Prologue
The Department of Prehistoric Wildlife (DPW) was established in 2019, one year after the infamous dinosaur outbreak at Lockwood Manor. What was once confined to the secrecy of laboratories and isolated islands had spilled into the open world, disrupting ecosystems, economies, and lives in ways no one had ever anticipated. For decades, dinosaurs had been the product of scientific ambition, controlled—at least in theory—by the corporations that brought them back from extinction. That illusion of control shattered the moment they walked freely on the mainland. Governments scrambled for solutions, but the world had changed overnight. No longer a distant marvel or horror, dinosaurs were a global reality. The DPW emerged as the primary force tasked with handling the crisis, taking on everything from relocation and containment to tracking and, when necessary, lethal intervention. Their mission was clear: to manage the unprecedented resurgence of prehistoric life while ensuring public ...