'Tautly told, often exciting and tense' SFX magazine Would make Crichton proud' Washington Post Wilson is a good choice for carrying the master's work forward.The episodes set in outer space are particularly thrilling. 'Does a good job of mixing hard science and thrills' The i

Wilson invokes the best of that story, and updates everything with terrific flair' Mail Online 'The structure of the novel reads as if the reader has been granted access to a top-secret file that provides an overview of the incident, which follows the exact layout of Crichton's classic novel. So good!' Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One This is a meticulously crafted adventure story, packed with action, mystery, wonder, and just enough hard science to scare the hell out of you.

Wilson has taken up Crichton's mantle and reinvented the techno-thriller, by continuing the tale that invented that genre. 'The Andromeda Evolution is both a kick ass sequel and a loving tribute to one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008172992 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 250 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm MEDIA REVIEWS 'Does a good job of mixing hard science and thrills' 'Wilson invokes the best of, and updates everything with terrific flair' 'A meticulously crafted adventure story, packed with action, mystery, wonder, and just enough hard science to scare the hell out of you. And if the team can't reach the quarantine zone, enter the anomaly, and figure out how to stop it, this new Andromeda Evolution will annihilate all life as we know it. With this shocking discovery, a diverse team of experts hailing from all over the world is dispatched to investigate the potentially apocalyptic threat. And now, a Brazilian terrain-mapping drone has detected a bizarre anomaly of otherworldly matter, bearing the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. And the world thought it was safe.ĭeep inside Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance has continued to watch and wait for the Andromeda Strain to reappear. In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. A team of top scientists worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe - designated the Andromeda Strain - came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name - and spawned a new genre, the technothriller - the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.

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