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Written In Stone Kindle Edition

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Charles Dawson is trapped 100 million years in the past. Trying to survive from day to day in a world of dinosaurs he devises a plan to change his fate. As he begins to write messages in the soft mud of a nearby stream, he can only hope they will be found by someone who can stop his time travel. Professor Ron Fontana and Professor Ray Taggit, scientists with opposing views, each discover the fossilized messages. While attempting to save Charles, Professor Fontana, his daughter Lauren and their friend Danny are forced to join Taggit and his group of mercenaries. Taggit does not intend to rescue Charles Dawson, but to force Dawson to travel back in time to gather samples for Taggit's fame and fortune. As the two groups jump through time they find they must work together to make it back alive as this fast-paced thriller climaxes at the very moment the age of dinosaurs is ending.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZB93H8M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severed Press; 2nd edition (June 8, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4581 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 638 ratings

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David Rhodes

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David Rhodes lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife and twin boys. He is retired from Indiana University and owns and operates Ryukyu Kyusho Family Martial Arts.

He has been interested in science fiction since he began reading Jules Verne novels as a young boy. When he was eleven years old he found a small piece of rock that someone had hammered a few letters into with a typeset. This immediately started him thinking about a story where people went back in time and left a message for the future.

Fifty-two years later he finally felt he had the skill needed to write his first book and produced the Amazon #1 Science Fiction Best Seller Written in Stone, published by Severed Press.

Severed Press has also published:

Blood Trail, the sequel to Written In Stone

Worlds End

David has self published:

Dreams Like Tears

Shawnee Falls.

The Dragon With Three Names - a short story book

The Last Blue Sky

David says he has ideas for a thousand more books. He is also known to exaggerate.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Written in Stone much better than expected!
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Written in Stone much better than expected!
If you expect all the technical aspects of Time Travel to be covered, read something else. His knowledge of pre-human history is very good and well covered.I will read other books by him.
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mblueboy
5.0 out of 5 stars A unique take on time travel
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2016
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This is one of the more imaginative and well written science fiction books I have read in years. Mr. Rhodes covers a wide variety of subject matter and historical time periods in a very believable style without letting the story drag. The character development is good and I enjoyed getting to know most of them quite well. The plot is well developed and the pace is well managed. I found it difficult to put the book down each time "life" interrupted my reading. If I had any criticism of the book it would be that the detailed descriptions of the various species of dinosaurs, while interesting initially, became somewhat irritating in its detail as the book proceeded, and at times delayed the flow flow of the action. Despite this small issue it was a fun read and I will be looking for more opportunities to read this author.
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Sharon B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing, despite what anyone else says
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2016
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I read a huge amount of time travel books. This one surprised me by having a very believable plot, great characters, & so many different kinds of dinosaurs that I got really curious about them & kept looking them up. I would suggest, tho, a little more editing--the 1st chapter was rife with commas in the wrong place, or none where they should've been, whichcdrove me nut & almost lost me. I would particularly recommend this book for 10th-12th graders & those who want an enthralling, fast-paced time travel story. Quite enjoyable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Totally unique take on a dinosaur thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2016
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I have finished this novel and it's now 3am. It has been a long time since I've written a review here, but for a piece of work so expertly crafted I felt obligated to leave a few words for this author.
When I started the book, I must admit, I wasnt expecting a masterpiece. It was a recommendation that had come up, and I actually thought it was from another author I just finished so I downloaded it.
It starts with what I would have expected in a dinosaur encounter novel, but then takes an unexpected turn......it turns into a story with such depth, especially where the characters are concerned, that you can't help but be drawn in completely. I usually don't find myself disliking a character, then having a complete reversal of that idea when the character is explored further and you reach a deeper level of bond with said character. As you may notice, I'm not going to give the storyline or characters away.....I'm simply writing this as a thank you to the author for the hours of wonderfully immersive entertainment provided by their work.
If you want to read a book with action, adventure and characters that draw you in so completely that you actually care about them, a book with dinosaurs that isn't your typical story, then I thoroughly recommend this book to you.
Thank you David Rhodes - it's been a long time since something this unique and thoroughly enjoyable has popped up on my radar!
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D. Allen
3.0 out of 5 stars Good with some glaring issues
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2016
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Ok, the novel has problems. Glaring ones sometimes even.

Characters act in ways real people never would. I mean really, do recluse millionaires (billionaires?) who know they're working with a bunch of criminals simply leave the front door of their mansion unlocked and when they find two strangers wandering around inside not at least drop the obligatory "who the hell are you people?" (he recognizes one of them pretty quick but not instantly. Even this is a little out there. He states later that he was never interested in dinosaurs but has read some of the guy's papers. Kind of a stretch for him to recognize him based on that. I've read my share of scientific papers in my time and they don't seem to come with portraits of the authors).

The "good guys" and "bad guys" become besties way too fast (sorry for the teen slang but in this case it just works). Along the same line, the niece of the bad guy becomes way too obsessed with a guy that she's just talked to for like five minutes.

Some plot elements don't really work. One of the characters tells a tale about how both his father and grandfather played in the Negro Baseball League but later says that his father became a janitor at a college as a young man and worked there all of his life. Did he have time to play professional baseball and be a janitor at the same time? Perhaps but it's not really explained.

The "surprise" and the ending are pretty obvious.

Editing, yeah, others have mentioned the mistakes. The author needs to learn the difference between "to" and "too". There was a big mistake in the middle of the exciting part that really jarred me but I can't remember what it was.

Now, with all that said I did find the novel enjoyable. I read the whole thing in two sittings and stayed up late reading it on the first try. Maybe I'm cutting the author some slack because this seems to be his first novel. I see he has a second novel out there but reading the description it seems too "fantasy" for me so I may wait for a third novel.
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Joseph G. Liscouski
4.0 out of 5 stars this could make a good movie, or short TV series
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016
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I wasn't sure how far I was going to get in the book, but the author got my attention quickly and held it. No tip-toeing into the story, you jumped into it in the first sentence.

The characters were people you grew interested in, and their development as people and as a team was well done. The dynamics of the relationships worked well.

The plot worked well and made sense, it was intelligently developed from start to finish; there is a limit to what I want to say without spoilers. Within the realm of time travel stories, this was one of the more thought threw and well planned that I've read. It might also prompt some people to look into paleontology and learn more about the scenes described in the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in Germany on September 7, 2019
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A very readable book.
A mix of action and character development.
sometimes the lengthy explanation offered in the dialogues made them a bit unrealistic.
The novel could use some proofreading in placed but the small blemishes do not detract from the story
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5.0 out of 5 stars Can't rate it high enough.
Reviewed in Australia on August 19, 2019
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Great ending, but felt it was a bit of a sudden cut off. Could have done more at the end with the characters. Would like to know what happened to ALL of them, those in Pete's gang etc. But, maybe there's a number 3 coming, hope so.
Brilliant. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2015
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Honestly, I wasn't expecting a lot for the inexpensive price tag, but I was pleasantly surprised. The story was well thought out, chapters were nicely developed, and it turned into a real page turner thanks to the author's clean, articulate, suspenseful delivery. I'll be looking for more of his books.
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Yorkshire lass
5.0 out of 5 stars Really, Really good. ( eventually )
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2015
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After the first chapter ( which I read at the beginning and again at the end of the story because I am still not sure how Charles Darwin was rescued after being eaten by a T. rex ) I found the story a bit boring and nearly gave up. I realise now it was about getting to know the characters well. BUT then about 2/3rds in it really took off and I couldn't put it down. A real page turner.
Frequent edge of my seat worries that the characters would be eaten and wouldn't return after trip after trip among the dinosaurs while looking for specimens to take back to present day time. Even holding my breath till they were all safely back in the " time machine "
A good fun read
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RF
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent thriller
Reviewed in France on August 10, 2015
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I loved this book, the story, the science everything fits perfectly. The protagonists are very well detailed and the reader is totally addicted to the story. I couldn't leave my Kindle alone.
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