PreyIn 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. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton'smost 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. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out. |
Contents
Section 18 | 220 |
Section 19 | 233 |
Section 20 | 245 |
Section 21 | 257 |
Section 22 | 262 |
Section 23 | 271 |
Section 24 | 284 |
Section 25 | 297 |
Section 9 | 121 |
Section 10 | 130 |
Section 11 | 143 |
Section 12 | 152 |
Section 13 | 170 |
Section 14 | 178 |
Section 15 | 185 |
Section 16 | 191 |
Section 17 | 204 |
Section 26 | 308 |
Section 27 | 318 |
Section 28 | 332 |
Section 29 | 341 |
Section 30 | 349 |
Section 31 | 356 |
Section 32 | 358 |
Section 33 | 365 |