Micro

By Michael Crichton and Richard Preston

Book Overview

"Micro ranks with Crichton's blockbusters The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park." --Associated Press

An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.

In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye.

In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined.

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.

But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062227181
• ISBN13: 9780062227188
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Repeat…..

Not part of a series but concept is a repeat of a previous story.Entertaining but not “novel.”

Very entertaining

I would love to be able to read this book for the first time again. It is very much a re-readable book. There are characters that you love and those you hate. It will have you on the edge of your seat

Micro; Makes You Think!

The first 100 pages of the book were slow, predictable, and a little clumsily written, however after that point I could not put the book down! Constant plot twists and the attention to detail on everything was impeccable. A great book that makes you think what if? Will be reading again.