It is 1878 and Captain John Paley Dawkins, an English amateur palaeontologist, has staked his meagre inheritance upon an expedition to find a pterodactyl, set up by geologist Sheldon Prescott. Wary of Prescott's wilful daughter Lilian, they are soon forced together in a life-threatening quest.
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“Fascinating and original… unforgettable.” -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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1878. The golden days of dinosaur discoveries. In the still–Wild West, fossils of monstrous size are being uncovered by America’s two greatest bone hunters, Professors Marsh and Cope. Caught in the bitterest of feuds, their rivals steal or destroy each other’s findings, clashing murderously in the treacherous Wyoming Badlands. Back in New York, Marsh and Cope are sniffing out tantalizing rumors of the ultimate find. Also lured by the rumors are enigmatic English scientist Captain Dawkins and Miss Lilian Prescott, a naïve but willful heiress. Drawn into a web of corruption and murder, they are forced on a desperate hunt for a cache of mysterious fossils — a quest filled with danger, adventure, and extraordinary discoveries.
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I respect books and I have a large collection. In my opinion the worst that can be done to a book is to burn it. I struggled to the end of this poorly-written, inane, boring, pathetic nonsense and went into my garden and set it down. I placed two fire lighters on the cover and lit it. Astonishingly it only took a few minutes for it to turn to ashes.
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Miss Lilian Prescott clutched at her hat, breathed in deeply of the Atlantic gales, and wished that she were dead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Prescott, Captain Dawkins, Professor Marsh, New York, Professor Cope, Sheldon Prescott, Como Bluff, Medicine Bow, Lord Bemerton, Big Horns, Buffalo Bill, Professor Muir, Charles Prescott, Cloud Peak, Captain Williams, Miss Muir, Officer Moran, Water Street, Great Karroo, New Haven, Commissioner Prescott, Fifth Avenue, Museum of Natural History, Yellow Hair, Fort Laramie New!
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Miss Lilian Prescott clutched at her hat, breathed in deeply of the Atlantic gales, and wished that she were dead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thunder beast, specimen box, velvet bag Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Prescott, Captain Dawkins, Professor Marsh, New York, Professor Cope, Sheldon Prescott, Como Bluff, Medicine Bow, Lord Bemerton, Big Horns, Buffalo Bill, Professor Muir, Charles Prescott, Cloud Peak, Captain Williams, Miss Muir, Officer Moran, Water Street, Great Karroo, New Haven, Commissioner Prescott, Fifth Avenue, Museum of Natural History, Yellow Hair, Fort Laramie New!
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