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"One of 2016's Top Ten Books" - AUTHORSdb

THE TERRIFYING PROLOGUE TO KRONOS RISING

Barreling along a hundred feet beneath the surface, the giant predator gained swiftly on its prey. Fifty yards ahead, a school of chrome-colored fish fled terror-stricken before it. Measuring close to twenty feet in length, the enormous descendants of the prehistoric fish Xiphactinus audax were, themselves, top predators, each tipping the scales at over three thousand pounds. Compared to the whale-sized nightmare that pursued them, however, the toothy, tarpon-like creatures were little more than a snack.

Before the nightmare that would become KRONOS RISING was unleashed, it was first contained in . . . DIABLO.

Nestled off the coast of Cuba and shielded by impenetrable reefs of razor-sharp rock, stands Diablo Caldera. To the rest of the world, the extinct, bowl-shaped volcano is hardly worth exploring. But the caldera has a secret. Its isolated saltwater lake has remained untouched since the fall of the dinosaurs.

Inside this hellish aquarium are the deadliest marine predators the world has ever seen. Imprisoned behind towering walls of volcanic rock since the Cretaceous, and warded by a mysterious race, Diablo’s savage inmates rule with flipper and fang the only world they have ever known.

But something is about to change. The prison that is Diablo is beginning to fail, and soon it will unleash into the unsuspecting Atlantic a primeval fury the likes of which it has never before known.

It is one hundred tons of death. And it likes to eat.

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Review

" Readers beware: a new master of marine terror is in your bookstore, and his name is Max Hawthorne!"
-Stan Pottinger, NY Times bestselling author

KRONOS RISING: DIABLO wins the Silver Medal for the 2017 AUTHORSdb First Lines Contest! " There is no greater test of vision than to foresee one's own death.Reminiscent of a Rodin sculpture come to life, Artek sat motionless onthe hot sand, his back pressed against the rough-but-reassuring bark of a tall palm tree. High overhead, the sun shone down with unusualfierceness, and he was grateful for the limited shade."
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". . . Diablo Caldera, a volcanic island off the coast of Cuba, has been the home of some terrifying monsters of the deep since the Cretaceous . But their imprisonment in this secluded lake is about to come to an end, and a nightmare is about to be unleashed into the open ocean. Max spins another harrowing, action-packed monster tale, painstakingly researched, and rich in scenic and historic detail, while delivering the same true-to-form, page-turning intensity as always."****

-Dorraine Fisher, The Crypto Crew

About the Author

Known as "The Prince of Paleo-Fiction", Max Hawthorne grew up in Philadelphia, where he graduated with a BA from Central High School and a BFA from the University of the Arts. He is the author of MEMOIRS OF A GYM RAT, an outrageous exposé of the health club industry, as well as the award-winning KRONOS RISING novel series. In addition to being a bestselling author, he is a voting member of the Author's Guild, an IGFA world-record-holding angler, and an avid sportsman and conservationist. His hobbies include fishing, boating, and the collection of fossils and antiquities. He lives with his family and an impossibly large rabbit in the Greater Northeast.