NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFifty years afterThe Andromeda Strainmade Michael Crichton a household nameand spawned a new genre, the technothrillerthe threat returns, in a gripping sequel that isterrifyingly realistic and resonant.The Evolution is Coming.In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particledesignatedThe Andromeda Strainkilled every resident of the town ofPiedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an ...