Record Number |
667114 |
ISBN |
9780732283629 (pbk.) |
Author |
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008 |
Title |
Micro : a novel / Michael Crichton and Richard Preston. |
Publisher/Date |
Sydney, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 2011. |
Pagination etc. |
xiii, 429 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Bibliography: p. [425]-429. |
Summary Note |
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. |
Subject |
Microbiologists -- Fiction |
Nanotechnology -- Fiction |
Oahu (Hawaii) -- Fiction |
Science fiction. |
Added Author |
Preston, Richard, 1954- |
Shelf Location |
F CRIC |