Raptor Red

By: Robert T. Bakker

Narrated by: Megan Gallagher

A stunning debut in the blockbuster tradition of Jurassic Park -- enhanced with dramatic sound effects.

A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. The eyes follow every movement in the great herd of plant-eating dinosaurs that mills around the open meadows, moving back and forth with the rapid scanning of a hunter who is thinking about everything she sees. She is an intelligent killer...

The time -- 120 million years ago. The place -- the plains of prehistoric Utah. The eyes belong to one of the most unforgettable heroines you will ever meet. Her name -- Raptor Red.

Raptor Red is a female raptor dinosaur, struggling to survive on her own after losing her mate. Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells the story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his groundbreaking theories in an exciting, one-of-a-kind tale. With keen insight and stunning authenticity, he tracks the raptor on her yearlong odyssey of survival as she braves a devastating storm, migrates toward the ocean to escape powerful predators, and heads north in a desperate attempt to escape the threat of deadly acrocanthosaurs, all while carrying out her natural duty to search for a new mate.

From its tragic opening to its thrilling climax on a snowy mountaintop, Raptor Red is a unique and utterly compelling look at a year in the life of a dinosaur -- a revolutionary work of fiction.

Definite listen.

I really like the story and the readers performance. Please please please turn down the background music!!!!! It was quite difficult to hear her reading at times. The reader did a great job of building drama on her own without the drowning orchestra! I still recommend it however because I enjoyed the story and Megan Gallagher a lot.

Beautiful

I noticed the audiobook didn't have some details that the first edition Raptor Red did. That being said it is super hard to find a physical Raptor Red Book, I'm really missing the original copy I had. I wish they didn't abridge it, there's so many wonderful details and honestly not one detail in the book is superfluous. All points and observations made eventually become pertinent to the Raptors story. This is a beautiful story of a Utah Raptor based upon the remains found and what could have been when she was living. This story is brilliant, well written, the style is extremely had to pull off and he does it effortless. I wish I knew more books like this, because it is one of my favorite books of all time. My original hard copy was so worn from reading the pages curled gently, the spine was creased from opening it so many times and the pages were soft with so much use. That's from a person who loves books, and keeps them in a controlled climate book case.

the perspective of a raptor

I didn't dislike anything I loved every bit of this story even if it's a shorter version I love it

exemplary story

the performance is deeply touching with a very neutral voice, this helped keep the identities or the dinosaurs animalistic and primal, rather than a anthropomorphic cast. my only downside is one relating to a particular scene in which raptor red is dying and hallucinating about her consort, while the scene proves its point just fine, an added detail I noticed is the addition of wings on the raptor. this I found to be an interesting detail to give for what I assume to be the only reason, for us, the audience to relate to the raptor and what it feels. I believe this takes away slightly from the immersing story and the almost alien perspective we follow for the most part and knocks us down to a human concept. the story is overall great and without a doubt and repeat listening on my list but that one scene took me back quite a bit.

Why is it abridged?

I love this book. I was so excited I bought it right away without looking at the details first. I probably wouldn’t have bought it if I’d realized it was abridged. There’s a great version with a male narrator that’s amazing, I dont know why they dont have that one on here. I’m not sure how I feel about the sound effects, some of the animal noises are a little over the top. I highly suggest reading the book, but I’m not hot on this version.