The Lost World: A Novel

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Random House Publishing Group, Oct 30, 2012 - Fiction - 432 pages
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that’s been millions of years in the making.
 
“Fast and gripping.”—The Washington Post Book World
 
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public.
 
There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
 
“Harrowing thrills . . . fast-paced and engaging.”—People
 
“A very scary read.”—Entertainment Weekly
 
“Action-packed.”—New York Daily News
 
“An edge-of-the-seat tale.”—St. Petersburg Times
 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
17
Section 3
26
Section 4
32
Section 5
41
Section 6
48
Section 7
71
Section 8
86
Section 15
225
Section 16
240
Section 17
258
Section 18
266
Section 19
269
Section 20
288
Section 21
339
Section 22
363

Section 9
94
Section 10
107
Section 11
122
Section 12
141
Section 13
171
Section 14
207
Section 23
378
Section 24
384
Section 25
395
Section 26
413
Section 27
417
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About the author (2012)

Michael Crichton’s novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, and The Lost World. He was as well the creator of the television series ER. Crichton died in 2008.

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