A group of American scientists descend to the ocean floor to investigate a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently undamaged by its fall, and three hundred years old.
A cloud of nanoparticles programmed as a predator and capable of self-reproduction escapes from a Nevada laboratory and makes the human population its target.
A series of events around the world are a prelude to global catastrophe, including glaciers in Iceland, volcanoes in the Antarctic, the Arizona desert, through the jungles of the Solomon Islands, the streets of Paris, and the beaches of Los Angeles.
A group of American scientists descend to the ocean floor to investigate a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently undamaged by its fall, and three hundred years old. What will they find?.
An account of the attempt, through a hair-raising twenty-four hours on a remote jungle island, to avert a global emergency--a crisis triggered by today's rush to commercialize genetic engineering.