The Andromeda Strain
A secret team races to identify and contain a deadly alien microbe after a space capsule crash wipes out a town.
First published 2003 · The Andromeda Strain
Science FictionThriller
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Story
After a space satellite returns to Earth and a nearby Arizona town is found dead, the U.S. government activates a secret emergency response to determine what happened. A small team of scientists is taken to an underground containment facility and ordered to identify the organism, understand its behavior, and stop any spread.
The story follows the investigation as a procedural scientific crisis: tests, theories, protocols, decontamination, and escalating pressure. As the team works through clues and failures, the danger widens beyond the town and the scientists must balance research, containment, and the possibility of catastrophic escalation.
The narrative is told in a report-like, retrospective mode that emphasizes process and technical detail over conventional drama. The suspense comes from the unknown nature of the organism, the secrecy surrounding the operation, and the race to prevent a wider disaster before the containment system fails.
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Details
- Authors
- Michael Crichton
- First published
- 2003
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Classics
- Subjects
- American Science fiction · Fiction · Fiction in English · Alien life forms in fiction · Biological weapons · Science fiction · Extraterrestrial microorganisms · Military satellites · aerial surveillance · duty officers · extraterrestrial life · contamination · microorganisms · biological agents · blood clotting · suicide · Sterno · meteors · chemical elements · crystal structures · DNA · RNA · proteins · amino acids · pH · alkali · human blood · acidocis · aspirin · hyperventilation · Alkalosis · biocontainment · antibiotics · pathogens · synthetic rubber · nuclear weapons · nuclear explosions · biofilm · techno-thriller · Fiction, science fiction, general · Fiction, medical · Large type books · Romans, nouvelles · PZ4 C928 1969
- ISBN-13
- 9780060541811
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