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The Andromeda Strain

byMichael Crichton

Who is this book for? Readers interested in science fiction and thrillers, particularly those involving biological and extraterrestrial themes.

Topics Extraterrestrial microorganismsBiological weaponsScientific investigationBiocontainmentMicroorganism outbreakAlien life formsTechno-thrillerBiological agentsPathogen researchMilitary responseSurvivalTechnology and Humanity
MoodSuspenseful
ViolenceMild
Read the spectacular techno-thriller that catapulted Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton to fame. Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning: sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the fringes of space in order to 'collect organisms and dust for study'. Then a probe falls to the earth, landing in a desolate area of northeastern Arizona. A little while later, in the nearby town of Piedmont, bodies are discovered heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. But the terror has only just begun, because when they try to find the cause of death, the scientists don't realise just what kind of unearthly danger they are dealing with.

Language

en

Published on

10/05/1995

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099319511

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