by Michael Crichton · HarperFiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007229734
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«Prey» is the science fiction thriller by Michael Crichton, published by HarperFiction in paperback (544 pages, in English).
Jack Forman, an unemployed scientist, notices strange behavior in his wife Julia, who works in a secret Xymos Technology laboratory in the Nevada desert. When he goes to help her, he discovers that a swarm of self-replicating microbots, designed to learn and hunt, has escaped and threatens the team trapped in the facility.
The novel was originally published in 2002 and includes an author's foreword on the risks of technological advancement. This edition is from December 2006.
For readers of science fiction and techno-thrillers looking for a suspenseful story with a scientific basis.
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.
