Author, Roland Smith, brings his Crypid Hunters saga to a conclusion with this the fourth book in the series. It begins with a recap of the characters, followed by “The Crypid Hunters Saga so Far…”  which is wonderful, if you, like me, have been waiting for a year between book publications.

The revelation of the previous books’ unanswered questions takes place over the course of five days. Day one finds Marty, Grace, Ted, Dylan, Wolfe, and Luther all heading down to the jaguar preserve in the Amazon to finally locate Marty’s lost parents after their helicopter crash. On day two, we are introduced to FBI Agent Crow (from Sasquatch , copyright 1998) who hitches a ride on the trip down river to the jaguar preserve. Meanwhile, Wolfe heads out into the forest looking for the helicopter crash sight and is captured by three indigenous blow pipe carrying natives. Day three finds Luther looking for some fun on the edge of the jaguar preserve when he, also, is captures by three indigenous blow pipe carrying natives. Down river Noah Blackwood has given Yvonne and her three mercenaries the go ahead to kill Ted and Crow making it look like an accident. By day four, Luther finds himself in a guarded native hut with Wolfe looking for possible ways to escape, which doesn’t seem likely, as they are unfamiliar with their forest surroundings. Meanwhile, Marty, Grace, and Dylan misdirect Yvonne and her crew away from them by using newly found tracking devices which Marty has attached to his dragonfly robot. Then Marty, Grace, and Dylan track down the dinosaur hatchlings so Noah can’t get his hands on them for his private collection of exotic animals and crypids. And finally on day five, Noah Blackwood’s secrets reveal him to be linked back to a World War II research facility deep in the Amazon rainforest. There Noah has been cloning people : natives, his daughter(s), and himself in a bunker which Marty’s parent stumbled upon (three books ago) and their helicopter shot down to keep it a secret. Marty’s develops a plan to rescue Wolfe and Luther from the bunker by having Grace, Dylan, and the hatchlings ‘accidentally’ get captured and taken into the bunker so that he can learn the gate code to the electrified fence surrounding the bunker using the dragonfly bot. More twists follow, but the reader will be pleased with the ending.