Raptor Lands: The Illustrated Story of the Harrowing Return of the Dinosaurs - Couverture souple

Otis, Jeff

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798218333072

Editeur : JSOArts Publishing LLC, 2024

Synopsis

They wanted to bring the dinosaurs back. Someone else wanted to make them deadlier.

When a team of scientists discovers how to reverse engineer dinosaurs from modern birds, they believe they are opening a window into Earth's distant past. Their goal is simple: to learn how these extraordinary animals once lived.

But not everyone shares that vision.

Without realizing she has been manipulated, the project's brilliant geneticist creates larger, more dangerous predators for a ruthless billionaire whose interests have little to do with scientific discovery.

On a vast New Mexico ranch, the resurrected dinosaurs are kept safely behind heavily fortified enclosures. Yet even the strongest barriers fail from time to time. A damaged fence. A moment of human error. An unexpected encounter.

For the people caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, survival becomes anything but certain.

As the years pass, remarkable robots called Dexters become an essential part of ranch operations, while scientists struggle to balance discovery, ethics, and the demands of those who value profit over human lives.

Filled with believable science, unforgettable characters, suspense, humor, and pulse-pounding encounters with prehistoric predators, Raptor Lands is a thrilling adventure that asks a haunting question:

Just because we can bring dinosaurs back... should we?

Includes bonus illustrations that bring the prehistoric world vividly to life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

His first book, Raptor Lands, was published in March 2024. Currently, he has three other completed drafts of novels that are in the process of editing. His short stories appear in various anthologies, including A Diversity of Expressions, Woven Pathways, and Holes in Our Hearts. He received first-place in the humor category for a story called The Gift from Southwest Writers in 2023. Before his passion for writing took over his life, he spent much of my time as an award-winning professional oil painter. He has a bachelor's degree in anthropology and a master's in mathematics and statistics from the University of New Mexico. He taught for 10 years in the public schools after working as a statistician for 16 years. Art, writing, math, anthropology - he is a puzzle made up of pieces many people would say don't fit together. He is married and has a wonderful family. He loves writing stories that involve romance, adventure, suspense, conflict, sometimes horror, and humor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: JSOArts Publishing LLC
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798218333072
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 411
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg