Overview
Finalist, 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards SOME MONSTERS ARE REAL-AND SOME SECRETS ARE DEADLY After a dragon-like attack, a paleontologist's team ventures deep into an island jungle-only to discover the true nightmare has just begun. Deep in a Caribbean rainforest, a secret U.S. military base is hiding something terrifying. After a dragon-like creature decimates a village on the Puerto Rican island of Isla Lagarta, survivors' claims are dismissed-until paleontologist Dr. Vikki Barnes and her scientist ex-boyfriend start digging for answers. Now, with the military determined to silence them, they must team up with a conspiracy-spouting pilot, a grizzled war veteran, and a remarkable 12-year-old girl to unravel the mystery and survive. Can they expose the truth before the island's secret claims more victims? In the vein of classic science thrillers such as Jurassic Park and Relic, Dragon Island blends fast-paced excitement and scientific plausibility in a thrilling adventure that brings prehistoric terror and modern science to life.
Full Product Details
Author: J B Manas
Publisher: Somerton Press
Imprint: Somerton Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9798986259147
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 25 November 2025
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""An adventure tale that's witty, suspenseful, and full of heart ... [a] Jurassic Park-flavored romp.""-Kirkus Reviews ""Epic, intelligent and cinematic... a worthy addition to the canon of great monster thrillers.""-BestThrillers ""J.B. Manas delivers pure adrenaline in DRAGON ISLAND. Think Jurassic Park meets military conspiracy-prehistoric terror, modern secrets, and a cover-up that could cost them everything. Cinematic, fast-paced, and impossible to put down.""-Veronica Wolff, National Bestselling Author ""If you liked Jurassic Park and Jaws, you'll love Dragon Island.""-Paula Berinstein, author and former host of The Writing Show podcast
Author Information
J.B. Manas is an award-winning author of suspense and sci-fi thrillers, including Dragon Island, The Mirror Man, The Kronos Interference (co-author), and more. His work has earned starred reviews in Kirkus and multiple honors from BestThrillers.com, including the Best Sci-Fi Thriller of 2022 for The Mirror Man and a 2025 finalist nod for Dragon Island. Manas is also Editor-in-Chief of Good Alien, where he collaborates with top creators in comics and multimedia, and is a member of International Thriller Writers (ITW), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Association for Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), and the Authors Guild. He lives and writes in Bucks County, PA with his family and a mischievous mutt named Max.
