Prey
by Crichton, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007154534
- ISBN 13
- 9780007154531
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Harpercollins. Very Good. 2003. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light shelf wear, tiny corner crease to rear cover, small closed tear to top fore edge of spine, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 544 pages; In the Nevada desert, a handful of scientists are battling to recapture a swarm of micro-robots that have escaped from a lab. The swarm is self-sustaining and self-reproducing, highly intelligent and learns from experience. It is, to all intents and purposes, alive. And very, very deadly. For it has been programmed as a ruthless predator. A predator that is evolving quickly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. And we are the prey. .
Synopsis
E-book extras: Exclusive Crichton interview. Also: "As Explained by M.C.": Highlights from Michael Crichton's 30-plus years of making complex concepts understandable and entertaining. Plus: "The Crichton Canon," an introduction to his 12 prior novels and 4 works of nonfiction.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's most 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.
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On Nov 6 2022, a reader said:
Great book, once your in it you really don't want out. Great ending as well.
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22575
- Title
- Prey
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0007154534
- ISBN 13
- 9780007154531
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Mass Market PB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Science Fiction And Fantasy;
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