#1 New York Times Bestseller “Terrifying. . . irresistibly suspenseful.” —  New York Times Book Review “Holds your attention ruthlessly from start to finish.” —  Time magazine A terrifying page–turner in classic Crichton tradition, masterfully combining the elements of a heart–pounding thriller with cutting–edge nanotechnology. The result is a tale so realistic, so scary, you won’t be able to put it down. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules―a chilling example of emergent behavior―is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too late… In Prey , Michael Crichton combines scientific brilliance with relentless pacing to create an electrifying, chilling techno-thriller. “Crichton is a master storyteller.” - Detroit News “A terrific novelist…He could make most readers lose sleep all night and call in sick the next day.” - San Francisco Chronicle “RELENTLESSLY ENTERTAINING” - Raleigh News & Observer “A TERRIFYING TALE…combining technological verisimilitude with heart-pounding suspense…” - The Oregonian (Portland) “Serious and scary…” - Washington Post Book World “Crichton has proved he knows how to ratchet up the fear factor.” - Denver Post “PREY delivers that expected Crichton charge.” - Seattle Post-Intelligencer “A cross between Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain….” - Columbus Dispatch “INTRICATE PLOTTING AND FLAWLESS PACING…you won’t be able to put it down.” - Time magazine “CRACKLING…MYSTERIOUS….” - Entertainment Weekly “Just what his fans expect: A WILD, SCARY RIDE…” - Detroit Free Press “Another PAGE-TURNING TRIUMPH” - Charlotte Observer “INCREDIBLY SCARY and relentless” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “PREY WILL KEEP YOU TURNING PAGES” - Chattanooga Times “Once again, Crichton has proved to be uncannily timely.” - St. Louis Post-Dispatch “…so god-awful scary and relentless, it’ll knock your head clear of whatever ails you.” - St. Petersburg Times “… a harrowing tale of nanoparticles gone beserk.” - USA Today “Crichton’s latest goosebump-raiser …[his] megaselling books are …built out of lean, effective characterizations and stacks of timely and frighteningly plausible ideas.” - People “TERRIFYING…IRRESISTIBLY SUSPENSEFUL.” - New York Times Book Review “He is without peer.” - Chattanooga Times “One of the great storytellers of our age…What an amazing imagination.” - New York Newsday “Michael Crichton has written some of America’s most fantastic novels.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “This is how to write a thriller …Crichton’s latest page-turning triumph.” - Detroit Free Press “Readers turn to Michael Crichton’s novels for entertainment with relentless drive.” - San Antonio Express “Crichton is a doctor of suspense.” - Des Moines Sunday Register “Crichton writes superbly…the excitment rises with each page.” - Chicago Tribune “Crichton’s books [are]…hugely entertaining.” - New York Times Book Review “Crichton delivers.” - USA Today In 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's most 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. Michael Crichton  (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels  The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear,   Next and  Dragon Teeth , among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed  Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway ,  Looker ,  Coma  and created the hit television series  ER . Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilson  is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse  and its sequel  Robogenesis , as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the  Earth 2: Society  comic book ser