
Pulling A Dragon'S Teeth [9780822958352]
There is a proverb in China, hu kou ba ya, literally pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth, used to describe any extremely difficult task. When Shao We…
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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 paleontologists 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 arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist 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...
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL CRICHTON:
'One of the most ingenious, inventive thriller writers around' - Observer
'A master storyteller' - Sunday Telegraph
'Crichton pulls off a slick thriller at a cracking pace' - Daily Telegraph
'Mixing cutting-edge science with thrills, this is classic Crichton' - Daily Mirror
'Terrific fun. The pages whip by' - Independent
'A gripping, impeccably researched thriller' - Evening Standard
AUTHOR: Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the groundbreaking novels The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, and Next, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He was the director of Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery and Looker, as well as the creator of ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.