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Primitive War 1

By: Ethan Pettus
Narrated by: Wayne June
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At the height of the Vietnam War, a search and rescue team known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon.

As Vulture Squad hunts through the primordial depths of the valley, they discover ancient horrors that not only threaten to unravel their minds, but to end their lives, as well. When the casualties mount, the men of Vulture Squad must abandon their human nature and give in to their savage instincts to survive...the Primitive War.

Disclaimer: This novel is set in the Vietnam War, and as such, it isn't suitable for children. There is graphic violence, adult language, drug use, and many references to war-borne tragedy.

©2017 Ethan Pettus (P)2021 Ethan Pettus Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary War Vietnam War

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Viet Cong war mixed with crazy russian scientists and dinosaurs. This book turned out better than expected. The narration is a bit monotone at times, but the story keeps it up. The overall story is a mixture of different genres, but people who know video games such as Dino Crisis and Primal Hunt will love this!

Dino Crisis in Viet Cong

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Listening to the audiobook I felt like the author grew up watching the same movies and shows I did and had a deep love for them in a way that influenced his story telling. (In a good way, for me personally.)

The horror moments hit their mark.
The dinosaurs & prehistoric reptiles all stood out from each other. There is some really neat speculative/fantastical behaviours for some of the critters.

The characters were mostly likeable and the ones who are iffy at first I found myself coming around on or at least feeling pity for.
Some characters as soon as they're introduced you know they're just included in the story to get mangled though.

The narration (While mostly good) would sometimes suck me out of my immersion when the narrator would randomly spring in to a deep edgy 2000's/2010's action movie trailer voice or randomly sound like he got a bug stuck in his throat, don't really know what he was going for, his normal voice was nice though.

One thing which personally didn't offend me but I can see potentially bothering others is the voice impressions of the Vietnamese characters, there were a few moments I thought the narrator was gonna go full "Oh herro" (Think Kim Jong II from Team America)

Primitive War isn't a masterpiece but its sincere and its fun, and the gore descriptions are satisfyingly gross. I don't think I can wait for the second audiobook to crack in to the sequel. I also look forward to the comics.

Thoroughly enjoyed, felt like a kid at times.

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This is just my type of story, hope they make it to a movie. Prob not but good concept.

Brilliant Stuff

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The animals in this book are described and behave in ways based on genuine dinosaur biology and theories. The characters are stronmgly written and have good motives. The story itself is gripping and at times nailbittingly harrowing. I highly recomend this read.

Absolute brilliance

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An interesting story with some good ideas. Its well performed but i would recommend Jurassic Park if youre after a thrilling story with dinosaurs.

Good but no Jurassic Park

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