Monsters Past
Sid and Dan are back in this sequel to Running the Nullarbor. This time the retired army man and magician have joined the Australian Defense Force along with Sid’s cousin Kit and her fox Marlowe in order to put Sid and Kit’s magical abilities to work in the defense of their country.
Being in the army seems to be one dull moment after another and the threesome are stuck on the base when they discover there are worse things than basic training and meetings. When they go deep into the Australian Outback to check out strange happenings, they discover someone has opened a portal to the past. Pre-historic huge-jawed crocodiles and seven meter long monitor lizards are just the beginning as Sid, Kit and Dan find Australia has more enemies than the invading army inching across its northern reaches.
Can two magic users and a soldier penetrate an American army base, defeat magically-assisted secret service agents and shut down the portal to save Australia from the dinosaurs?
James Hogue, author of Vinculum, writes: “Monsters Past” by Laney Cairo is the continuation of the love story between Dan and Sid that began in “Running the Nullabor”. Both men, along with Sid’s cousin, Kit and her adorable fox, Marlowe, have now enlisted in the Australian Army and become part of a magical, paranormal Special Forces unit. They are quickly called into action when malevolent magical forces reconstruct Australia’s prehistoric past. They find themselves combating not only evil magicians, but carnivorous, primordial monsters as well. But through it all, the love that they have found together continues to grow and flourish.
This futuristic, paranormal love story is a romantic, suspenseful, thrill ride adventure. There are also moments of pure comedic genius, such as the scene where Dan and Sid use a prehistoric, giant wombat as a tank to penetrate a magical barrier. The story is well written, moves at a fast pace, and is very entertaining. Laney Cairo is an author with an extremely bright future ahead of her. I highly recommend this book.
Monsters Past is available as an e-book and paperback from the Torquere Press website. If you’re in the Antipodes, then Fantastic Planet bookstore in Western Australia my be the best option for purchasing the paperback, as they import the book. Their details are here.