On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But there is a dark side to the fantasy.
Adventure / thrillerPaperback edition of the posthumous novel from the late Crichton, which was found completed after his death. Previous novel State Of Fear sold over 400,000 in paperback, and Crichton was also the scriptwriter of Jurassic Park, as well as working on the TV series ER. 'A gripping, impeccably researched thriller...' Evening Standard
First published fifty years ago, The Andromeda Strain redefined the science fiction genre, and immediately established Michael Crichton as one of the brightest voices in contemporary literature worldwide. "I love anything Michael Crichton writes."--Stephen King A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nations most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. Under conditions of total news blackout and the utmost urgency, the scientists race to understand and contain the crisis. But the Andromeda Strain proves different from anything theyve ever seen--and what they dont know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide catastrophe.
Il fait bon être corsaire à la Jamaïque en 1665. Il n'y a qu'à tendre la main pour devenir riche. À croire que les proies sont aimantées par Port Royal, la capitale. Comme ce vaisseau espagnol gorgé d'or du nouveau monde, qui mouille dans une île toute proche.Edward Hunter rassemble alors un équipage d'hommes sûrs pour s'en emparer. Mais la tâche semble impossible. Les canons de la forteresse, les 200 soldats et les montagnes en son centre font de Matanceros - « massacre » en espagnol - une île inexpugnable. Pas pour un vrai pirate...
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings--but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea....
A superb blend of edge-of-your-seat suspense and thought provoking commentary on how information is manipulated in the modern world. From the streets of Paris to the glaciers of Antarctica and the exotic, dangerous Solomon Islands, State of Fear takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride, while keeping the brain in high gear.
In a near-future world where biotechnology and genetic research has become big business, the discovery of several transgenic animals leads to a legal and ethical battle over the rights to genes that can be used for commercial purposes.
In a near-future world where biotechnology and genetic research has become big business, the discovery of several transgenic animals leads to a legal and ethical battle over the rights to genes that can be used for commercial purposes.
