attuned to the worship of a godlike him. So the game's afoot. In effect, it's a struggle between good and evil, though as the plot twists and turns, thematic and narrative clarity are sacrificed. Pity the beset heroine, for instance, who, sharing her confusion with the reader at one head-scratching point, plaintively wonders: "How could she kill herself and still exist?"Two-thirds of a pretty goodadventure story, but the rest will wear you out.From the Publisher
"Fasten your seatbelts. You're in for a bumpy and scary ride when Jurassic Park enters the Twilight Zone."—San Franciso Examiner on Footprints of Thunder"[A] suspenseful, fantastic first novel."—Library Journal on Footprints of Thunder"Footprints of Thunder kept me up past dawn, red-eyed and riveted. A true roller coaster of a read." —Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Brimstone
"A classic end-of-the-world novel in the tradition of Lucifer's Hammer—an utterly original vision of the apocalypse." —Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Tyrannosaur Canyon on Footprints of Thunder
"Riveting, nonstop action."—Booklist on Footprints of Thunder
Book Details
Published
April 4, 2006
Publisher
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Pages
400
ISBN
9781429911221