One of the world's leading millennial paleontologists. "Steve Brusatte explains how these spectacular bygone animals shaped our present, and how they can inform our future. A great introduction for folks wanting to learn more about dinosaurs."-Shelf Awareness "Brusatte's prose shows the excitement he feels about his subject, making the book more of a conversation than a dry tract. This is science at first hand."-Literary Review "An up-to-the-minute account of the long history and remarkable biology of these extraordinary animals."-RICHARD FORTEY, former senior paleontologist at London's Natural History Museum and author of Life, Trilobite!, and Earth
Wilson did for ants and Carl Sagan for stars."-Washington Times "If you ever loved a dinosaur, buy this book. "Tells the epic tale of the dinosaurs rise to dominance and extinction, taking us on a thrilling journey back in time."-National Geographic "Takes readers on a tour of the new fossils and discoveries that are shedding light on the dinosaurs' evolutionary story.