The Wyvern in the Wilderlands is the story of a modern-day man being thrown into a prehistoric world of dinosaurs and attempting to survive. Full of intense action, this book is one you won’t regret reading.
Riley and Gliath are monster hunters and part of Reality Rifters. When the Jason Leaper that is their leader dies, another one is chosen to take his place.
The Jason Leaper that has been chosen to be their new leader is a guy with a bad leg addicted to YouTube videos. His life has basically been on hold for fifteen years. One day, he returns home and finds a strange crystal on his porch. He starts carrying it with him, but he doesn’t realize what this crystal is or the power that it holds. He’s about to find out the hard way.
Unknown to him, he is only one of the Jason Leapers scattered throughout the different realities. Without warning, he is ripped out of his world with all of its conveniences and thrown into a prehistoric reality. It’s a good thing that he had prepared for a long walk since this one is about to become way longer than he intended.
When he “falls” through a portal, he wakes up in a cave that is filled with bones. His cell phone and does him no good now. When I was a little girl, Land of the Lost was one of the shows I watched. The lost world of prehistoric creatures the Marshall family finds themselves in is nothing compared to the world that Jason Leaper is thrown into.
This dinosaurs in this world only want to eat him before the cannibals or the spiders do. His search for food and water—once he runs out of what he has with him in his CamelBak—and fighting for his life turn him into a fighting machine determined to survive. And survive he does. I doubt I would have lasted more than thirty seconds in such a hostile world.
His descriptions of all the dinosaurs and other creatures he encounters creates vivid pictures of them in the reader’s mind that are made more realistic by the descriptions of the sounds and smells, not all of them good, in this other reality.
Jason feels like he has been thrown into Jurassic Park after the park’s fences have failed, but the story doesn’t stop at the end of the workday. Plants are the size of men, and the bugs are ginormous. The dinosaurs come in all sizes. To his horror, he discovers that no matter how small the dinosaur is and no matter how much like a chicken it looks, its only desire is to kill and eat him. And their beaks are filled with tiny razor-sharp teeth to eat him with. On top of this, a monstrous spider as well as the cannibals are after him.
Strange and terrifying creatures are present in this universe that never existed on his earth, not even when it was in its primitive state.
When Riley and Gliath realize what has happened to this Jason Leaper—possibly their new boss—they do everything they can to find him and pull him out of whatever world he is on. Will they succeed in rescuing him?
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you would like your own copy to read and enjoy, I’ve provided an Amazon link for you below.
Amazon Link: The Wyvern in the Wilderlands: Monster Hunting for Fun and Profit, Book 1
Favorite Sentences:
His boss’s warped and half-crystallized body was bathed in dangerous shades of violet, green, and orange.
Crashing into the ground at Jason’s feet, the creature let out a sick chattering sound, drawing its many legs in close to its body as its momentum dragged it through the snow and mud.
Feeling a dizzy spell clawing at him like shadows trying to pull him to the ground, Jason turned away from the cannibal scene.
Eating a raw dinosaur fetus was beyond disgusting—he couldn’t believe he’d done it.
The dark monster looked around with eyes like an eagle’s and that goofy carnivore overbite that only made the creature all the more terrifying.
New Words Learned:
bandoleer – a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges.
draconic – of or like a dragon
fractal – A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop.
https://fractalfoundation.org/resources/what-are-fractals
gout – a mass or aggregate especially of something fluid often gushing or bursting forth
ichor – an acrid, watery discharge, as from an ulcer or wound
paladin – any determined advocate or defender of a noble cause.
paracord – a lightweight, nylon rope, originally used for the suspension lines of parachutes
pedipalp – either of the second pair of appendages of various arthropods (such as an arachnid or horseshoe crab) that lie on each side of the mouth and often perform a specialized function (such as grasping or feeling)
piezoelectric – of, relating to, marked by, or functioning by means of electricity or electric polarity due to pressure especially in a crystalline substance (such as quartz)
prismatic – spectral in color; brilliant
wyvern – a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail
About the Author:
Eddie writes cosmic horror, grim sci-fi, and dark fantasy. His books are full of adventure, guns, monsters, and weird places. When not writing, Eddie either is playing with firearms, swords and other pointy things, or enjoying craft beer, a good smoke, and maybe some scotch. He might also be fighting zombies or contemplating other dimensions.
Born in south Louisiana, Eddie Patin has lived in Colorado for most of his life with a short stint in Vegas as a professional poker player—back before it was cool. He’s a musician and an artist. He has also worked as a marketing consultant and graphic designer. Most of his books are gritty and a fast-paced blend of 60% science fiction and 40% fantasy with a dark, swirling tinge of terror and the bizarre sh** that the tiny human mind cannot fully comprehend.
