Bestiary

A manuscript illuminated with fantastical creatures said to have roamed the Garden of Eden, the bestiary has been handed down throughout the centuries by one of the Arab world's most prominent families. Commissioned to restore it is the beautiful young art curator, Beth Cox. But it is Beth's husband, Carter—a paleontologist making his own dire discoveries in Los Angeles's famed La Brea Tar Pits—who will be led by the bestiary into a living, breathing menagerie of wonders…and horrors. Now myth and reality are about to collide. Carter will step back into a world before time…and unleash the creatures that haunt our dreams and nightmares. A manuscript illuminated with fantastical creatures said to have roamed the Garden of Eden, the bestiary has been handed down throughout the centuries by one of the Arab world's most prominent families. A paleontologist finds himself led by the bestiary into a living, breathing menagerie of wonders and horrors. When Beth Cox, a lovely young art curator, is commissioned to restore a centuries-old bestiary illuminated with creatures from the Garden of Eden, her husband unwittingly opens the Gates of Hell when this priceless artifact leads him into a world of wonder and horror. Original.