When college student Alex Drummond takes a summer job as research assistant to eccentric cryptozoologist Thaddeus Bruckner, he's not sure what to expect.
He certainly doesn't foresee babysitting the egg of a Titanis walleri, the massive avian predator that once ruled southern Texas.
But after Dr.
Bruckner's experiments in wormhole dilation work a little too well, that's exactly the role he's stuck with.
And when the newly-hatched Titanis is abducted, things get even wilder, as its vengeful par.