Prologue: The Bite of the Raptor

Doctor Robert Carter of Bahia Anasco, Costa Rica is disturbed by an unusual turn of events in her routine day; a fatally wounded worker that was smashed by a backhoe from the American resort being build off the west coast. Yet, the wounds don't appear to be from an earth-mover-- no dirt in the wound, no crushed bone-- but, more like shreaded flesh, almost like an animal mauling.