Lemuria

Name: Lemuria
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: John Triptych
ISBN: 9781664973787

Author: John Triptych

Series: Project Proteus #1

Narrator: Kaden Kroll

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: J Triptych Publishing

Published: 12/15/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Sea Stories

Synopsis

Nick Dirkse is a workaholic software developer, and he's desperate to save his crumbling marriage and reconnect with his neglected children. So he takes them on what promises to be the ultimate vacation in a tropical paradise.The island, newly built off the southwest coast of India, is named for the mythical land of Lemuria. And it's a world-class private resort to indulge the modern-day rich and famous.But this seemingly luxurious wonderland hides a terrible secret, a nightmare so real and terrifying it will test the outer limits of Nick's courage and resolve if he is to save the ones he loves.

About John Triptych

John Triptych has varied interests, and his love of everything is reflected in genre-busting novels ranging from real world thrillers all the way to mind blowing science fiction. A consummate researcher, he derives great pleasure and satisfaction when it comes to full spectrum world building and creating offbeat characters based on the real life people he meets in his travels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cath on September 19, 2018

Nick Dirkse works too hard and has been neglecting his wife and his two children, Kim and Scott. He is a software developer and co-owner of a small software company in Los Angeles. If he can’t debug their latest project in time, then their investor will walk. This is the latest in a string of late n......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on March 12, 2021

I love a good "Creature" story, be it insects, predatory animals, or something never heard of before, I love the mystery and fear that a well written "Creature" feature story can bring. With Lemuria (Project Proteus) I was not at all disappointed. Very well written, well developed characters, a story......more

Goodreads review by Boomer on March 01, 2022

For me, this book was so bad it was actually entertaining. Maybe that's not what the author was going for, but its hard to imagine anyone taking this as a serious read. The sections from the creature's POV in particular were hilarious. Add some stereotypical villains and some incredible cheesy dialo......more

Goodreads review by Jess on September 03, 2021

2.5/5 I didn't pay for this book but I would still like a refund. I think part of the issue is that I didn't like the audiobook. Also really don't need to have your characters call Arabs terrorist. (This was published in 2018 so totally beyond "the times".) About 40% of the way through I was ready f......more

Goodreads review by Jefrois on August 06, 2021

. As usual John starts out with a bullsht, trite, over-done and very hackneyed story, and yet there is something weird and unique developing…. Yet, “Nick” is such a pussy I LOATHE him as a character. See, this “man” just knifed Nick’s associate and tried to kill him, and Nick reacts by Tasing the “man......more