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The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) by Michael Crichton is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end. Amazon.com ReviewSome biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on earth--one-celled or smaller creatures, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last.That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel

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Author
Michael Crichton
Publisher
Avon Books
Published
1969
Language
EN
ISBN
9780345378484
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Thriller, Science
Rating
3.87 / 5 (176,161 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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