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Micro : a novel / Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.

Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008 (Author). Preston, Richard, 1954- (Added Author).

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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.

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  • ISBN: 9780060873028
  • ISBN: 0060873027
  • ISBN: 9780060873172
  • ISBN: 9781443406406
  • ISBN: 1443406406
  • ISBN: 9780062227188
  • ISBN: 9780007424948
  • Physical Description: xiii, 429 pages ; 24 cm xiii, 536 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, 2011.

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General Note:
Maps on lining papers.
Publisher, dates, and pagination may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429).
Target Audience Note:
HL700L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.7 13 SD Quiz 136617 English fiction.

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Detective and mystery fiction.
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