Michael Crichton
2) Dragon teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two paleontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils, while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win...
13) Prey
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by nothing but cactus and coyotes for miles. Inside, eight people are trapped - because outside, waiting for them, is a predatory swarm of micro-particles that they themselves created.
15) Odds on
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The plan: to rob the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain. The crew: three seasoned criminals. The edge: every aspect of the scheme has been simulated in a computer, down to the last variable. The complication: three beautiful women with agendas of their own - and the sort of variables no computer can fathom...
16) Eruption
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A history-making volcanic eruption is about to destroy the big island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the military is more terrifying than the volcano.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
50 years after 'The Andromeda Strain' made Crichton a household name - the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. An extraterrestrial microbe - designated the Andromeda Strain - came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. A team of scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the ensuing decades, research on the...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Colin Trevorrow directs this conclusion to the 'Jurassic Park' adventure series, set four years after the events of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' (2015) where dinosaurs were set free into the wild after the Lockwood estate incident. As dinosaurs now live alongside humans all over the world, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) are joined by Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)...