Michael Crichton
1) Prey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Deep in the remote Nevada desert, eight people are trapped inside of the Xymos Corporation by a rapidly evolving swarm of predatory molecules that have massed together to form a powerful and intelligent organism that is targeting its creators.
2) Airframe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up.
“The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop.”—People
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed....
“The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop.”—People
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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A tale set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone Wars.
4) Sphere
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel is discovered resting on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend together into the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanations. It is a spaceship.
5) Zero cool
Author
Language
English
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"For American radiologist Peter Ross, it sounded like the perfect vacation: deliver one study in Spain and then spend the rest of his time on a Mediterranean beach. But he wasn't planning on meeting Angela Locke, a dark-haired beauty with a big problem--she's on the run from two warring gangs, each dead set on finding a mysterious artifact, and they'll kill anyone who stands in their way"--
" For American radiologist Peter Ross, it sounded like the...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Diver James McGregor uncovers a sinister plot that puts him in danger while exploring the sunken wreckage of the Grave Descend.
"Leagues below the sparkling blue water of the Caribbean Sea lies the mysterious wreckage of the Grave Descend. Protected by a wall of coral reef and blood-thirsty sharks, the corpse of the sunken yacht has been deemed unrecoverable by every diver in the world. Until James McGregor is offered a shot at it. For McGregor,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a New Era.
Two generations unite to fight in the battle between humanity and the prehistoric past.