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Book Review of State of Fear

State of Fear
State of Fear
Author: Michael Crichton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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In Paris, a young physicist performs an oceanographic experiment--then dies mysteriously after a romantic tryst with a beautiful stranger. In the jungles of Malasia, powerful hypersonic cavitation technology--capable of toppling mountains with sound---is purchased by a private interest for an unspecified purpose. In Vancouver, a businessman leases a small research submarine for use in the waters off New Guinea. In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica, in the Solomon Islands--an intelligence agent races to put all the pieces together to prevent a global catastrophe.