State of Fear

by Michael Crichton (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $6.61

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $5.01

  The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller.

  In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.

  In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.

  In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea.

  And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $4.60

  Another bestselling thriller from the author of Jurassic Park and Prey The Crichton effect -- this term has come to signify the distinctive blend of fear, fantasy, and authentic cutting-edge science driving the blockbuster novels of Michael Crichton. Hailed as the father of the techno-thriller , Crichton boasts an impressive history of global bestsellers -- from The Andromeda Strain to Jurassic Park to Prey -- that explore the frightening possibilities of breakthrough research led astray by abuse and corruption. Drawing on his past as a Harvard Medical School student and his ongoing study of the world of technology, Crichton's gripping fiction is grounded in scientific fact culled from the latest academic journals.

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $16.44

  The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller. In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.