This book, Prey, is a thrilling rollercoaster ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat. With its gripping storyline and cutting-edge scientific concepts of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, it offers a unique and chilling perspective on the potential dangers of technological advancements. As the self-sustaining and evolving cloud of nanoparticles hunts its human prey, you'll be hooked from the very first page. Get ready for a heart-pounding race against time that you won't be able to put down.

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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'smost 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.--front flap

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