By shines177 "Bibliophile"
OK...I've been a dinosaur fan since I was a kid, so perhaps I'm a bit biased. It is very hard to find a good, believable dinosaur read, and I was thrilled when not only I found a new dino novel, but one that delivered all that I wanted!
I've read through the reviews and see a few disgrundled reviewers who apparently look for high literary fiction (translation: "boring classics"). This is a gritty, smart adventure novel of the near future where an urgent need for oil coincides with the shutdown of foreign sources. One source: A new mother lode in our own country. But to harvest the black gold, one must figure out how to deal with the most fearsome predators the world has ever seen. When modern technology fails, you turn to the wisdom of the ancients...
It's adventure, escapism, romance, and just pure FUN. I enjoyed the roller coaster read, and will soon be re-reading it again.
One last thing: I have hiked the area in the book many times. There are broad, huge valleys in the preserve that have likely never been trod by a human foot recorded history. Who knows? ;)