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Eaten: A novel Kindle Edition

by Susan Crockford (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
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A Terrifying Polar Bear Attack Thriller. It’s 2025, in Newfoundland, Canada. In the small northern town of St. Anthony, a local family is ambushed by a polar bear just beyond their front door. On Fogo Island to the east, a tourist and a resident are killed in separate early morning attacks in two remote outports. These incidents are the first known polar bear fatalities in Newfoundland’s history, despite regular late spring visits from the bears. But these people haven’t just been killed, they’ve been eaten. As the attacks multiply, it’s clear that people are not safe even in their own homes. Totally unprepared for the onslaught, local residents, Mounties, and biologists struggle with a disturbing new reality: they have a huge polar bear problem on their hands, and if they don’t find a solution quickly, dozens more people will die gruesome deaths, and hundreds more polar bears will be shot. A Newfoundland seal biologist gets help from a transplanted Alaskan carnivore specialist as they team up with officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mounties) but stopping the carnage and relentless terror will be the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced. Will this turn out to be the most horrifying disaster in Newfoundland’s long history?
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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the storyline great, with a fresh scientific perspective. They also describe the writing style as entertaining, educational, gory, riveting, and all in one. Readers also say the characters are well defined and believable. They appreciate the incorporation of scientific facts.

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11 customers mention "Storyline"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the storyline great, interesting, and fast paced. They also mention that the book is written with a fresh scientific perspective and about polar bears.

"The story is fast paced and exciting. The characters are well defined and believable...." Read more

"...It was a fun, quick read. It was just frightening enough to be a good thriller, and I loved the incorporation of scientific facts...." Read more

"...the blight of man and beasts coexisting in a harsh environment, very interesting." Read more

"...The plot was believable enough that it was not fantasy. Interesting characters, but for me hard to remember who was who at times. I recommend." Read more

10 customers mention "Writing style"10 positive0 negative

Customers find the writing style entertaining, well written, and educational. They also say it's a quick, fun read that's riveting.

"I loved this book! It was a fun, quick read. It was just frightening enough to be a good thriller, and I loved the incorporation of scientific facts...." Read more

"A VERY GOOD READ! Written by an author who knew her subjects well!..." Read more

"An entertaining read. A few facts thrown in for good measure" Read more

"...The reader is educated and entertained. I devoured it." Read more

4 customers mention "Characters"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the characters in the book well defined and believable. They also say the book has excellent suspense and characters.

"The story is fast paced and exciting. The characters are well defined and believable...." Read more

"...The plot was believable enough that it was not fantasy. Interesting characters, but for me hard to remember who was who at times. I recommend." Read more

"...The book has excellent suspense and characters, along with scientific information to explain what is happening...." Read more

"...Nicely paced with some good realistic characters. Certainly worth the money and time to read. Patrick" Read more

4 customers mention "Content"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the content of the book to be a good thriller, and they appreciate the incorporation of scientific facts.

"...frightening enough to be a good thriller, and I loved the incorporation of scientific facts...." Read more

"This book was filled with a lot of information concerning the blight of man and beasts coexisting in a harsh environment, very interesting." Read more

"...The book has excellent suspense and characters, along with scientific information to explain what is happening...." Read more

"Lots of good facts and it's obvious the author is passionate about her subject t but book just didn't make me want to see what was on the next page" Read more

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Customers find the book very realistic, well-plotted, and not too graphic. They also say the book keeps them turning the page.

"...While light on character development, it’s well-plotted, and keeps one turning the pages. I could bearly put it down." Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2016
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The story is fast paced and exciting. The characters are well defined and believable. Just think if the fear you would have if suddenly confronted by hungry polar bears. There is some truth to this story as it's very probable this has happened to a lesser degree already due to nature and not global warming. This story will keep you up nights.
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Michael Kelly
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, readable action novel.
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017
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Polar bears are portrayed as cute and cuddly, but are dangerous animals. This story, by an expert on the subject, paints a terrifying picture of what they could do in a random confluence of environmental happenings - a plague that kills their usual food chain, and an early freeze that allows them to get to an island full of people. When they get a taste for people, the situation becomes desperate. While light on character development, it’s well-plotted, and keeps one turning the pages. I could bearly put it down.
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tdm
5.0 out of 5 stars Great thriller and a fresh scientific perspective!
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017
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I loved this book! It was a fun, quick read. It was just frightening enough to be a good thriller, and I loved the incorporation of scientific facts. So much of what comes out of pop culture falls short when it comes to science, but not this book.
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Jeffrey
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016
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This book was filled with a lot of information concerning the blight of man and beasts coexisting in a harsh environment, very interesting.
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YukonJack
5.0 out of 5 stars We are no longer the top of the Food Chain!
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A VERY GOOD READ! Written by an author who knew her subjects well! The seal population crashes off the coast of New Foundland the Pack Ice is butted to the coast at the wrong time of the season, the Polar Bears are starving, they have no baby seals to eat, so humans will do.
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Bcmama
4.0 out of 5 stars Not too graphic, but enough to give you a feel for the carnage.
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2016
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I found it to be fast-paced for the most part, a few portions not. Overall a low to mid 4. Not too graphic, but enough to give you a good picture of the carnage. The plot was believable enough that it was not fantasy. Interesting characters, but for me hard to remember who was who at times. I recommend.
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DaveWR
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story about Polar Bears by someone with experience in ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2015
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Great story about Polar Bears by someone with experience in animal biology. Accurate painting of the CBC and the Canadian Government in how they would likely react.

We have cougar. lynx, coyote, cougar and black bears that prowl this neighbourhood -- I had to go out to set up and RV after I read this (10:39 PM) -- I thought about some of the recent encounters... had to concentrate...

Highly recommended for an evening read!
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J. Gunnar Grey
4.0 out of 5 stars more like this, please
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016
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Okay, so I am a sucker for monster movies and books, and it doesn't even need to be a monster; a big hungry angry predator will do quite well, thanks very much. Yeah, like polar bears. Like this. A few info dump scenes with talking heads? A few proofing errors? Who cares when you've got hordes of hungry bears wandering through town?

Found this near-future ecological disaster novel advertised on one of my favorite blogs and had to have it. Read it in one day. Love it. More like this, please. Four strong stars.
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William Geddes
5.0 out of 5 stars First Class Zoological Fiction.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2021
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I recently reviewed Susan Crockford’s novel “Upheaval” and said that it was difficult to put down. I have now finished her earlier novel “Eaten” and found that it was even more unputdownable. The story takes place in 2025 and refers to an imaginary swarm of hungry polar bears whose natural food source disappears and who come ashore in northern Newfoundland and start eating people. The descriptions are scary and horrific, and she handles the human side of the tragedy well. The solution to the problem is expensive but ingenious. The timing of the incident is crucial and the implications relevant to Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) – or the lack of it – are very relevant. Although the story is fictional it remains plausible as a future event. In reading the book one also learns a lot about the habits and ecology of polar bears (the icon of Warmists) and also of seals. If “Upheaval” is first-class geological fiction, then “Eaten” may be classified as first-class zoological fiction on a par with Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdads Sing”, which I also recommend. It is interesting that both authors are successful academic naturalists who have also turned their talents to writing fiction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on December 15, 2017
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Wow awesome reading- hope it never gets this bad
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Ron Truman
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of thrills and important information
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2016
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Childish about bears? Still thinking at the Winnie-the-Pooh level about cutesy animals sitting on their little bear bums eating honey from a pot? Imagining you’d like to cuddle them and protect them from harm?
If you are prepared to mature in your thinking about wildlife, Susan Crockford’s novel Eaten is a good jolt to start your growth.
The polar bears in her book are terrifyingly genuine, a result of Ms. Crockford’s professional knowledge of the animal’s anatomy, habits and behaviours. As the characters in her book go blithely about their business, unaware that a gigantic bear is about to attack them by surprise, it’s enough to send shivers up the spine of anyone who has ever been in polar bear country. Her description of how these humungous carnivores actually kill and devour their prey is chilling, enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
More important, the realistic ecology presented in the book is far more sophisticated than the media-driven mantra that variations in ice coverage will lead inevitably to the extinction of the icebears. Anyone reading the book has a unique opportunity to learn some lessons about what polar bear conservation really entails.
The characters in the novel illustrate something I have long believed to be true. Wildlife biologists and wildlife managers often have chosen their career path because they prefer dealing with animals to dealing with people. The irony is that a wildlife specialist who is very successful with his or her chosen species often ends up getting “promoted” to dealing with homo sapiens, a less predictable species they often like to avoid.
Ms. Crockford seems to be the exception to the rule. She shows a profound understanding of both people and bears. In her first novel, she is able to write a story that illustrates the basic tension between what the public would like to believe and what honest wildlife scientists know to be true.
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Athenarot
5.0 out of 5 stars Dramatic and arresting account
Reviewed in Germany on January 6, 2016
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The story combines the invented plot with scientific facts of polar bears and this is what makes the novel original and worth reading it. It gives another, fresh perspective on ecological issues and spurs the reader on thinking beyond the environmental dogmas.
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MacSchrinque
4.0 out of 5 stars Educational science-not-so-fictional
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2020
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Engaging read brings the baleful light of reality to shine on the current climate hoax hysteria.
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