Michael Crichton, the number one New York Times best-selling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of palaeontology 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. Against this backdrop two palaeontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his archrival, William has joined world-renowned palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, and abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice.
Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure, however, will test William’s newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West’s most dangerous and notorious characters….
Dinosaur Teeth + Crichton = A Good Time What began as a measure designed to protect a young man’s pride soon turned into an adventure that William Johnson would not soon forget. Michael Crichton’s novel about the early days of paleontology in the United States is a mixture of whimsy, seriousness, humor, and just good old fun.Â
If you love Crichton, what are you waiting for? Thoroughly enjoyed this newly “dug up” book by Crichton. Crichton is my favorite author of all time, and reading his book Congo as a kid spurred my love of reading. If have only read a couple of his books and are expecting a Jurassic Park type book based on the cover, you may not enjoy this book. However, if you have read a wide variety of Crichton’s books, this is a can’t miss. Fast paced storytelling with interesting, though sometimes unlikable characters.
Bite your teeth into this literary confection. It’s not steak, but it’s quality hamburger meat. Writer Harlan Ellison has gone on record that, when he dies, his wife will burn all the works in progress to insure they are not completed by another writer, thereby guaranteeing that what he CHOOSES to publish appears in print, and that which he chooses not to appear in print remain unpublished and unfinished.Â