A book series by Matthew Thayer

30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Imagine being sent thousands of years back in time, shipwrecked across the Ice Age, ancient Rome, and beyond. Would you have what it takes to survive?

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Introducing

The 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Journey inside a prehistoric world of danger and beauty as Matthew Thayer chronicles the adventures of shipwrecked time travelers who must go native to survive.

Book two
Tuscany, book two of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Tuscany

Empire builder Lorenzo Martinelli takes his warped campaign into the boot of pre-historic Italy. The time travelers face many challenges as they try to stop him before he disrupts the future of mankind.

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Book three
Gibraltar, book three of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Gibraltar

Living with Neanderthal, surviving blizzard and shark attack, time travelers take two very different journeys north to the land of ice and snow in search of a rescue mission.

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Book four
Galway, book four of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Galway

Time travelers join their native clan mates on a brutal crossing of the northern ice shelf, comparing the bounty of the prehistoric land to memories of the scorched Earth they left behind.

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Book five
Rome, book five of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Rome

Ranging from the Paleolithic to Nero's Empire and on to the drought ravaged, war torn 2200s, Rome is an epic continuation of the series as the time explorers face the end of their Stone Age refuge.

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Book six
New York, book six of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

New York

New York delivers a wickedly imaginative plunge into the city's distant and recent past, and its star crossed future. Feel the crash of mastodons and hear saber tooth cats roar as the team's first explorers roam a land that will one day become Manhattan.

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Book seven
Babylon, book seven of the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles

Babylon

Four decades after first being marooned on the coast of Bordeaux, the aging survivors are shipwrecked again, this time in the Arabian Sea. Babylon rocks the Cradle of Civilization, putting flesh on the prehistory of Mesopotamia and the dawn of the Bronze Age.

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What readers are saying
"Combines the best aspects of Swiss Family Robinson and Star Trek."
Ronald Youngblood, Hawaii Public Radio correspondent
"Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe and Huckleberry Finn, simmered in a reduction sauce of Jules Verne."
Goodreads reader
A unique world in fascinating detail, where ancient and modern worlds collide in one thrilling adventure after another.Rick Chatenever
The absolute perfect research of the European and Mediterranean area at that time.Hans Zink
A real risk of a sleepless night, totally immersed in Matthew Thayer's engaging story.Dr. William Bloedon
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Author Matthew Thayer
The author

Matthew Thayer

Matthew Thayer has won more than 75 awards for his writing and photography. He lives and works on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and is currently self publishing the 30,000 B.C. Chronicles. He is available for media interviews, book signings and lectures.

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Credits

Editor: Kelsey Sadler, [email protected]

Artist: Darko Tomic, [email protected]

Web design: Naim Ferguson, belikeliquid.com

Drums: Zenshin Daiko

Author's photo: Makena Gadient