The main character of my story is Lonesome George, who like the real animal, has been the last of his kind for 40 years and "the rarest animal on earth” as deemed by the Guinness Book of World Records. That fact has left George bitter and angry toward the people who killed his family. The only time he is remotely happy is when his keeper Fausto visits him after hours. George wakes up one night in the Garden of Eden to find himself being asked by already extinct animals to sacrifice his own existence, in order to save mankind.
George and three triads of extinct animals only have 40 days to complete a mission to reset things between animals and the people. The animals return to the places where they previously lived before going extinct and must find a way to cross oceans, avoid being captured, and avoid their nemesis Lusadé, the serpent. Since George went extinct voluntarily, he has the ability to communicate with the nine other returned animals. He has to learn how to use this ability without endangering the other animals. Despite George's best efforts, one creature is captured, one succumbs to fear, and one creature meets a tragic end.
Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster tried similar missions, but they both failed. Can George trust them? George must overcome his anger toward people and find Fausto to complete his mission. Many trials await the returned animals including a second extinction. If the dodo and the others fail, they simply return to the Garden. For George, his place in the Garden isn’t assured, which leaves him facing the possibility of being “deader than a dodo”.
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