Michael Crichton
1) Airframe
“The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop.”—People
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A fresh and provocative story.”—People
An up-and-coming...
An agent races to stop a chemical attack in this thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park.
His name is John Wright, and he's the most dangerous man in the United States. A millionaire radical with a deep hatred for everything America stands for, he has concocted a scheme that will shatter the very foundation of our democracy—and he's just crazy
“Fast and gripping.”—The Washington Post Book World
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic...
A thriller about an Egyptologist's greatest find—and his quest to steal it—from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain.
Brilliant Egyptologist Harold Barnaby has discovered a message hidden inside a particularly difficult set of hieroglyphics. It just may lead him to a secret tomb holding the greatest riches of the ancient world. Barnaby could put
"A glossy and inventive thriller" from the pen of the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Jurassic Park during his early years (Washington Daily News).
Charles Raynaud feels at home in the jungle. A snake trapper, he makes a tidy profit selling poisonous creatures to the zoos of Europe, but it isn't just the snake trade that pays his bills. Raynaud is the finest artifact smuggler the world has ever
...A thriller from the Jurassic Park author's med school years, when he wrote "steamy potboilers and heist capers under the pen name John Lange" (USA Today).
When a Hell's Angel is thrown from his bike at 110 miles per hour, he should probably end up in the morgue. But this Angel survives his crash without a scratch, and ends up sleeping peacefully in the hospital. When Dr. Roger Clark inspects him, he finds only one defect:
An Edgar Award finalist from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Jurassic Park: A diver enters dangerous waters to recover a sunken yacht.
The Grave Descend lies under more than sixty feet of clear blue Caribbean water, guarded by a coral reef and schools of hungry hammerhead sharks. Raising it would be a near-impossible task, but James McGregor is suited to the impossible. An expert diver, he
"Set in the ultra-glamorous French Riviera of the late sixties . . . pure, high-octane entertainment" from the blockbuster author of Jurassic Park (Pop Mythology).
An arms dealer in Copenhagen dies after sipping a poisoned martini. An American diplomat in Lisbon is shot in the back of the head. A Frenchman survives being pushed in front of a train, only to be murdered in his hospital bed. Though seemingly unconnected, these
...10) Punto crítico
Del autor de Parque Jurásico, llega este extraordinario thriller sobre la seguridad aérea, la intriga empresarial y un mortal encubrimiento...
Un N-22 de la compañía Transpacific Airlines, un moderno avión fabricado por la empresa Aeronáutica Norton, sufre un extraño accidente en pleno vuelo que cuesta la vida a tres personas y heridas graves a otras muchas. No obstante, el aparato logra tomar tierra en
...11) El mundo perdido
Michael Crichton retoma en esta continuación de Parque Jurásico los aspectos más inquietantes de la trama original.
La pesadilla empieza en la isla de Costa Rica, donde se encuentran varios cadáveres de dinosaurios. El paleontólogo Richard Levine organiza una expedición y, gracias a sus peculiares ayudantes -dos niños superdotados-, consigue que Ian Malcolm, uno de los pocos hombres que conoce lo que realmente
...Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands...
13) Timeline
15) Eruption
16) Congo
“Thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
Deep in the African rainforest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources...
From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an epic tale of unspeakable horror.
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to their home. He is appalled by their customs—the gratuitous sexuality of their women, their disregard for cleanliness, and their cold-blooded sacrifices. As they enter the frozen,
London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his...
19) Terminal Man
Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blackouts when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. There, Dr....