by Michael Crichton · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007181605
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«State of Fear» is Michael Crichton's techno-thriller novel, published by HarperCollins in paperback (736 pages, in English).
A physicist dies in Paris after an experiment for a visitor, while in Malaysia someone orders a lethal cavitation technology. An agent in Tokyo tries to connect these events, which take the characters from Iceland to Antarctica and the jungles of the Solomon Islands. The plot weaves a global conspiracy about climate change.
Originally published in 2005.
Readers of techno-thrillers and science fiction, especially those seeking global plots 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.
