1969sl 's review for:

Extinction by Douglas Preston

4.0

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"Extinction" is happening in a luxurious mountain resort in Colorado, where big company "Erebus" has re-reconstructed some long-extinct animals like wooly mammoths - the wealthy visitors are invited to visit the park and gaze at the animals from the safe distance. Kind of Jurassic park. When unexpected (and very brutal) murder happens, agent Frances Cash is invited on her very first case and most of the book is about her overcoming all sorts of obstacles & misogyny - in fact, her constant struggle with authorities around her (even though she HERSELF is an authority) almost completely takes over the book and sometimes slows down the story. It all does tie up neatly towards the end and while I found it hard to put the book down, I have feeling too much time was wasted on agents manoeuvring administration/bureaucracy. The payback was that I learned about the real-life company that does de-extinction - their name is "Colossal" and they have fascinating web site.