Prey

And we are the prey. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague, and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute science fact, PREY takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence - in a story of breathtaking suspense.. In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It is intelligent and learns from experience. It has been programmed as a predator. A cloud of nanoparticles - micro-robots - has escaped from the laboratory. From the Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes this classic Crichton page-turner, weaving together heart-pounding thrills with cutting-edge technology

Scary, engaging, informative. DEFINITELY GET THIS AUDIO BOOK! Brian This is by far, my favourite book by the late Michael Crichton. Genius work! Absolutely perfect balance between "edutainment", intrigue, mystery, science, action, and even some humor thrown in. This is astoundingly good!I'd say my wife & I listen to this about three times every year, whenever the mood strikes us, and the story never gets old.Good ol' Amazon. Cheryl B. Dale said Worse, he fears she's beginning to document things he. TThis was written over ten years ago but it has the feel of today.A computer programmer is out of work and keeping house while his wife, an up and coming computer specialist, works. When she starts behaving strangely, he suspects she's having an affair. Worse, he fears she's beginning to document things he says and does in preparation for an 'alienation of . I have always enjoyed the books from Michael Crichton b.belicious This book delivered. The author has a way of making you understand the technical side of science otherwise I couldn't have been able to read this book. With that said the storyline was fantastic and well written . I gave this book the rating I did because it was hard to put down and I finished it in 2 days.

The monsters may be smaller in this book, but Crichton's skill for suspense has grown, making Prey a scary read that's hard to set aside, though not without its minor flaws. --Benjamin Reese. When he's called in to help with her hush-hush project, it seems like the perfect opportunity to see what his wife's been doing, but Jack quickly finds there's a lot more going on in the lab than an illicit affair. The reader realizes early, however, that Jack, his wife, and fellow scientists have more to fear from the hidden da