Sleek Back

A student about to enter college had become lost in the outback of tropical Queensland in Australia, and is coaxed back to sanity by his friends. Finn relates how he discovered an archaic preserve and a giant salamander whose speech he can interpret. The story chronicles their adventures as small animals take on the dinosaurs. Spiritual matters are raised as the animals believe in an Animal Queen, though she never appears. In the telling of  his battles and how he gained his scars, Finn discovers his love for one of his friends.