You are in the deserts of Mongolia, Asia, 75 million years ago.

The wind howled over the Gobi Desert, shifting fine, crimson sand across a harsh, arid landscape punctuated by low, stunted vegetation. The air was still, heavy with heat, and shimmered above the dunes. You held your breath as you pant, crouching behind a stunted, hardy shrub to rest.

You are so lost in thought, that you didn't hear the predator approaching until a sharp hiss echoed against the sand.

Whirling around, you have come face-to-face with a Velociraptor - not the man-sized monsters that you have seen in the Jurassic Park films, but rather smaller, about the size of a turkey, and feathered - that has been crouching low on a nearby dune. Letting out a high-frequency bird-like chitter, the raptor closes on you, staring at you intensely with its large, yellow eyes…