02425cam a2200469 i 4500 1333241974 TxAuBib 20240617120000.0 160616t20171969||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781101974490 paperback 1101974494 paperback (OCoLC)951948170 TxAuBib rda Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008, author. The Andromeda strain / Michael Crichton. First Vintage Books edition. New York : Vintage Books, [2017] ©1969. 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-295). "A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nation's most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory located five stories beneath the desert and fitted with an automated atomic self-destruction mechanism for cases of irremediable contamination. Under conditions of total news blackout and the utmost urgency, the scientists race to understand and contain the crisis."--P. [4] of cover. 840 Lexile. Accelerated Reader UG 6.6 11.0 17803. 20240617. Extraterrestrial microorganisms Fiction. Microbial contamination Fiction. Artificial satellites Fiction. Artificial satellites. Extraterrestrial microorganisms. Microbial contamination. Science fiction. Suspense fiction. Arizona Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) lcgft Science fiction. lcgft Fiction. fast Science fiction. fast