The Andromeda Strain
Author: Michael Crichton
Five prominent biophysicists have set up the Wildfire Project, to investigate the frightening possibilities of a biological emergency. They send an urgent warning to the President of the United States, that sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may not be adequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.,,Two years later, Project Scoop sends seve….Read More
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