In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech companyonly to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting, 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, which dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii. But once in the rainforest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals 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 powerAn instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Michael Crichton fashion.
Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.
| ISBN: | 9780062094735 |
| Publication date: | 22nd November 2011 |
| Author: | Michael Crichton, Richard Preston |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Ebook |
| Primary Genre | Action Adventure |
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In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech companyonly to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting, 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, which dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii.
Micro features in the following genres: Action Adventure, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Micro was written by Michael Crichton, Richard Preston and published by HarperCollins
£7.44. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
