The People That Time Forgot
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · April 15, 2013
A Science Fiction pick for readers exploring The People That Time Forgot.
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- Who it’s for
- A perilous island and its prehistoric creatures lend this adventure an old-fashioned sense of wonder.
- Themes
- Prehistoric creatures, Rescue and exploration, Unknown dangers
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Adventure, Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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In uncharted Caprona, an island lost from the map of the earth, where time had stopped and all the primeval creatures of long-gone ages still prowled, Bowen Tyler was lost. To find Tyler, Thomas Billings traveled across the world to Caprona with every advantage the modern world could afford.
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A light hydroplane would allow him to scale the perilous wall of cliffs that surrounded the island, and rifles, pistols, and ammunition would provide protection against the monstrous prehistoric beings Tyler had so vividly described. But even stranger mysteries awaited him where that barbaric civilization hid, torn between the impassable jungle on the one side and an unknown menace on the other.
A Lost World
A perilous island and its prehistoric creatures lend this adventure an old-fashioned sense of wonder.
Come here for
- A lost world where primeval creatures still prowl.
- Modern ingenuity tested against an unknown menace.
Expect
- Jungle hazards and cliffs hemming in the island.
- Strange mysteries alongside the adventure.
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi Adventure | 62% |
|---|---|
| Action & Adventure | 30% |
| Fantasy | 20% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Fantasy Adventure
- Romance Adventure
- Authors
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- April 15, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Prehistoric creatures · Rescue and exploration · Unknown dangers
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure