Entertaining blend of fact and fiction following a year in the life of a female red raptor dinosaur on the plains of Utah in the cretaceous period 120 million years ago. Told from the raptor's perspective and beginning with the tragic death of her mate, the story paints a rich and colourful picture of the period. The author is a prominent palaeontologist who discovered the first red raptor fossils and was advisor for the Jurassic Park film.