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The Lost World

The Lost World

the sequel to Jurassic Park

Summary

'Gripping' Sunday Express
'Action-packed' New York Daily News
'Another monster hit by a giant of a writer' The Daily Express
'First-rate entertainment' The Spectator
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The bestselling sequel to Jurassic Park.

Something has survived.


Six years have passed since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park. In the years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end, the island has been indefinitely closed to the public, its park dismantled, the dinosaurs themselves destroyed.

Or so it was thought. . . .

But something has survived. And when a team led by maverick scientist Ian Malcolm enters the mysterious 'Site B' to investigate, they are determined that this, at last, will be the end of the dinosaurs.
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Praise for The Lost World:

'Harrowing thrills. . . fast-paced and engaging.' People
'Fast and gripping.' The Washington Post
'A very scary read.' Entertainment Weekly
'An edge-of-the-seat tale.' St. Petersburg Times

Reviews

  • Another monster hit by a giant of a writer
    The Daily Express

About the author

Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton remains one of the most popular writers in the world, best known as the author of the global phenomenon Jurassic Park. He sold more than 250 million copies of his books worldwide, which have been translated into forty languages and adapted into fifteen films. He wrote a number of global bestsellers, including The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, Airframe, and The Great Train Robbery. His influence and creativity extended far beyond books –he was the creator of the landmark television series ER, which ran for fifteen seasons, won twenty-three Primetime Emmy Awards, and received 124 Emmy nominations. He cowrote the screenplays of Jurassic Park and Twister and wrote and directed the film Westworld, which served as the basis for the HBO series. Crichton is the only writer in history to have a number one book, film, and television series at the same time, and he did it twice.
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