02276cam a2200337 i 4500 623758310 TxAuBib 20190904120000.0 081003s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780060873028 hardcover $28.99 0060873027 hardcover $28.99 (OCoLC)317750732 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008. Micro / a novel By Michael Crichton and Richard Preston. New York : Harper Collins, 2011. xiii, 429 pages. : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultra fine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen Micro Technologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier. But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself. HL700L Lexile. 20190904. Microbiologists Fiction. Nanotechnology Fiction. Oahu (Hawaii) Fiction. Suspense fiction. Fiction. Preston, Richard, 1954- TXKPL