As always Crichton takes us into a scary world. In Jurassic Park we were afraid of big things. In this book things are, well, micro! Think Honey I Shrunk the Kids without anything to make you laugh. It begins with three men who die of teeny tiny cuts all over their bodies. The police find one of the culprits - it's a teeny tiny robot with a blade!
Meanwhile, back in Massachusetts a microbiology company called Nanigen is intent on drafting new promising grad students into their labs. One of the grad students, Peter, is excited to go visit the facilities because a trip to Hawaii doesn't sound too bad and his brother works for the company. Or at least he did before his boat ran into problems and he is presumed dead. Right before the accident he texts Peter the ominous words "don't come". Of course he does-along with six of his fellow students. It is an exciting story with some twists and turns.
One of the twists is that Crichton dies several years ago! Author Richard Preston 'completed' the book. I don't know if he just wrote the second half or if he took an outline and turned it into the book. Which ever it was he did a good job of keeping with Crichton's style. It's an entertaining book and might make you wish you had paid a little more attention during biology class!
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