Gurney began publishing with Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time (1992), which took the form of a journal supposedly written by explorer Arthur Dennison who was trapped in Dinotopia with his two sons. As the predators close in on Waterfall City, Dinotopia’s only salvation may be in the two brothers joining the untrustworthy archaeologist Cyrus Crabb and venturing into The World Beneath, an underground realm forbidden in Dinotopian law, in search of more Sunstones.ĭinotopia is a tv mini-series based on the popular series of illustrated books by James Gurney. At the same time, the Sunstones that power Dinotopia are starting to fail. David is sent to train to become a Skybax rider, while Karl is sent to a dinosaur hatchery and given an orphan baby dinosaur to parent. David sets to learning, but Karl gets in frequent trouble with his refusal to abide by the rules and constant desire to find a way off the island, which is forbidden in Dinotopian law. The boys make their way to Dinotopia’s capital Waterfall City where they are instructed to study the moral codes that all Dinotopians abide by. They soon discover that they are in Dinotopia, a world where dinosaurs have evolved intelligence and the ability to speak and live in harmony with humans. They wash up on the shores of a strange land. The two boys manage to get out but are forced to leave their father behind as the plane sinks.

Frank Scott and his two sons Karl and David are caught in a storm in their small single-engine plane and crash into the ocean.

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