Author |
Michael Crichton |
Language |
English |
Item Type |
Book |
Book No |
B1162098 |
Location |
FI-R6S5 |
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Description :
The New Novel From The Best Selling Author Of Jurassic Park. A Terrifying Page-Turner In Classic Crichton Tradition, Masterfully Combining The Elements Of A Heart-Pounding Thriller With Cutting-Edge Technology. 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 Science Fact, Prey Takes Us Into The Emerging Realms Of Nanotechnology And Artificial Distributed Intelligence In A Story Of Breathtaking Suspense. Michael Crichton Is The Author Of The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, The Terminal Man, The Lost World, Airframe And Timeline. He Is The Winner Of An Edgar Award (1980; The Great Train Robbery) As Well As An Emmy, A Peabody, And A Writer'S Guild Of America Award For The Television Series Er.