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The trio of scientists and their four alien companions, the mantas, had been ordered to survey this new planet's flora, fauna and mineral resources. From the very beginning of their mission everything they observed led to one startling conclusion -- this mysterious world was virtually identical with the Earth of the Paleocene period, 70,000,000 years ago at the very dawn of the age of mammals!
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Cover art by Frank Frezetta.
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Three humans and an extraordinary alien creature in a quest across the fave of a counter-earth in turmoil:
Cal is a wise and courageous old man whose courage overcomes his wisdom in a deadly encounter with a towering and majestic monster.
Veg is a strong and sensitive man whose total loyalty to the exploration team is fearfully tested in the wilds of the killer planet.
Aquilon is a beautiful your woman, an artist and an adventurer, who forms a strange and beautiful friendship with a creature who cannot speak to her.
Orn is a great, powerful and lethal bird -- a bird with a subtle and fascinating alien intelligence and a surprising and unique purpose in existence.
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