Prey

By: Michael Crichton

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Paperback | 4 December 2006

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544 Pages

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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'smost 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.

Industry Reviews

'One of the most ingenious, inventive thriller writers around ! 'Prey' sees him doing what he does best -- taking the very latest scientific advances and showing us their potentially terrifying underbelly. Another high-concept treat ! written in consummate page-turning style ! fascinating.' Observer 'This is Crichton on top form, preying on our fears about new technology and convincing us that we aren't half as afraid as we should be.' The Times 'Mixing cutting-edge science with thrills and spills, this is classic Crichton.' Daily Mirror 'Reading Crichton is like taking a speed-reading course, your eyes flying across the page because you're completely gripped and desperate to know what's going to happen next.' Time Out 'Having written about dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park", Crichton has gone to the other extreme by casting micro-robots as his latest villains!the race to combat the deadly swarm, which reminded me strongly of his first novel "The Andromeda Strain", is as gripping as anything he's ever done' Mail on Sunday 'Riveting, masterly entertainment' Evening Standard 'Very good' Daily Telegraph

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