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In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self -reproducing. It Is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.
It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.
Every attempt to destroy it has failed.
And we are the prey.
As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence -- in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down.
Because time is running out.
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“Michael Crichton has written some of Americas most fantastic novels.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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“…so god-awful scary and relentless, itll knock your head clear of whatever ails you.” St. Petersburg Times
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“He is without peer.” Chattanooga Times
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“CRACKLING…MYSTERIOUS….” Entertainment Weekly
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“Crichton is a doctor of suspense.” Des Moines Sunday Register
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“A TERRIFYING TALE…combining technological verisimilitude with heart-pounding suspense…” The Oregonian (Portland)
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“Just what his fans expect: A WILD, SCARY RIDE…” Detroit Free Press
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“Crichton delivers.” USA Today
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“RELENTLESSLY ENTERTAINING” Raleigh News & Observer
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“One of the great storytellers of our age…What an amazing imagination.” New York Newsday
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"INTRICATE PLOTTING AND FLAWLESS PACING...you won't be able to put it down." Time magazine
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“… a harrowing tale of nanoparticles gone beserk.” USA Today
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“Another PAGE-TURNING TRIUMPH” Charlotte Observer
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“Once again, Crichton has proved to be uncannily timely.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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“A terrific novelist…He could make most readers lose sleep all night and call in sick the next day.” San Francisco Chronicle
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“This is how to write a thriller …Crichtons latest page-turning triumph.” Detroit Free Press
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“Crichton writes superbly…the excitment rises with each page.” Chicago Tribune
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“Crichton is a master storyteller.” Detroit News
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“Crichton has proved he knows how to ratchet up the fear factor.” Denver Post
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“PREY delivers that expected Crichton charge.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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“A cross between Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain….” Columbus Dispatch
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“Readers turn to Michael Crichtons novels for entertainment with relentless drive.” San Antonio Express
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“INCREDIBLY SCARY and relentless” Minneapolis Star Tribune
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“Serious and scary…” Washington Post Book World
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“PREY WILL KEEP YOU TURNING PAGES” Chattanooga Times
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“Crichtons books [are]…hugely entertaining.” New York Times Book Review
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“TERRIFYING…IRRESISTIBLY SUSPENSEFUL.” New York Times Book Review
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“INTRICATE PLOTTING AND FLAWLESS PACING…you wont be able to put it down.” Time magazine
Synopsis
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self -reproducing. It Is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.
It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.
Every attempt to destroy it has failed.
And we are the prey.
As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence -- in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down.
Because time is running out.
About the Author
Michael Crichton has sold over 200 million books, which have been translated into thirty-six languages; thirteen of his books have been made into films. His novels include
Next,
State of Fear,
Timeline,
Jurassic Park, and
The Andromeda Strain. Also known as a filmmaker and the creator of
ER, he remains the only writer to have had the number-one book, movie, and TV show simultaneously. At the time of Crichton's death in 2008, he was well into the writing of
Micro; Richard Preston was selected to complete the novel.
Richard Preston is an internationally acclaimed best-selling author of eight books, including The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees. Many of Preston's books have first appeared in The New Yorker. He has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Physics Award and the National Magazine Award, and he is the only person not a medical doctor to receive the Centers for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award for public health. He lives with his wife and three children near Princeton, New Jersey.