Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in The Deadlands: Trapped, the second book of this action-adventure series by Skye Melki-Wegner about five outcasts—and former enemies—who are the only hope to save their warring kingdoms from impending doom.
As bloody battle rages on between the two surviving dinosaur kingdoms, Eleri and his fellow outcasts, newly exiled from their herds, are searching for evidence to prove a mass conspiracy—a conniving cabal of carnivores have manipulated the herbivore kingdoms into war, so they can feast on the slain. But after their temporary home is discovered by a vengeful pack of raptors, the exiles must flee and soon find themselves trapped inside the Fire Peak: the volcanic heart of the dreaded Carrion Kingdom.
Before they have a chance to escape, they discover a cavern of imprisoned herbivores, who are being picked apart—literally—one by one. Can the outcasts stage an elaborate heist to free the prisoners and gather proof of the Carrion Kingdom's vicious plans in one fell swoop?
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- ISBN: 9781250827715
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- ISBN: 9781250827715
- File size: 6003 KB
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- English
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August 15, 2023
Seeking to escape carnivorous pursuers, a band of exiled prehistoric plant eaters go from the frying pan into the fire (literally) in this follow-up to The Deadlands (2023). Calamities compound as a desperate flight over the treacherous, volcanic Salted Scorch--with a carnotaurus colonel and a squad of raptors hot on their trail--leads oryctodromeus Eleri and his four herbivorous allies not to the hoped-for safety of the Drylands but straight into the magma-heated tunnels of the Fire Peak: the headquarters of the Carrion Kingdom. There, along with the very personal danger of being captured and eaten at any moment, the fugitives find not only a captive herd of fellow herbivores in need of rescue but a cache of terrifying weapons certain to turn the tide in the larger ongoing war between predator and prey species. As is proper for a middle volume, Melki-Wegner raises the stakes while developing characters and relationships within the contentious main group. And if she continues to lean too heavily on a conveniently broad magical premise to move her story along, she does effectively sweep readers toward a climax that leaves the captives (including a bonded couple of elderly female triceratops) released and the Carrion Kingdom dealt a fiery, but not final, setback. Jurassic juniors again thwart toothy foes, but the prospects for a plant-based peace remain dim. (Adventure. 9-12)COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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