Prey by Michael Crichton

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Michael Crichton
• Title: Prey
• Publisher: ‎ HarperCollins Publishers; First Edition (November 25, 2002)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Deckle Edge – 367 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0066214122
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0066214122
• Lexile measure: ‎ HL600L
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (shows some minor shelf wear on top edges)
• Edition: First Edition

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:

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Michael Crichton embarked on a career as a writer and filmmaker, whose credits include 'The Andromeda Strain', 'Westworld', 'Jurassic Park', 'Rising Sun', 'Prey' and 'State of Fear' and the TV series 'ER'.

He has sold over 150 million books which have been translated into thirty-six languages; twelve have been made into films. He is the only person to have had, at the same time, the number one book, movie and TV show in the United States.