Author: mikerobinson

A yacht cruising the South Pacific is pulled through a strange corridor of fog. On the other side, the crew find themselves on the shores of an extraordinary island, a monstrous place of dinosaurs and terrifying creatures that should not exist in this world.Sierra Nevada Smith was always chasing monsters, whether through the pages of her favorite books or in the films of legendary stop-motion … stop-motion animator Russell Boylan. Now those monsters are all too real and to survive she will need that knowledge to learn the secrets of this mysterious Monster Island.more

Restless and fire-hearted, ten-year-old Sierra Nevada Smith was always chasing monsters, whether through the pages of her favorite books or in the woods behind the small, secluaded California town where she grew up. Fantastic new worlds opened for her, however, when, after a near-tragedy, she was whisked away into the films of legendary stop-motion animator Russell Boylan.Ten years later, she … finds herself working aboard a yacht, adrift at sea and in life, her peers nicknaming her the ‘Monster Girl’, a pitiful consolation for her own stunted career as a stop-motion animator in this era of computer-generated effects. When their…

Praise for Mike Robinson: “This novel is as good as any you’re going to find, a page-turner, an electron burner… I’m going to go back and read the book again, just to enjoy every nuance of Mike Robinson’s excellent writing.” ~Review of The Green-Eyed Monster, by Mike Robinson About “The Prince of Earth”: It had come back. It had come back and it was stronger. It’s been twenty years. Not … stronger. It’s been twenty years. Not again. Not now. Not anytime. In 1988, young American traveler Quincy Redding is trekking across the misty terrain of the Scottish Highlands. She…