Book description
'An heir of John Buchan and Rider Haggard, Holland is a storyteller,
dealing in mysteries and marvels … he holds the reader's attention in an
iron grip' DAILY TELEGRAPH 1878. The golden days of dinosaur
discoveries. In the still-Wild West, fossils of a monstrous size are
being uncovered by America's two greatest bone-hunters, Professors Marsh
and Cope. Caught in the bitterest of feuds, their rival gangs steal or
smash up each other's collections of bones, and clash murderously in the
badlands of the West. Back in New York, the two professors are sniffing
out tantalising rumours of the ultimate find. Also lured by these hints
are enigmatic English scientist Captain Dawkins and Miss Lilian
Prescott, a naïve but wilful heiress. Drawn into a web of corruption and
murder, they are forced on a desperate hunt for a box of mysterious
fossils - a quest filled with danger, adventure and extraordinary
discoveries. Tom Holland, described by the GUARDIAN as 'a born
storyteller', has written extensively for radio as well as writing five
other novels. He is currently at work on a non-fiction book on the
Romans for Little, Brown/Abacus.
