Tyrant vs. Three-Horned: Book 2: The Three-Horned

By Raymond Shumansky

‘The different species of horned dinosaurs had different sets of horns. But they all used them in the same brutal way.’

The Three-Horned is book two in the first pair of Dinosaur Fights gamebooks, where you will use a soul time-portal to transport your spirit back in time 65,805,293 years ago. You will inhabit and control the body of a real dinosaur to fight its greatest enemy in the prehistoric world, Tyrannosaurus rex.

In this thrilling game, your soul will be sent into the body of the famous Triceratops. You will use horns, beak and strength to answer the ultimate question: will you defeat Tyrannosaurus rex, or will you become its prey?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release date: May 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9781805148630

Raymond Shumansky

Raymond Shumansky grew up in Bulgaria where he enrolled at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts majoring in Dramaturgy. He has a Cambridge English certificate and recently completed a course in Dinosaur Paleobiology. He has been fascinated with dinosaurs from a young age and this inspired him to write the Dinosaur Fights gamebook series. Raymond is based in Scotland.

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‘The different species of horned dinosaurs had different sets of horns. But they all used them in the same brutal way. My hypothesis is that they actually used their beaks to bite into the flesh of the enemy, then moved their head in all directions, puncturing and tearing the body of their opponent. The down-facing horn of Einiosaurus has been an example of an attribute that was useless for defense. But if the Einiosaurus bit its opponent, then the down-facing horn would end up being pointed in the right direction. It would work like a can opener for opening the body of its foe. The best proof of this behaviour is, of course, the discovery of another ceratopsian fossil, a Protoceratops, which had been buried by a sandslide just as it was biting the front limb of a Velociraptor. Their beaks are very strong. As the person controlling the body