Terrence Zavecz · Crucible Universe

Forge of a Species

Book II — The Crucible Series

Description

The Endeavor Expedition — a colony and a starport among the dinosaurs.

Year 2056 AD

Mark Nolen, son of the famous Dr. Phillip Nolen, has made billions by founding a company to mine the waters of Jupiter's moon Europa. Secretly, Mark's people continue their forbidden research into both interstellar and time travel but the International Space Agency has become suspicious.

Nolen decides to move their research and begin the construction of an Interstellar Port back on Earth — but not the Earth they know. They set off to travel far back in time but an incident forces them to emerge from the timeslip at the worst possible point: the final days of the Cretaceous Era.

Even so, there is hope. This undertaking will be different from the military venture of his father's Argos Expedition. After all, these are scientists, engineers, skilled workers, families — 322 men, women and children.

They set up operations on a peninsula jutting out into the ocean in what someday will be West Texas. This time they are prepared and the climate is friendlier. They know what to expect and how to handle a world of fierce theropod dinosaurs. After all, how much different from his father's experience could the world in this latter timeframe be?

The colonists quickly discover life is even more abundant, beautiful, larger, and savage than expected. It is also the time of the ultimate predator — Tyrannosaurus rex — and like everything else this beast is much more than they anticipated.

Book details

Series Crucible Universe — Book II
Publisher Independently published
Page count 334
Publication date 2016
Format eBook · paperback · audiobook
Audiobook Amazon
Shared universe Crucible Universe lore
ISBN-13 978-1537704906
ASIN B01MEDBEH4

Praise

Reader comments

Volume 1 and Volume 2 were awesome — just enough to make them believable in the realm of science fiction. The idea of human descendants from almost 100 million years ago brings enough possibilities to make a hundred different movies, or a fifty-book series.

Everardo Miramontes — 5.0 out of 5 stars, Amazon review, September 23, 2019

Great addition to the series. Can't wait for the third installment! Buy it — you'll love it!

Susan Inloes — 5.0 out of 5 stars, Amazon review, February 12, 2018

Forge of a Species is a great Sci-Fi adventure that takes the reader on a plausible trip back in time. The author paints verbal pictures that let you see, feel, hear and smell what the characters experience — backed up by real scientific data. I found it hard to put down.

Anton Dotschkal — 5.0 out of 5 stars, Amazon review, November 16, 2016

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