Jurassic Adventures: Survivor
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Jurassic Adventures: Survivor is the first instalment in the Jurassic Park Adventures book series by Scott Ciencin.
It is based on the movie Jurassic Park III and tells the story of Eric Kirby's survival on isla Sorna, from the moment he gets stranded there, to the arrival, four weeks later, of Alan Grant and the others.
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The book reveals that Amanda Kirby (Eric's mother) and her new boyfriend Ben Hildebrand, had planned to travel to Costa Rica and take Eric to Isla Sorna, the legendary site B of Jurassic Park.
Unfortunately, Ben and Eric have a parasailing accident and end up stranded on the island. Ben dies after being injured in the crash, and Eric is forced to leave when dinosaurs start roaming the area.
From that moment on he has to survive by himself, matching wits with the fearsome predators (and some aggressive herbivores) in the island.
After being injured by an Ankylosaurus and driven off by a pack of compies, Eric finds InGen's old buildings, when he decides to hide. Unfortunately, this place is also being used by raptors as headquarters, and he is almost killed. Later, he decides to find a communications bunker to ask for help. However, he ends up trapped in the middle of a furious battle between a large pack of raptors and a herd of Iguanodons, and eventually he sacrifices his last chance to get help, instead saving a young Iguanodon he had befriended before.
After that, he returns to the jungle knowing that perhaps he will spend the rest of his life there.
The book, though not canon, reveals some interesting things about InGen, Jurassic Park and its dinosaurs, and also about the main character, for example:
- It is revealed that original wildlife on the island has survived despite the introduction of dinosaurs, including sloths, quetzals and snakes.
- It seems that the dinosaur population is not as balanced as previously thought, and raptors are actually keeping herds of herbivores prisoners in a valley, so that they can hunt them more easily.
- It is revealed how Eric got the Tyrannosaurus pee and also the raptor claw he shows to Alan Grant in the movie.
- Iguanodons are introduced in this book; Eric befriends one of them, and names him "Iggy".
- A Pteranodon is described as flying around the island, although in the movie, all pteranodons were captive. The Pteranodon is eventually caught by a T-Rex.
- It is revealed that Ben most likely died due to internal injury, not eaten.
- The dinosaurs that appear in Survivor are Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Velociraptor, Compsognathus, Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, Pteranodon and Iguanodon. The Spinosaurus, although present in the Jurassic Park III movie, did not appear in the book, even though Eric stated in the film that the Tyrannosaurus pee had attracted "a huge dinosaur with a sail on its back".
- Scott Ciencin suggests that the reason for the Deinonychus-like appearance on Velociraptors, and the teeth on Pteranodon are most likely the result of InGen's scientists messing up with dinosaur DNA during the creation of Jurassic Park.
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