Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel—a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America’s western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But when the paranoid and secretive Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, he abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. William is forced to join forces with Cope and soon stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. With this extraordinary treasure, however, comes exceptional danger, and William’s newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache, which pits him against some of the West’s most notorious characters.
Drawing on both meticulously researched history and an exuberant imagination, Dragon Teeth is based on the rivalry between real-life paleontologists Cope and Marsh; in William Johnson readers will find an inspiring hero only Michael Crichton could have imagined. Perfectly paced and brilliantly plotted, this enormously winning adventure is destined to become another Crichton classic.
Dinosaur Teeth + Crichton = A Good Time What began as a measure designed to protect a young manâs pride soon turned into an adventure that William Johnson would not soon forget. Michael Crichtonâs novel about the early days of paleontology in the United States is a mixture of whimsy, seriousness, humor, and just good old fun.
Very enjoyable. I have not read much fiction over the last few years primarily sticking to science, philosophy and geopolitics. Being a life long Crichton fan, this book was much anticipated and vert refreshing. Pirate Latitudes didn’t feel right so expectations were low, however this read like a true Crichton novel. I honestly felt like a kid again with my first reading of Jurrasic Park, turning page by page, excited for the next development. Without giving away spoilers, I can say that the book has many fun…
Enjoyable slim page turner made better because it’s Crichton You always have to wonder in a situation like this why the author didn’t want to publish the finished manuscript himself. After I have enjoyed so many of Crichton’s immensely clever, impecibly well written novels, my guess is that he thought he could do better. And of course, he did. But, for whatever reason, this is still Crichton and still fun to read. My criticism of his later works is that hs books became so entangled in his own firmly held beliefs and theories that that he would depart…