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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100553807536

ISBN-139780553807530

eBay Product ID (ePID)70954298

Product Key Features

Book TitleFragment

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Action & Adventure

Publication Year2009

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorWarren Fahy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight21 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-046507

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Fahy's imaginative debut puts a fresh spin on the survival-of-prehistoric-beasts theme popularized byJurassic Park."-Publishers Weekly, starred review, "Fahy's imaginative debut puts a fresh spin on the survival-of-prehistoric-beasts theme popularized byJurassic Park."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "Fast-paced action adventure with a speculative scientific edgeâ€¦this debut thriller effectively combines bone-chomping, blood-spurting action-adventure mayhem with intriguing (if improbable) scientific speculation."-Library Journal "A perfect read for poolside this summerâ€¦Fragmentclosely follows the patented Michael Crichton style."-Booklist, "Fahy's imaginative debut puts a fresh spin on the survival-of-prehistoric-beasts theme popularized byJurassic Park."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "Fast-paced action adventure with a speculative scientific edgeâ€¦this debut thriller effectively combines bone-chomping, blood-spurting action-adventure mayhem with intriguing (if improbable) scientific speculation."-Library Journal "A perfect read for poolside this summerâ€¦Fragmentclosely follows the patented Michael Crichton style."-Booklist "Showcases the talents of a new novelist with a flair for forward-charging narrative. The details seem brilliantly researched, and the observations could be those of a sharp-minded student of biology."-Dallas Morning News

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisIn this powerhouse of suspenseas brilliantly imagined asJurassic ParkandThe Ruinsscientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they've seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards. The time is now. The place is theTrident,a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV showSealife.Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Hendersand the ultimate test of survival begins . . . For when they reach the island's shores, scientists are utterly unprepared for what they findcreatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone mad: this is the Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path forhalf a billion years. Soon the scientists will stumble on something more shocking than anything humanity has ever encountered: because among the terrors of Henders Island, one life form defies any scientific theoryand must be saved at any cost. From the Hardcover edition.

LC Classification NumberPS3606.A275F73 2009