Raptor Red: Difference between revisions

The novel follows an eventful year in Raptor Red's life; the times are changing (the book takes place around the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary) and various dinosaurs are on the move, among them Raptor Red and her mate, who have come to what will one day be Utah from what will one day be Asia via land bridge. He dies in a hunting accident in the first chapter; not long after, Raptor Red reunites with her sister and finds that her sister has three chicks. Since the chicks are "half of half of me", Raptor Red forms a two-raptor pack with her sister to help raise the offspring. The ensuing adventures include famine, flood, a dashing young male attempting to court Raptor Red over her sister's protests, menacing Acrocanthosaurs, a ''very'' nasty run-in with a whip-tailed sauropod, and [[Shown Their Work|lots and lots of random paleontology]].

 

* [[Ape Shall Never Kill Ape]] - Averted by the ''Utahraptor''. Raptor Red's consort would kill Raptor Red's sister's chicks if it weren't for the fact that Raptor Red would never let him. That, and the fact that either Raptor Red or Raptor Red's sister would probably kill ''him'' afterward. Nothing ever actually happens, but there are several close shaves.

* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]] - Raptor Red is fairly calm and methodical, but her sister is best described as manic and slightly nuts, especially when her chicks are in danger. Or even when she just thinks the chicks are in danger. {{spoiler|This eventually proves to be her downfall.}}

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