The Andromeda Evolution. Michael Crichton

      

      THE ANDROMEDA EVOLUTION

      A NOVEL BY DANIEL H. WILSON

      Michael Crichton

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      First published in the United States by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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      Source ISBN: 9780008172961

      Ebook Edition © November 2019 ISBN: 9780008172985

      Version: 2019-10-23

       Dedication

      For M.C.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Acknowledgements

      Day 0: Contact

      Event Classification

      Fairchild AFB

Alert

Day 1: Terra Indigena

Emergency Debris Avoidance Maneuver

Heavenly Palace

Code Name Andromeda

Boots on the Ground

Noon Field Briefing

Manifest

Day 2: Wildfire

       Dawn Discovery

       Twenty-Mile Perimeter

       A Higher Analysis

       Incomplete Information

       Second Camp

       Day 3: Anomaly

       Night Ambush

       Alpha and Omega

       In the Morning Light

       Outcomes

       Indios Bravos

       First Contact

       Plan B

       The Anomaly

       Fail-Safe

       Day 4: Breach

       Operation Scorched Earth

       Dawn Strike

       Entry

       Primary Descent

       Evolutions

       Forensics

       Fight or Flight

       State of Emergency

       The Tunnel

       Best-Laid Plans

       Inundation

       Activation

       Day 5: Ascent

       A New Paradigm

       Finger of God

       Realignment

       Z-Axis

       Mission Preparation

       Destination ISS

       Docking Procedure

       Stone’s Theory

       Reunited

       Goodbyes

       Intercepted Transmission

       Super-Terminal Velocity

       Resolution

       Out of Eden

       Epilogue

       Footnotes

       References

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       About the Authors

       Also by Michael Crichton

       About the Publisher

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