The United States government is given a warning by the preeminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere.
Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona.
Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.
The terror has begun....
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Crichton was a writer and filmmaker, best known as the author of Jurassic Park and the creator of the hit television show ER. Crichton's first bestseller, The Andromeda Strain, was published while he was still a medical student. One of the most popular writers in the world, he has sold over 200 million books. His books have been translated into forty languages, and fifteen have been made into films. Crichton remains the only person to simultaneously have the number one book, movie and television series in a given year.
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PERFORMED BY DAVID MORSE
David Morse has long been recognized as an actor of great talent and versatility in film, television, and theater. Morse recently completed filming on the highly anticipated drama Concussion and will next star in the new television series Outsiders. Morse has starred in major block-busters including World War Z and The Hurt Locker. In television, Morse was seen on the Emmy Nominated HBO series Treme and has received Emmy nominations for his work on John Adams and House M.D., respectively. On stage, Morse most recently starred in The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin.