Rule of Extinction

The Preservation of Species, Book 1

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Pub Date Feb 25 2025 | Archive Date Dec 11 2024

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Description

A civilization-ending comet is headed for Earth.

Two days before impact, thousands of mysterious pods land in a swath across North America. When people touch them, the pods open. Anyone who climbs inside is carried away.

No one knows where the pods came from and no one knows where they go, but finding one is David Williams’ only chance to save his family from the end of the world.

… and escaping Earth is just the beginning.

The Preservation of Species trilogy begins with Rule of Extinction, a post-apocalyptic science-fiction adventure filled with unforgettable heroes, terrifying monsters, and heart-pounding action.

A civilization-ending comet is headed for Earth.

Two days before impact, thousands of mysterious pods land in a swath across North America. When people touch them, the pods open. Anyone who climbs...


A Note From the Publisher

THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIES trilogy is compelete and will be released in 2025 in audiobook, ebook, and paperback formats.

Part I - RULE OF EXTINCTION - February 2025
Part II - TO BE ANNOUNCED - June 2025
Part III - TO BE ANNOUNCED - October 2025

THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIES trilogy is compelete and will be released in 2025 in audiobook, ebook, and paperback formats.

Part I - RULE OF EXTINCTION - February 2025
Part II - TO BE ANNOUNCED -...


Advance Praise

★★★★★ "What a great story! I really enjoyed this and thoroughly recommend you pick it up when it becomes available in February 2025. A lot of fun to read, and one of the first times in recent memory I actually sat up late to finish reading a book."

Hatboy's Hatstand (https://hatboy.blog/2024/11/19/rule-of-extinction-a-review/)


★★★★★ "This book is literally so good. Im not one to usually read apocalyptic type stories but once I started reading I couldn’t stop."

- Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7016338296) 

★★★★★ "What a great story! I really enjoyed this and thoroughly recommend you pick it up when it becomes available in February 2025. A lot of fun to read, and one of the first times in recent memory...


Marketing Plan

Rule of Extinction is a post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure from the author of The Dinosaur Four.

Rule of Extinction is ideal for fans of:

- Gritty post-apocalyptic thrillers like The Road, Bird Box, and The Living Dead

- Multi-layered sci-fi mysteries like Wayward Pines, The Silo Saga, The Book of Koli, and Lost

- Harrowing monster horror like Jaws, Jurassic Park, and The Thing

- Stories of everyday people banding together while the worst elements of humanity seize power, like The Mist, Day of the Dead, and Lord of the Flies

- First contact sagas about visitors with a hidden agenda like V and V: The Final Battle

- Trilogies that begin with personal adventures but grow to an epic conclusion as heroes unite to try to save the world, like The Lord of the Rings


Rule of Extinction contains graphic violence, profanity, adult content, and mature themes. Specific content warnings available at www.DoesTheDogDie.com

Rule of Extinction is a post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure from the author of The Dinosaur Four.

Rule of Extinction is ideal for fans of:

- Gritty post-apocalyptic thrillers like The Road, Bird...


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ISBN 9798989021000
PRICE $4.99 (USD)
PAGES 447

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This was a strong start to the Preservation of Species series, it had that feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the feel of this. The characters had that element that I was looking for and enjoyed the feel of this. It had that horror element that I was looking for and worked as a opening chapter. Geoff Jones has a strong writing style and am excited to read more in this series.

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I couldn’t put this book down. Fast paced, action packed and thought provoking.
A cataclysmic comet is heading for earth. Survival seems impossible. Society is collapsing as the human race counts down the days to their extinction.
Then the pods arrive.
Faced with the impossible and the unknown, how do you choose?
Thousands take a chance on survival.

The author has a sophisticated and immersive writing style. I read this book in one sitting. There’s multiple POV’s switching between earth before the comet hit and the new world our characters find themselves in. Jones navigates this really well. Helping us piece together the characters and their lives without it becoming too confusing. There’s a lot of chaos pre-comet, but there’s also people still fighting to protect and take care of those who need it. Disaster brings out the best and the worst of humanity.

After they leave the pods, our characters have to figure out how to survive the new world and each other.
There are good people and there are bad people. The rest fall into the grey area between. Not everyone who survives the end of the world will do so with good intentions.
A spectrum of morality is explored.
What are you willing to do to survive? Who are you willing to sacrifice to ensure you see another day? What type of world are you looking to create and how do you get there?

The characters are fantastic , fleshed out and complicated. Each is driven by their history, experiences and hopes for the future. Ultimately these goals can’t Co-exist and we watch them grapple for control.
Jones is ruthless in the deaths of characters. No one is safe, just like the real world. Nature is indifferent.

The lines between a fresh start and prison become blurred. How do we feel about preservation of species in an artificial environment when we’re the specimen ? Can something be a saviour and a captor at the same time?

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