Hey Anemic Oak, thanks for the call out!
I wrote
The Dinosaur Four because I thought there weren't enough dinosaur thrillers like
Jurassic Park out there, and it's the sort of thing I wanted to read.
It might be helpful to point out ways that
The Dinosaur Four is *different* from
Jurassic Park. There isn't much discussion of science or philosophy. The focus is more on human interactions in the face of a crisis and the characters are all everyday folks. There aren't any paleontologists or billionaires (or kids). In some ways,
The Dinosaur Four was inspired more by
The Mist and
Alien than by
Jurassic Park.
But it is a dinosaur thriller first and foremost, with "oohs and aahs" at the start, followed quickly by running and screaming.
Also, the "veggie-sauruses" are just as dangerous as the carnivores and all of the dinosaurs have feathers. At any rate, if it sounds interesting, I'd love to hear what you think of it. And you can download it for free if you have Amazon Prime or Kindle Unlimited.
A couple of other books I recommend are
The Martian by Andy Weir and the
Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch. Both are fantastic reads.
The Martian - There aren't any monsters in this one, but it's a great adventure & survival story. It's a lot like
Gravity or
Apollo 13.
Pines - This one does have monsters. It feels like a mix of
Twin Peaks, The Fugitive, and
The Twilight Zone.
Best,
Geoff