The Monster's Bones tells a tale so strange that it can only be true. It is almost unbelievable to imagine that the tyrannosaurus rex may still be unknown to mankind if not for the desperate searching of two outrageous personalities whose careers depended on uncovering a marvel. 

Although Randall's telling drifted at times, the timeline of the story remained apparent and never dull. I had never before considered the cognitive dissonance and disbelief that the first humans to study dinosaurs must have encountered. Many aspects of the story amazed me in ways both great and terrible, and left me eager to explain it to others with poor man's paraphrasing. This is a must read for anyone with even a slight interest in paleontology.