Micro : a novel / Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 429 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 0060873027 :
- 1443406406
- 9780060873028 :
- 9781443406406
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Main Library | Fiction | Crichton Mic | Available | 33111006641365 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high conceptthriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for amysterious biotech company--only to find themselves cast out into the rainforest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. Aninstant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintageCrichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, thisboundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction tocreate yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-429).
A group of graduate students accept work with a mysterious biotech company in Hawaii only to be abandoned in a treacherous wilderness when they discover their employer's dark agenda.