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READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
While matching wits
and blows with a crew of Germans aboard a WWI U-33 submarine, Bowen
Tyler, his loyal dog, Nobs, the stunning Lys, and a group of tough
Brits, become hopelessly lost on the Pacific thanks to an act of
sabotage. But soon after land is sighted all hope is crushed. Long lost
to the outside world, the land they have discovered—Caspak—teems with
prehistoric monsters, and men of every epoch...and they’re hungry.
THE
PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT
Tom Billings, close
friend to Bowen Tyler, sets out on a rescue mission. Having found
Tyler’s bottled note floating in the ocean, Billings is familiar with
the dangers of Caspak, but knowledge and experience are not the same.
Billings quickly finds himself alone in the land of dinosaurs and
ape-men, on the run and accompanied by a beautiful Caspak native—Ajor.
OUT
OF TIME’S ABYSS
Bradley, one of the
surviving Brits from Bowen Tyler’s crew sets off into the interior of
Caspak in search of Billings and a way home to England. He cuts a path
through the sinewy jungle and emerges at the heart of Caspak, where he
uncovers the horrible secret—a race of hideous creatures that beyond
scientific classification...beyond all imagining.
THE
PERFECT CLASSIC FOR READERS INTERESTED IN...
EVOLUTION - DINOSAURS - WORLD WAR
ONE - PALEONTOLOGY CRYPTOZOOLOGY - PRIMITIVE MAN - ROMANCE - ADVENTURE -
METAMORPHOSIS - ANTHROPOLOGY
This
Special Edition Includes:
• Foreword by bestselling author, Jeremy
Robinson
• Book Group Discussion Questions
• Breakneck Books Map Challenge
•Complete and Unabridged Text From All Three Books in the Series!
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS along with Jules Verne (The Mysterious
Island and Journey to the Center of the Earth) and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle (The Lost World) is one of the founding fathers of lost
world/forgotten civilization fiction. With novels like The Land that
Time Forgot and Beyond Thirty, he took readers of the early 1900s on
amazing adventures, the likes of which had not been told since,
perhaps, Homer penned the Iliad and Odyssey.
In The Land that Time Forgot and the two follow up tales, The People
that Time Forgot and Out of Time’s Abyss, the reader is taken to a
land, not far from Antarctica, named Caspak. This long lost realm,
hidden in a deep valley sheltered from the Antarctic chill is home
to the most peculiar menagerie of creatures. From prehistory, to the
last ice age, to present day—each and every stage of evolution is
presented, not as scientific oddities, but as real and dangerous
predators and prey. It is a perilous land and our heroes, Tyler,
Billings and Bradley are placed in harm’s way so often that they
become almost numb to the danger, whilst never ceasing to fight for
their lives.|
While the story* moves at a lightning pace and features chase
scenes, battles with ape-men and prehistoric monsters and more than
one romantic tryst, the utter care and diligent thought that went
into the development of Caspak is obvious. It’s no wonder that so
many modern novels have been inspired by Burroughs's tales.
*Note: When I mention “the story” I am referring to all three books
in one, as they were originally presented to readers, and are once
again in this unique edition.
A quick trip to any bookstore will confirm Burroughs's influence on
modern fiction, but by way of example, consider these recently
published novels:
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Subterranean by James Rollins
Excavation by James Rollins
Amazonia by James Rollins
Decipher by Stel Pavlou
Atlantis by David Gibbons
Raising Atlantis by Thomas Greanias
Temple by Matthew Reilly
The Codex by Douglas Preston
Domain by Steve Alten
And those are just the books in my private collection! My own novel,
Antarktos Rising, which features a lost civilization,
dinosaurs and mighty winged warriors is clearly inspired by
Burroughs's creations. Not only did he pen a wild and awe inspiring
story of a forgotten world and it’s people, but he created a
timeless source of inspiration for the generations of writers that
followed in his footsteps. For that, myself and all the authors
listed above owe him our gratitude. He blazed the trail we so freely
walk in, so I say, “Thank you, Mr. Burroughs.”
-- Jeremy Robinson, author of The Didymus Contingency, Raising
the Past and Antarktos Rising
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