Micro : a novel / Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.

Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008 (Author). Preston, Richard, 1954- (Added Author).

Summary:

Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780060873028
ISBN: 0060873027
ISBN: 9780060873172
ISBN: 9781443406406
ISBN: 1443406406
ISBN: 9780062227188
Physical Description: xiii, 429 pages ; 24 cm xiii, 536 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429).
Target Audience Note:	HL700L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.7 13 SD Quiz 136617 English fiction.