TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crichton,Michael
TI  - The Andromeda strain
SN  - 9781101974490
PY  - 2017///], ©1969
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Extraterrestrial microorganisms
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Microbial contamination
KW  - Artificial satellites
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Arizona
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - fast
N1  - Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1969; Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-295); 840; Lexile; Accelerated Reader; UG; 6.6; 11.0; 17803
N2  - "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
ER  -