Pangaea: Eden's Planet Review

Title:  Pangaea: Eden’s Planet

Author:  Tom Johnson

Publisher:  First Realm Publishing

ISBN:  10-1497340748

           13 978-1497340749

Genre:  Science Fiction

4-Star Rating

A team of scientists led by Colonel Evelyn Peterson is headed for Mars to scout sites for future settlements. Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war and much of it is now a wasteland. The future of humanity can only be assured by setting up a new home on Mars.

Trouble arises shortly after the flight has lifted off, trouble in the form of a strange storm. This was something they were totally unprepared for and had little hope of survival.  However, they did and when they come out of It, they find their destination is no longer Mars. In fact they are stranded back in time.

How they handle their new problems is guaranteed to keep you reading. This reader found the combination of time travel, space flight, a visit to Earth’s past, and living conditions irresistible. It kept me wondering how things would work out and will there be future tales about this place and people as they settle in. I loved the descriptions of the animal life and plants growing in various areas of the place their ship landed.

This is a story any sci-fi fan will truly enjoy. The talented author, Tom Johnson, has crafted a believable world; new terrors for characters dropped into it, and pulls the reader into the story so we become one of the members of this crew.

I am very pleased to recommend Pangaea: Eden’s Planet as a fun read you won’t want to put down. Not only will it teach us about our prehistoric periods, but have us looking for other books by this imaginative author and wanting to know what will happen next on Pangaea.  Will we get to see it decimated by meteor storms or will volcanoes split the large continent into smaller ones that we would come to recognize as our homes of today?

Enjoy. I sure did.

Anne K. Edwards

Platinum Review For Pangaea: Eden's Planet

This book absolutely surprised me. I was thinking it was going to be your run of the mill, done a million times, sci-fi space exploration...but boy was I wrong. This book was very original, well written, and thoroughly researched. The characters were a perfect blend of different personalities, all having "quirks" to make them relate-able to the reader. Each individual was picked for their different skills to help on this mission, and they were all perfect in the role they played. I was eagerly turning the pages to learn what "new" findings greeted the group each day of exploration. The detail the author put into these prehistoric findings was exceptional and articulate. The interactions between the characters, had me laughing out loud at times, and certain situations left me broken hearted.  By time I made it to the end of the book, I was hoping that it was going to lead into another to be released in the future. Tom didn't actually say it wasn't, but I was very pleased that he gave me closure and insight as to what happened in the following years for the characters.

 Platinum Book Reviews gives Tom Johnson and Pangaea: Eden's Planet 

 4 platinum rings. 

http://platinumbookreviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/pangea-edens-planet-by-tom-johnson.html

Jur Novel Reviews

What reviewers are saying about the Jur series …

There in the ancient heart of Africa, the oxygen she breathes is pure, the water clear and sweet. And the flowering plants are massive, loaded down with flavorful fruits. Towering trees, the likes of which she’s never seen, grow unhindered towards the sky, surrounded by plains of grass as far as eye can see. The only living creatures she encounters at first are those of the Jurassic Period, long extinct for eons of time. She is alone, perhaps the only human alive. She calls this ancient time and place Jur.

Pat Johnson, Mid-West Book Review

This entertaining and well-written novel brings back those good old days and is a fine example of the action/adventure genre.

D. Peter Ogden, publisher of ERBania

This is a pulp fiction type story about a man and woman’s involuntary journey one hundred eighty million years into the past, the exciting discoveries they make, and the danger and weirdness they literally run into.

AOL books Community

It’s pure action adventure of the science fiction kind. And I loved it.

Romance Review Today

I thought this type of story had died with Lin Carter and Robert Moore Williams who were among the best who wrote in the Edgar Rice Burroughs style. This work truly captures the flavor of the Pellucidar novels and has touches of John Carter and Carson Napier in their devotion to their mates and their heroic nature to fight for their beliefs against the strangest of enemies.

Baryon Magazine #89

An enjoyable read from front to back cover. The Prolog and Epilog alone are most intriguing.

Pamela Jannarone, Women On Writing

The Imagery Tom Johnson creates in the reader’s mind comes to life under his talented pen. Several times I was reminded of going to the Saturday matinee as a young girl and watching the different serials they showed in weekly installments. I would thump on my chair, whining and crying because they always cut the segments off with a cliffhanger, which most certainly guaranteed my return the next week to see if the hero or heroine could be saved from impending disaster. This is exactly how I feel while reading this author’s stories. He knows precisely when to cut you off, guaranteeing you’ll be back for more. If you are a fan of stories like Treasure Island, The Phantom, Tarzan, and the great classics, you’ll truly enjoy the Jur series.

Jaycee, Romance Review Today

Jur has proved almost hypnotic in its unyielding suspense, which will keep you reading until the wee hours of the morning. You will not forget the land of Jur or any of the people you meet there.

Barbara Custer, Author

Jur takes us back to those days of lost civilizations, ancient evil, hidden portals, sub-human tribes, and monsters in the night. Whether you read it on the beach or in front of a roaring fire – it will transport you …

Aaron B. Larson, Author

Reading this I found myself comparing this to The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. And I noted that the writer said he was somewhat inspired by the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Savage Land of Jur is definitely written in an older style. The cast is kept very small and the tale is told from the viewpoint of one of the two characters from Earth trapped in this mystery world from the past.

Not much in this story is groundbreaking. But it was well written, well paced and a pleasant reminder of a time when writers wrote stories to amaze and entertain. There is none of the emotional angst that seems to populate recent popular fiction. Instead you have a fun story with two lovers fighting to find a way home after getting lost in a prehistoric world.

This story impressed me. I'd love to find more stories in this style. Too few authors appear to remember that the first duty of the writer is to entertain. This story was an exception and entertainment definitely came first

MVargas