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John
Goodwin
Joining
Tucker and company in their search for a REAL monster is as much fun as
going to the Center of the Earth with Prof. Lidenbrook or to the Lost
World with Prof. Challenger ... a delight!" John Goodwin, Emmy Award
Winner, CSI.
Ron
Underwood
TUCKER’S MONSTER delivers all the fun and adventure for the reader
that S.S. Wilson always brings to the movies he creates. Through meticulous
research and a wealth of scientific information, Wilson creates a most
credible narrative about the search for previously undiscovered life forms.
We see the world through the eyes of Gerald Whitney, a recent college
graduate in the field of zoology who gets a job as chief zoologist for
an eccentric and wealthy rancher, Harold Tucker. Together, along with
Tucker’s wife, Jenny, they travel the world looking for creatures
and legendary monsters.
The
book is a journal by Whitney, and his voice is very authentic for a young
man of science in the early 1900’s. Through amazing detail and accuracy,
the reader is transported back to the beginning of the twentieth century.
We meet characters of a different time with names like Adford Diphonia
and Luddy Sedlak.
Whitney’s
naïve optimism is charming as he is thrown into the world of an employer
who is used to getting what he wants in life and never accepts “no”
for an answer about anything. On their travels, they meet many colorful
characters, who sometime become obstacles in their exploration. Tucker
has a direct way of dealing with confrontation that is disturbing and
frightening for Whitney, but Tucker’s methods are usually most effective.
Tucker
believes that so much of the earth’s surface has not been explored,
that it is possible to find a living dinosaur somewhere in the world.
His ardent determination in finding a dinosaur is so intense that his
enthusiasm is contagious for the reader.
While Tucker is accustomed to traveling in style, the group is often in
treacherous lands that make the voyages arduous. They come across a wide
variety of unusual vehicles as they trudge their way through snow, through
marshes, and through jungles. They always travel fully armed, and Tucker
is quite adept at using his firearms and explosives when needed.
As one would expect from a book by S.S. Wilson, there are plenty of twists
and turns and surprises to entertain all through Whitney’s journey.
We grow to love our traveling trio and look forward to each new adventure
they encounter. It is an exciting adventure, but also an emotional one.
We go on an emotional roller coaster with our characters as they achieve
hard-won victories and suffer personal losses. You won’t be disappointed
when you pick up a copy of TUCKER’S MONSTER. Ron Underwood, Director.
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