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Primeval: An Event Group Thriller [Mass Market Paperback]

David L. Golemon
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Praise for David L. Golemon and the Event Group series

“Golemon combines his typical action-adventure fare with more thriller elements this time, and he focuses more on the personal stakes of his characters. …Golemon knows how to make readers turn the pages, and Primeval will only further enhance his reputation.”—Booklist

“Fans of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea will enjoy Golemon’s recasting of the Jules Verne novel.”—Publishers Weekly on Leviathan

“Golemon’s third novel in the Event Group series proves to be his best yet….a mix of the James Rollins action-heavy adventure, the military gadgetry of Tom Clancy, the pacing of the television series 24, and the conspiracy theories devoured by fans of the radio show Coast to Coast AM.”—Booklist on Ancients

“A tale worthy of the giants of the genre like Clive Cussler, James Rollins, and Matthew Reilly, Legend is a definite must-read for action and adventure fans. Don’t miss it.”—Megalith.com

“The author…draws the reader in with an intriguing prologue…satisfying adventure.”
Publishers Weekly on Legend

“Golemon can write action sequences with the best of them, and he lands a solid uppercut with this book. The depth of science fiction…is surprising and ingenious.”—SFSignal.com on Legend

“The Roswell Incident—whether legend, fact, or some combination of both—has inspired countless novels and movies over the years, but David Lynn Golemon’s Event peels back the layers of Roswell with refreshing originality. The action is spectacularly cinematic, the characters compelling, and the story is a flat-out adrenaline rush that pits real-world, cutting-edge military technology against a literally out-of-this-world threat. Even better, the Event Group itself is one of the best fictional agencies to arise in the literature of government conspiracies.”—New York Times bestselling authors Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

“Fans of UFO fiction will find this a great read, and fans of military fiction won’t be disappointed.”—SFsignal.com on Event

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Twenty thousand years ago, when early man made his way to North America, a tribe of prehistoric predators made the great trek as well. But these giant, deadly beasts seemingly became extinct…and humans lived to become the most violent creatures on Earth. Man’s brutal nature reached a boiling-point with the execution of Russia’s last czar and his entire family. But some believed that the czar’s children, Alexei and Anastasia, survived—and came to America with the treasury of the Romanov dynasty. That legend was born on July 17, 1918—and lives on to this day…

Almost a hundred years later, a battered journal—the only evidence left from the night of the Romanovs’ execution—turns up in a rare bookstore. Suddenly everyone’s trying to decipher the location of the Romanov treasure…and people are turning up dead along the way. Enter the Event Group, the most secret organization in U.S. history. Colonel Jack Collins is charged with finding out what really happened to Alexei and Anastasia. To get to the truth, he and his team will have to travel to the continent’s last deep wilderness where men have been vanishing for centuries— and come face to face with a mythical enemy from the dawn of time….


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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, Sep 23 2011
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Richard W. Walker (Langford, BC, Can.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Primeval: An Event Group Thriller (Mass Market Paperback)
This next installment in the Event Group series was worth the wait. The mix of several different legends makes for an excellent story, so much so that I have read it twice and enjoyed it both times.
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4.0 out of 5 stars primeval, Aug 23 2010
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W. Bulmer (high river alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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started a little slow, but picked up very well.
nice twist at the end. enjoyed this and am looking forward to his next novel.
i've read all the event novels and highly recommend every one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Golemon's BEST book since the original 'Event'...very entertaining! 4.5 Stars, July 7 2010
By Jeff Edwards "RadioJeff" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Primeval: An Event Group Thriller (Hardcover)
Mixing many different elements together, Mr. Golemon has created (IMO) his most ambitious story to date, giving us ancient creatures, toss in the Russian Czars, a crash of an American plane carrying a nuclear weapon in Canada and a healthy dose of the Russian Mob and mix in a heap of the Event Groups action and you have one amazingly creative tale. Primeval is at once a fun & fast mix of historical fact/fiction and modern warfare/treachery with the creative addition of 'They Who Follow' and the plot threads are very cleverly interwoven in a much more sophisticated fashion than has any of the previous Event books so far (again, IMO). The result is a fresh take on the children of Nicholas II's family and what happened after escaping Russia. Don't get me wrong, some may consider the plot outrageous, however I found it exciting and thoroughly entertaining and JUST what I was looking for when I found it...YOU however, may look on it differently.

The subsequent kidnapping of Jack Collins sister by Russian mobsters places the President and the Event Group leader in a very precarious position. The President specifically instructs the Event Group to NOT inform Jack about what they know regarding his sisters abduction--but Jacks previous sacrifices on behalf of the nation forces the hand and the Group Leader directly violates the Presidents order and informs Jack--who IMMEDIATELY vows retaliation.

I'd say it was at this point the rubber hits the pavement, but that isn't entirely true--it was firmly on tera firma long before that moment. The Russian Mafia's intent of finding the 2nd of two magnificently enormous diamonds known as the Twins of Peter The Great ends up being their downfall. Is there really ANY doubt that Jack will save the day and punish the bad guys? Well of COURSE not, but the journey along the way is why I love the Event Group Thrillers, and while I still believe the first 'Event' to be the best, this one goes a LONG way towards taking its place.

Mr Golemon has delivered easily my favorite fictional adventure so far of 2010 and I anxiously look forward to the next great Event.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Did a tribe of Sasquatch write this novel?, Sep 12 2010
By Bradley J. Granger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Primeval: An Event Group Thriller (Hardcover)
Actually, I would hope that the Sasquatch (one of the subjects of this novel) wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot, wooden club.

I read Mr. Golemon's first two novels, 'Event' and 'Legend' and found them to be entertaining, fairly well-written novels, but since 'Ancients' his work has gone seriously downhill. It's possible these novels are rushed to the publisher, St. Martin's Press, but that cannot excuse continued poor syntax and the number of mistakes the author makes throughout the novels. I won't get into the run-on sentences, the dangling participles, and the poor verb conjugation; they are too numerous and severely interrupt the narrative flow of the novel. But the mistakes indicate a lack of research and proof reading. Mr. Golemon refers to the airport in Las Vegas as McLaren. I assume he is referring to the international airport, which is McCarron. He also refers to the phoenix myth as having originated with the Maya and Inca. The myth of the bird that burns itself in a pyre and raises newborn is Arabic, the general myth coming from the Middle East. It took me all of five minutes to research that on the Internet. The song 'Crimson and Clover' becomes 'Crystal Blue Persuasion,' but at least both are by the same artist. Those are just three examples; there are others, such as the mistakes he makes regarding the caliber of the weapons, which was pointed out by another reviewer. There is also the required suspension of disbelief in having an airplane (I don't care how big) landing in the LA River bed where it parallels the Golden State Freeway (I-5) and not being spotted. Angelinos may be self-absorbed, but they aren't so blind or brain-dead that somebody would not have reported it. As well, having the aircraft flying as low as he suggests over a heavily urbanized area without air traffic control (Ontario International Airfield) seeing it is ludicrous. And how many times do we have to be reminded that the character Mendenhall is black? Also, the scenes involving the Sasquatch tend to be repetitve; they do a lot of banging of clubs on trees, described as wood banging on wood, ad nauseam. Please, Mr. Golemon, get an editor. Your novels have the potential to be fascinating reads, but are spoiled by a continued lack of attention to detail.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pacific Northwest Legend Comes Alive, July 20 2010
By Jeannie Mancini "vernefan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Primeval: An Event Group Thriller (Hardcover)
When Tsar Nicholas, son of Peter the Great, learns that he and his entire family are to be executed, he locates imposters for his two youngest children so that some of his bloodline will survive. Under cover of darkness in a covert operation in 1918, he devises a plan to have the children whisked away to the Canadian wilderness accompanied by one of his most trusted guards, with two wagons full of American Gold Eagles and his prized treasure, what is known as the Twins. Two egg sized diamonds worth a fortune that will ensure the future for his children.

In 1962, an American Air Force pilot on a secret mission, crashes his airplane toting a secret weapon into one of British Columbia's most unexplored regions. His body will not be found until 48 years later.

Along Canada's Stikine River, in 1968, a half mad ornery old gold miner named L.T. Lattimer is river guide to a group of anthropology students from Stanford. One student named Charlie Ellenshaw wanders out of camp alone with L.T., and together they not only come across a cave full of gold, but an aged leather diary written in Russian by a Colonel Petrov. While trying to translate the journal, the two campers are witness to a strange and frightening phenomenon. From the forest comes shadows lurking, someone is watching them.

In present day Nevada, the Event Group team members have just recovered from their last stint with the crisis on Leviathan (book 4) and are immediately hit hard again with the sudden news that team leader Jack Collins's sister, a CIA agent, has been kidnapped on a stakeout by Russian militants.

All these story ingredients slowly come together as the Event Group team once again takes action kicking ass, chasing the bad guys, and encountering another paranormal entity which will feed the fuel to the home base scientific think-tank that was devised decades earlier in order for us to learn from the past through archaeological artifacts found today.

Primeval, book five of the Event Group thriller series by David Golemon is a top notch action novel and is a fine installment to the ongoing series. Golemon's writing gets better and better with each book and readers will not be lacking for a riveting thriller. His writing is getting more tight and concise, the ongoing character development of each team member shows us more what is inside their minds and hearts, and the budding romance between team commander Jack Collins and Lieutenant Sarah McIntire continues to grow. All the major characters in the previous books attend, even the recurring indestructible villain Henri Farbeaux returns to once again join in the fun. This is one action series I run right out to buy the day it is released and I've not been disappointed yet. The Event Group books provide a blend of action, mythology, romance, humor, and military black-ops stealth. Terrific joy-ride entertainment; I look forward to book six which the author is currently working on.
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