Drei Männer werden tot in einem verschlossenen Büroraum in Honolulu
aufgefunden. Es gibt kein Zeichen eines Kampfes und doch sind die
Leichen mit rasiermesserscharfen Schnitten übersät. Ohne Beweise
für einen Mord, geht die Polizei von einem geheimnisvollen
Selbstmordpakt aus, nicht wissend, dass die Mordwaffe sich noch
immer in dem Raum befindet- unsichtbar für das menschliche Auge.
Der wohl letzte Thriller aus dem Nachlass des so früh verstorbenen
Michael Crichton.
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.
An instant classic, Micro 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.
Praise for Michael Crichton: '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' 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 on Prey 'Mixing cutting-edge science with thrills and spills, this is classic Crichton' Daily Mirror on Prey 'A satirical black-comedy thriller... Crichton writes likes Tom Wolfe on speed... completely brilliant... Crichton's treatise on how breakthroughs in genetic science have been hijacked by science is anything but dull... top form' Daily Mail on Next 'The pages whip by. Does exactly what you want the prose in a thriller to do' Telegraph on State of Fear
Michael Crichton wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren und studierte in Harvard Medizin. Crichton, der seit Mitte der Sechzigerjahre Romane schrieb, griff immer wieder gekonnt neueste naturwissenschaftliche und technische Forschungen auf. Für die international erfolgreiche Serie "Emergency Room" schrieb er das Drehbuch. Seine Thriller wurden auch als Filme weltweite Erfolge, über siebenundzwanzig Romane und hundert Millionen verkaufte Bücher stehen für sein Werk. Im November 2008 starb Michael Crichton im Alter von 66 Jahren.
