{"product_id":"9780060536985","title":"Prey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Crichton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self -reproducing. It Is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery attempt to destroy it has failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd we are the prey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence -- in a story of breathtaking suspense. \u003cem\u003ePrey \u003c\/em\u003eis a novel you can't put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause time is running out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“TERRIFYING…IRRESISTIBLY SUSPENSEFUL.”\u003cbr\u003e“INTRICATE PLOTTING AND FLAWLESS PACING…you won’t be able to put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e“CRACKLING…MYSTERIOUS….”\u003cbr\u003e“Just what his fans expect: A WILD, SCARY RIDE…”\u003cbr\u003e“Another PAGE-TURNING TRIUMPH”\u003cbr\u003e“INCREDIBLY SCARY and relentless”\u003cbr\u003e“PREY WILL KEEP YOU TURNING PAGES”\u003cbr\u003e“RELENTLESSLY ENTERTAINING”\u003cbr\u003e“… a harrowing tale of nanoparticles gone beserk.”\u003cbr\u003e“A TERRIFYING TALE…combining technological verisimilitude with heart-pounding suspense…”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060536985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41102738424014,"sku":"9780060536985","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060536985.jpg?v=1649475946","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060536985","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}