'GET READY FOR ACTION ON A GIGANTIC SCALE
'It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years.
'They have found a species of animal no one believed even existed. It will amaze the world.
'Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr Cassandra Jane ‘CJ’ Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on reptiles.
'The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will be struck with wonder at these beasts, that they are perfectly safe, and that nothing can go wrong... ' (Publication summary)
Epigraph:
[American zoos] are visited each year by more than a hundred million people, a number that exceeds the combined attendance of all big league baseball, football and basketball games. -National Geographic
Here, there be dragons. -Warning written on ancient maps to define an unknown region.