Primitive War 1

By: Ethan Pettus

Narrated by: Wayne June

Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

At the height of the Vietnam War, a search and rescue team known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon.

As Vulture Squad hunts through the primordial depths of the valley, they discover ancient horrors that not only threaten to unravel their minds, but to end their lives, as well. When the casualties mount, the men of Vulture Squad must abandon their human nature and give in to their savage instincts to survive...the Primitive War.

Disclaimer: This novel is set in the Vietnam War, and as such, it isn't suitable for children. There is graphic violence, adult language, drug use, and many references to war-borne tragedy.

©2017 Ethan Pettus (P)2021 Ethan Pettus

fun way to listen to a great book!

loved it. I had already read both books in the series and thought about re reading the first one. but this was an easier and more imaginative way to experience this vivid book. highly recommend

I enjoyed it

This was a pretty good read. A combination of Jurassic Park, Predator, and Dino crisis. I'm very glad I took the recommendation from DangerVille! I'm very much hopping the rest of the series is to be released in audiobook, I'd buy it and listen to it!

Primitive War: Worth Your Time

Dinosaurs eating humans in the Vietnam war. You may think the premise is too silly to make a good story, but you may be pleasantly surprised if you take the time to read it. It's very realistic in its portrayal of mental illness, how the government would respond to a situation like this, the dinosaurs themselves, and war, The characters are deep, the dinosaurs are awesome, just listen to it. if I had to critique one thing it's that the excuse for dinosaurs being in Vietnam is very lame. Other than that, I heavily enjoyed this book and I cannot wait for the audiobooks of primitive war 2 and primitive war dispatches.

The darker Jurassic park

Honestly read the graphic novel first (art is amazing) and wanted to explore through audio book as well. A great story with people who act like people. The greys of the world are evident and truly hope the sequel is as good.

Dread & Gravity

I loved in the most morbid way possible you really feel the just bleakness of being hunted and nobody is coming to save these people ....its was also a very raw war story which you don't hear very often ....the narrator is a absolute banger you instinctively connect that voice to the setting and he does a good mix for the characters

Loved it!

Loved the dark tone and how well the mix of the Vietnam war and dinosaur horror went into this book wish the second book would come to audible

definitely awesome but has some flaws

really like the story even though I was hesitant at first to get it. I'm really glad I stepped into this genre and I'm looking forward for the next book.

the negatives weren't many but part of this audio book hype was the narration and Wayne June does have a great voice. however, it was annoying that Eli sounded like some stereotypical 19th century gold miner and so does Leon. it was hard to take the characters serious because how June read their parts made them seem cartoonish. it seems Mr. June doesn't do a southern accent very well. Also, Xavier was supposed to be a half native American that grew up in the woods of Maine but sounded like JFK. but other than that, his narration was awesome.

the authors tended to recycle metaphors and analogies but it wasn't too terrible.

I really enjoyed hearing Pettus' descriptions of facial expressions and human interactions. I often found myself making the faces according to his description as some kind of confirmation as i would hear them.

cool series!

Prefect for any Jurassic fan

Found primitive war on ig last year and have been waiting for its audible release with work I don’t have much time to read but this book is a prefect mix of action sci-fi and horror the details the characters everything is described prefect makes you feel like your there in Vietnam also I loved how it was more than what I thought it be definitely a great listen can’t wait for the second book to be released

Perfect Dinosaur Horror

I have to admit, this was a very satisfying story to listen to. Just visualizing how powerless humanity is against the dinosaurs is quite chilling. I can’t help but wonder if there is a sequel, because I definitely want to hear more.

highly recommend

when I originally started listening to this I had my concerns about it. but after listening to it I really started to enjoy the book. I really look forward to re-listening to this and I'm hoping we'll get a sequel to this.