Well written, this book asks the reader to suspend belief in reality, just a tad. It is escapism, pure and simple.
Tom Broadbent is riding his horse through the Canyons of New Mexico when he hears a gunshot. Fifteen minutes later he finds the dying prospector, is given a secret notebook filled with specific columns of numbers, and promises to give it to the man's daughter.
Nothing is ever as easy as it seems it should be.
The prospector is not one who searches for gold or gems, or even archeological artifacts. This man searches for dinosaur bones.
The book evolves into a race against time. Tom must find the daughter while the sheriff attempts to solve a murder. A paleontologist in New York needs the dinosaur and has hired someone to find it at all costs. Finally, the US Government sends a classified unit into New Mexico to ensure that nothing is located.
Despite an abundance of characters and locations, the book is well written. It moves fairly quickly, and I didn't skip too many pages!
However, if you are looking for a serious read or a "that could happen," this is not your book.
*Note - an actual tyrannosaurus bone, with soft tissue, was actually discovered.
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