&ldquo\;The year is 1876. Among the warrin g Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territori es\, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinos aur fossils\, while surveilling\, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherou s territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson . Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet\, William has jo ined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest exp edition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesi s\, Edwin Drinker Cope\, so he abandons him in Cheyenne\, Wyoming\, a locu s of crime and vice. Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraor dinary treasure tests William's newfound resilience\, and pits him against some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters.&rdquo\;
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