by Michael Crichton · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266165747
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«État d'urgence» is the action and suspense novel by Michael Crichton, published by Pocket in paperback (731 pages, in French).
In San Francisco, tycoon George Morton dies when his Ferrari crashes after he withdraws his support from an international environmentalist movement. His lawyer Peter and his assistant Sarah decipher a posthumous message that drags them from Antarctica to Melanesia, where an enemy triggers natural disasters to prove the planet is in danger.
Original title: State of Fear, originally published in 2004. Translation by Patrick Berthon. Part of the Pocket collection. Thriller (number 13097).
A read for those who enjoy action and suspense thrillers about natural disasters and environmentalist plots.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
