Hardcover, 158 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 1995 by Turner Pub., Distributed by Andrews and McMeel.
Four years after being shipwrecked on the lost island of Dinotopia, sixteen-year-old Will Denison, now a fully trained Skybax Corps pilot, explores the skies over the island while his scientist father leads an expedition into the forgotten caverns of the legendary World Beneath.
The art and world building is brilliant.
This is one of my all-time favorite books. It awed and inspired me as a kid, and the artwork and sheer scope of Gurney's vision still knock me down. The combination of machine and dinosaur (not to mention the remnants of a whole lost civilization below the surface of the world) make this a breathtaking read. I met Mr. Gurney last May and he signed my copy of The World Beneath with a dino.
