{"product_id":"dinosaur-carnage-wayne-kyle-spitzer-9798664241389","title":"Dinosaur Carnage","description":"The Flashback\/Dinosaur Apocalypse continues ...That's when I heard the strange sound: a kind of forlorn mewing, like the note of a horn being drug out too long, coming from just around the corner, just beyond the liquor store-and paused, holding up my hand.\"What? What's going on?\"I waved her into silence, dropping the rein, then hustled to the edge of the building-where, after peeking around the corner, I saw a juvenile sauropod of the Diplodocus family (meaning it was the size of a typical school bus) collapsed in the middle of the street-its right front leg stuck in a manhole.\"What is it? What do you see?\"I looked from the sauropod to the corner of a nearby building, where something had moved, then across the street to an overgrown alley. Yes, I thought. There. And there. Between the tattoo parlor and the marijuana dispensary ...\"Allosaurs,\" I said, gravely. \"An entire pack of them. In desert camouflage. They-they've got something trapped.\"\"Omigod. It-it's not your dog, is it?\"I returned and picked up the rein, began leading Blucifer forward, into the intersection. \"No.\"\"Wait ... what are you-\"\"We're going through,\" I said.\"But what if those things-\"\"They don't care about us; they want the bigger game. For now. Just hold on.\"The horse's hooves went clip-clop, clip-clop as we passed, the bluish-gray sauropod coming into full view ...A moment later she said, \"It-it's stuck. In the manhole. Do you see that?\"I eyed the predators warily, continuing to lead. \"There's nothing we can do about it.\"\"But she'll be helpless against-\"\"That is the way of it,\" I insisted. \"The way of the-\"\"Look, would you stop with the Indian clap-trap? I'm not even sure-\"There was a thwomp as the allosaur by the building leapt into the road-not by us but about fifty feet away, near the sauropod.\"Jesus, can't you do anything? What about your bow?\"\"And risk bringing them down on us?\" I intensified our pace, sprinting toward the Stratosphere. \"No!\"And then they were coming-the allosaurs from across the street-passing so close we could smell the meat on their breath; closing in on the frightened herbivore ... until we passed the scene completely and sought refuge in a nearby gas station (its storefront had long since collapsed) and gathered there trembling as the sauropod cried out-for it wouldn't be long now until they fell upon her.\"Jesus,\" said Essie, listening. \"What a world.\"\"Yes,\" I said, remembering. \"My father used to say it had a demonic sublime; every tree and every rock, every animal, including man, down to the lowest insect.\" I listened as the sauropod moaned, seeming already to give up, to resign its fate. \"And yet.\"\"What do you mean?\"\"What?\"\"You said, 'and yet.' What did you mean?\"I un-shouldered the compound bow-rubbing my aching deltoid, stretching my arm. \"Nothing. It's just that ... maybe it doesn't have to be this way.\"When she didn't respond I looked at her-found her already looking at me: calmly, meditatively, her eyes seeming to glimmer. \"I'm sure I don't know what you mean.\"\"I mean ... that I could end it. Her confusion and terror. That I-could prevent her from suffering.\" I looked at the bow and the dark, poisoned bolts attached to it. \"That it's in my hands to do so.\"The Flashback\/DinosaurApocalypse CycleFlashback(re-printed in Dinosaur Apocalypse)Flashback Dawn(re-printed in Dinosaur Apocalypse)Tales from the Flashback(re-printed as Dinosaur Rampage)Flashback Twilight(serialized as A Dinosaur is a Man's Best Friend;re-printed as The Complete Ank \u0026amp; Williams, Dinosaur War, Paladins)A Reign of Thunder(serialized as Heat Wave)A Survivor's Guide to theDinosaur Apocalypse(re-printed as Dinosaur Carnage)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Kyle Spitzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798664241389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.28d","brand":"Wayne Kyle Spitzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851839320319,"sku":"9798664241389","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dinosaur-carnage-wayne-kyle-spitzer-9798664241389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}