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Micro: A Novel
Full title: | Micro: A Novel |
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ISBN: | 9780062227188 |
ISBN 10: | 0062227181 |
Authors: | Crichton Michael Preston, Richard |
Publisher: | Harper Paperbacks |
Edition: | Illustrated |
Num. pages: | 448 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2013 |
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Synopsis
In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead, covered in ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot.
In the lush forests of Oahu, trillions of microorganisms are being discovered, feeding a search for priceless drugs.
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students are recruited by a microbiology start-up and dispatched to a mysterious lab in Hawaii. There they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.
But once in the rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness where they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself.
An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion.