Hybrid Vigor

By: John Lee Schneider

Narrated by: Steve Connor

Crocodiles are born man-eaters.

Given the opportunity, it is the one big predator that will go for you every single time.

Two people have been killed inside a month, and now a monster croc has been captured – a hybrid – grown huge with 'hybrid-vigor' – and in the Everglades, a new and deadly invasive species – the most aggressive predator on the planet.

Authorities are baffled – where did it come from? And what else might be lurking out on the water?

But Abigail O'Neil knows.

After seventeen years, Abigail has come home – an old cabin in the deepest swamp – where all the darkest secrets lie – where monsters breed.

But even in the swamp, the most cold-blooded monsters are always human.

And so is the most dangerous prey

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Hybrid Vigor

This was a fun monster movie type book.Some 'bloke' in the Everglades is messing with Crocdile and Alligator hybrids.Not everyone dies.lol Narrator Steven Conner was good,but his accents could be improved.I was given this book free for an honest review.

Crocs

Hybrid Vigor by John Lee Schneider is a great build up to the exciting thrill ride that is his other book Gator Glades. Honestly I’m about to read it again just to carry on this story. While many have said it does not have the action of the second one as well as me reading the second one first when I first started reading Schneider’s books I think it is great and really builds up the story. It he characters are fun and as always Abagail is by far the most interesting of the group. There is some action in this once Caesar shows up. I def recommend reading this one first then follow up with Gator Glades.

nothing I would rush out to buy

the story was ok, the narration was ok. some times the story sounded like a zoo lecture. when the narrator would switch into some of the characters his voice went somewhat sing songy. nothing so bad that I couldn't finish the book and I learned some stuff.

On the pursuit of a cold blooded predator..

Suspense and treachery lies dormant in the swamps, and terrible reptiles aren't all that threaten our protagonists..

This is a decent thriller with few interesting, but mostly forgettable characters. I liked that I got to learn a few bits about freshwater crocodiles and salties. The narration suffers from excessive entonation, overpronunciation and 'theatrical showmanship' instead of sounding normal and realistic, but speeding it up made that less noticeable, albeit still intolerable.

Mixed bag

I heard “monster crocodile” and was sold. This book was a lot slower paced than I’d expected, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Lots of time was spent establishing the context, rather than rushing straight into the action, which I can appreciate.

The way women were written and talked about bothered me. It kept taking me out of the story.
However, the plot is interesting and narration is excellent.