The torn paper collage artwork is really appealing.

The face-offs between modern and extinct apex predators are dramatic. However, the predators are always solo, even though we know or can be pretty certain in the case of extinct ones, that some hunted in packs.

The animals are presented in order based on the recency of their extinction. So modern predators get first billing, then an enormous bear extinct only 11,000 years ago all the way to a monster shrimp that became extinct 500 million years ago. The ordering is a bit subtle, and I missed it the first time, but luckily the art work is so enjoyable that I went back to the book and got a chance to notice. Each animal also gets a silhouette, to show its size compared to a modern human being.

The last, small remark, describing human beings as the very apex of all apex predators is spot on.

The authors' technique and presentation are excellent. I'm going to look out for more of their books. ( )

This book isn't bad, it has a little bit of information but not much, and it has fairly terrible grammar, punctation, and spelling errors in it. I wouldn't want students reading a book that only affirms common mistakes in writing. ( )