Sphere
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 26, 2016
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, a riveting science fiction thriller about group of scientists sent to investigate a ship resting on the ocean floor and a discovery that defies imagination. “Crichton keeps us guessing at every turn.”—Los Angeles Times “A page-turner. . . .
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, fast-moving page-turner that keeps the science close and the unease closer.
- Themes
- science fiction, discovery, suspense
- Pacing
- Fast
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, a riveting science fiction thriller about group of scientists sent to investigate a ship resting on the ocean floor and a discovery that defies imagination. “Crichton keeps us guessing at every turn.”—Los Angeles Times “A page-turner. . . .
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Cinematic, with powerful visual images and nonstop action.”—Newsweek In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel is discovered resting on the ocean floor. It is a spaceship of phenomenal dimensions, apparently undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old. But even more fantastic—and frightening—is what waits inside . . .
Science Unease
A serious, fast-moving page-turner that keeps the science close and the unease closer.
Come here for
- hard-science tension
- clinical suspense with a mystery edge
Expect
- layered twists of explanation
- steady narrative propulsion
Where it sits
| Alien Contact | 49% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi | 37% |
| Tech Thrillers | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Fantasy Adventure
- Horror
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- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Time Travel Fiction
- Alien Contact
- Sci-Fi Crime
- Authors
- Michael Crichton
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 26, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- science fiction · discovery · suspense
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure