V zgodbi spoznamo zagrizena paleontologa Alana Granta in Ellie Sattler, ki se ukvarjata z izkopavanjem kosti dinozavrov in s sestavljanjem njihovih okostij. Poslovnež John Hammond jima pove, da je na svojem samotnem otočku, kjer namerava odpreti veličasten zabaviščni park, oživil že davno izumrle dinozavre. Alan in Ellie seveda ne moreta kaj, da si parka ne bi ogledala. Vendar pa se nič hudega slutečemu Hammondu eksperimentiranje z dinozavri kruto maščuje.
Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.