Mircro: A Novel [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Crichton, Michael; Preston, Richard

Verlag: Harper , an imprint of HarperCollins, New York, 2011

Beschreibung

Fine condition black boards with neon red spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page List of Books by Michael Crichton; Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by E.O. Wilson; Introduction: What Kind of World Do We Live In?; List entitled: The Seven Graduate Students; Prologue; Bibliography; and About the Authors. Illustrated with front and rear map endpapers. "In Jurassic Park, He created a terrifying new world. Now, in Micro, Michael Crichton reveals a universe too small to see and too dangerous to ignore. In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead with no sign of struggle except for the ultra-fine, 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. An instant classic, Mirco pits nature against technology in vintage 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." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004370

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mircro: A Novel [FIRST EDITION, FIRST ...

Verlag: Harper , an imprint of HarperCollins, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2011

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition