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* TheRedBaron: The townsfolk name the Tuskers in order to personify them. There's Razorback, Himmler, and Vader amongst others.
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''Literature/{{Tuskers}}'' is the first volume in Duncan Mcgeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse series, published by Creator/RagnarokPublications. It's Its sequel, ''Tuskers II: Day of the Long Pig'' was released in May of 2015.
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--> Creator/CTPhipps' review on Blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles.
Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas came.
His battle to rid his property of the wild pigs soon escalated into war. Too late, he realized these weren't ordinary animals. They were something new, something meaner and smarter. These pigs weren't just at war with him; they were at war with the human race.
Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas came.
His battle to rid his property of the wild pigs soon escalated into war. Too late, he realized these weren't ordinary animals. They were something new, something meaner and smarter. These pigs weren't just at war with him; they were at war with the human race.
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Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas
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* BigBad: Razorback is the leader of the Tuskers.
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* BigBad: Genghis is the leader of the ''evil'' Tuskers.
* DefectorFromDecadence: A good number of the 3rd generation Tuskers really want no part of a war with humanity for a variety of reasons.
* DefectorFromDecadence: A good number of the 3rd generation Tuskers really want no part of a war with humanity for a variety of reasons.
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* ItCanThink: Again by humans unfamiliar with Tuskers. [[spoiler: One-upped when they start speaking.]]
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* GuiltFreeGenocideWar: Averted. The humans question whether it's right to destroy a new species and the 3rd generation Tuskers feel the same way.
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** [[spoiler: The ending reveals the Tuskers and humans are about to be attacked by zombie humans and pigs.]]
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* FinalSolution: Genghis plans one of these for humanity. [[spoiler: It, instead, happens to the Tuskers instead.]]
* GaiasVengeance: A lot of humans speculate the Tuskers are naturally evolved as a means of nature combating human pollution. Subverted when the Tuskers state, no, they were created by human science.
* GenreShift: It goes from an animals-attack horror novel to a more ''Planet of the Apes''-esque science fiction story.
* GuiltFreeGenocideWar: Averted. The humans question whether it's right to destroy a new species and the 3rd generation Tuskers feel the same way.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: In contrast to the previous novel, neither the Tuskers nor the humans really have the moral highground.
* IntellectualAnimal: Continued from the previous book but actually true as the pigs who learn about human science, history, and philosophy quickly become more proficient at it than humanity.
* ThePlague: One of these is unleashed by [[spoiler: the humans on the Tuskers. It wipes all of the evil ones out but leaves the more likable ones alive.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Barry assembles a group of these to fight the Tuskers. They're decent people, though, who don't really want to kill all the Tuskers once they find out they're intelligent.
* PsychicPowers: The Tuskers develop these as their intelligence grows. This gives them control over Coyotes and ravens.
* TalkingAnimal: The Tuskers develop the ability to speak English [[spoiler: as a function of their psychic powers]] which really changes the nature of their relationship with humans.
* TheQuisling: Those humans who are forced by the Tuskers into assisting them. Only one of them really qualifies, though.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The Tuskers aren't exactly adorable until they start getting names like Tesla and Petunia.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the things the humans have to cope with regarding the Tuskers.
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* FinalSolution: Genghis plans one of these for humanity. [[spoiler: It, instead, happens to the Tuskers instead.]]
* GaiasVengeance: A lot of humans speculate the Tuskers are naturally evolved as a means of nature combating human pollution. Subverted when the Tuskers state, no, they were created by human science.
* GenreShift: It goes from an animals-attack horror novel to a more ''Planet of the Apes''-esque science fiction story.
* GuiltFreeGenocideWar: Averted. The humans question whether it's right to destroy a new species and the 3rd generation Tuskers feel the same way.
* GrayAndGrayMorality: In contrast to the previous novel, neither the Tuskers nor the humans really have the moral highground.
* IntellectualAnimal: Continued from the previous book but actually true as the pigs who learn about human science, history, and philosophy quickly become more proficient at it than humanity.
* ThePlague: One of these is unleashed by [[spoiler: the humans on the Tuskers. It wipes all of the evil ones out but leaves the more likable ones alive.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Barry assembles a group of these to fight the Tuskers. They're decent people, though, who don't really want to kill all the Tuskers once they find out they're intelligent.
* PsychicPowers: The Tuskers develop these as their intelligence grows. This gives them control over Coyotes and ravens.
* TalkingAnimal: The Tuskers develop the ability to speak English [[spoiler: as a function of their psychic powers]] which really changes the nature of their relationship with humans.
* TheQuisling: Those humans who are forced by the Tuskers into assisting them. Only one of them really qualifies, though.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The Tuskers aren't exactly adorable until they start getting names like Tesla and Petunia.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the things the humans have to cope with regarding the Tuskers.
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* TheAdventureContinues: One of the deceased leaves some of the survivors a vast fortune to continue hunting the super-intelligent pigs.
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* BMovie: The novel seems to be an homage to these, specifically ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' and ''Film/{{Tremors}}''.
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-> ''"The aporkaclaypse is a trifle hammy but those who want to pig out on horror could do worse than this slaughterfest which brings home the bacon. It's Hameggdon-time in a small Arizona town which learns quickly its hogs are no boar but ready to gorge themselves on the inhabitants. More finicky readers of frights may feel giving this book a high rating is putting pearls before swine but this book is not swill for the trough either. So polk your head on down to the pen and pick up Tuskers, a novel of butchery which will leave you wishing someone would turn these mutant Suidae into sausage."''
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-> ''"The aporkaclaypse is a trifle hammy but those who want to pig out on horror could do worse than this slaughterfest which brings home the bacon. It's Hameggdon-time in a small Arizona town which learns quickly its hogs are no boar but ready to gorge themselves on the inhabitants. More finicky readers of frights may feel giving this book a high rating is putting pearls before swine but this book is not swill for the trough either. So polk your head on down to the pen and pick up Tuskers, a novel of butchery which will leave you wishing someone would turn these mutant Suidae suidae into sausage."''
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Much of the first half of the book is about establishing the townsfolk about to get eaten.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: The Tuskers desire manflesh!
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* PoliceAreUseless: Played with as the emergency response for a "wild pig invasion" is rather tepid. It later gets into gear.
* RecycledInSpace: A DownplayedTrope example as it is pretty much ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' in Arizona and with pigs. The thing is, those are pretty big changes.
* RecycledInSpace: A DownplayedTrope example as it is pretty much ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' in Arizona and with pigs. The thing is, those are pretty big changes.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMothers: Or, in this case, bad pigs. Razorback is motivated by his desire to please his human-hating mother.
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-> ''"The aporkaclaypse is a trifle hammy but those who want to pig out on horror could do worse than this slaughterfest which brings home the bacon. It's Hameggdon-time in a small Arizona town which learns quickly its hogs are no boar but ready to gorge themselves on the inhabitants. More finicky readers of frights may feel giving this book a high rating is putting pearls before swine but this book is not swill for the trough either. So polk your head on down to the pen and pick up Tuskers, a novel of butchery which will leave you wishing someone would turn these mutant Suidae into sausage."''
--> Creator/CTPhipps' review on Blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles.
Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas came.
His battle to rid his property of the wild pigs soon escalated into war. Too late, he realized these weren't ordinary animals. They were something new, something meaner and smarter. These pigs weren't just at war with him; they were at war with the human race.
And the humans were losing.
Duncan Mcgeary says he was inspired by a 'nature strikes back' theme. "We keep pushing nature and it's going to backfire on us someday. We are pushing into natural places, and the wildlife is either adapting or dying. My idea [with TUSKERS] is that someday they are going to mutate or adapt in a way that is dangerous to humans."
''Literature/{{Tuskers}}'' is the first volume in Duncan Mcgeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse trilogy, published by Creator/RagnarokPublications.
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* ActionGirl: Barbara is one of the few humans to put up a decent fight.
* AnimalTesting: What, ultimately, creates the Tuskers in the first place.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All of the Tuskers, uniformly, desire the genocide of humans.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Attack of the killer super-intelligent pigs!
* DisasterMovie: Overlaps between this and AttackOfTheKillerWhatever.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMothers: Or, in this case, bad pigs. Razorback is motivated by his desire to please his human-hating mother.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Barbara]] is willing to make one of these. Arguably, it's also a SenselessSacrifice DrivenToSuicide moment.
* IntellectualAnimal: "They're ****ing pig Einsteins! Every last one of them." One of the book's more memorable lines.
* KillAllHumans: The motivations of the Tuskers.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: A gigantic explosion and misusing of the Tusker's herding powers is what finally does their plan in.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: One of the characters say it's the aporkcalypse and hamageddon.
* TheEndOrIsIt: One of the Tuskers got away and is making plans. BIG PLANS.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The townsfolk's nicknames for the Tuskers.
* TheRedBaron: The townsfolk name the Tuskers in order to personify them. There's Razorback, Himmler, and Vader amongst others.
* RefugeInAudacity: Arguably, the point of this book.
* UpliftedAnimal: The reason the Tuskers are so dangerous to humans.
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--> Creator/CTPhipps' review on Blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles.
Barry had created a little piece of paradise in his southern Arizona backyard—until the javelinas came.
His battle to rid his property of the wild pigs soon escalated into war. Too late, he realized these weren't ordinary animals. They were something new, something meaner and smarter. These pigs weren't just at war with him; they were at war with the human race.
And the humans were losing.
Duncan Mcgeary says he was inspired by a 'nature strikes back' theme. "We keep pushing nature and it's going to backfire on us someday. We are pushing into natural places, and the wildlife is either adapting or dying. My idea [with TUSKERS] is that someday they are going to mutate or adapt in a way that is dangerous to humans."
''Literature/{{Tuskers}}'' is the first volume in Duncan Mcgeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse trilogy, published by Creator/RagnarokPublications.
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* ActionGirl: Barbara is one of the few humans to put up a decent fight.
* AnimalTesting: What, ultimately, creates the Tuskers in the first place.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All of the Tuskers, uniformly, desire the genocide of humans.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Attack of the killer super-intelligent pigs!
* DisasterMovie: Overlaps between this and AttackOfTheKillerWhatever.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMothers: Or, in this case, bad pigs. Razorback is motivated by his desire to please his human-hating mother.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Barbara]] is willing to make one of these. Arguably, it's also a SenselessSacrifice DrivenToSuicide moment.
* IntellectualAnimal: "They're ****ing pig Einsteins! Every last one of them." One of the book's more memorable lines.
* KillAllHumans: The motivations of the Tuskers.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: A gigantic explosion and misusing of the Tusker's herding powers is what finally does their plan in.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: One of the characters say it's the aporkcalypse and hamageddon.
* TheEndOrIsIt: One of the Tuskers got away and is making plans. BIG PLANS.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The townsfolk's nicknames for the Tuskers.
* TheRedBaron: The townsfolk name the Tuskers in order to personify them. There's Razorback, Himmler, and Vader amongst others.
* RefugeInAudacity: Arguably, the point of this book.
* UpliftedAnimal: The reason the Tuskers are so dangerous to humans.
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