The Tusks of Extinction

The Tusks of Extinction

Ray Nayler

Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 3.0

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again. The late Dr. Damira Khismatullina, the world’s foremost expert in elephant behavior, is called in to help. While she was murdered a year ago, her digitized consciousness is uploaded into the brain of a mammoth. Can she help the magnificent creatures fend off poachers long enough for their species to take hold? And will she ever discover the real reason they were brought back? A tense eco-thriller from a new master of the genre. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


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  • laurenslibrary
    Dec 24, 2024
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  • Bmb3md
    Mar 09, 2025
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    The Tusks of Extinction explores de-extinction, human greed and our exploitation of the natural world, memory, and nature v. nurture all in a quick 100 pages. Not much really happens plot-wise, but Nayler is able to pack a punch through his characters' thoughts and dialogues around their experience with poaching in their lives. I appreciate the questions this book raises around conservation efforts and their feasibility, even if the answer feels bleak. I did find it challenging to get into this book initially with the different POVs, and tbh didn't find much value from the poacher chapters, but overall this book was ambitious and made me think and is worth a read.

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  • ryn_k
    Mar 09, 2025
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 3.0

    I will fully admit that this is a well crafted story with poignant moments. However I don’t think I am the intended audience… there is something about the story or writing style that isn’t really my thing, but I can’t place my finger on what that is. (But I have a strong suspicion the anthony and Vladimir parts are a large part of what I disliked)

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