Prey

Michael Crichton

Harper Collins, Oct 13, 2009 - Fiction - 528 pages

Michael Crichton's Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart–pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology.

Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too late…

In Prey, Michael Crichton combines scientific brilliance with relentless pacing to create an electrifying, chilling techno-thriller

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User Review  - coachtim30 - LibraryThing

I've always enjoyed Crichton books, but Prey might rank at the bottom of that list for me. Not that the book was terrible, just not as exciting or engaging as the rest of his books. Prey was a little ...

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User Review  - rikdegraaff - LibraryThing

Very tense book, exciting from the first to the last page. Well written and high technical biotech/gentech story. One of the best books ever read.

About the author

Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Prey
• Author: Michael Crichton
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0061750239, 9780061750236
• Length: 528 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense; Fiction / Thrillers / Technological