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Hundred Million Years and a Day

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DE L`ACADEMIE FRANCAISE 2019`On the mountain, the only monsters are the ones you take with you.`Summer 1954. Stan has been hunting for fossils since the age of six. Now, having made a career out of studying the remains of tiny lifeforms, he hears a story he cannot forget: the skeleton of a huge creature, a veritable dragon, lies deep in an Alpine glacier. And he is determined to find it.Leaving his life in Paris behind, Stan sets out in pursuit of a legend. But he is no mountaineer, and to attempt his dangerous expedition he must call on loyal friend and colleague Umberto, who arrives with an eccentric young assistant, and expert guide Gio. Time is short: the four men must descend before the weather turns. Bonds are forged and tested as the hazardous quest for the earth`s lost creatures becomes a journey into Stan`s own past.

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