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Flashback to the early 2000s when I was a wee-lad and took a trip to my local book store. I had no idea who this "predator" fellow was, but I wanted nothing to do with him.

My Dad pointed to a shelf full of used books. On it, were Conan novels by the great Robert E. Howard, a plethora of Star Wars books from the 80s and 90s and in the very top shelf, a complete set of Predator books.

Anyway, I disregarded those, even after my dad said they were pretty cool, especially after that old film with Arnie. No, instead I picked up Star Wars: Dark Apprentice by Kevin J. Anderson, the second book in the Jedi Academy Trilogy, of which I didn't even own the first to, but loved the cover.

From the words of Sally from "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "WHAT A FOOL I WAS!"

Jump to 2020 and a whole bunch of Americans are hit with a stimulus check. It's been years since that fateful trip to the book store and not just this Predator novel, but all of them, have long been out of print. But much like a yautja, I too have been hunting. Hunting for this series.

And so that was my first purchase with my stimulus check.

And man, was it worth it. Instead of spending nearly $100 on each book, I bought a grand total of 7 books for $200.

This was a grand ol' time. At least I remember enjoying it. After I received these books in the mail, I just binge read all of them, so the plots seem to intertwine whenever I try to think about which book is which, but I do remember this one especially being an essential pick for Predator fans.

Interesting to note, each chapter was only about 1-3 pages long.