The Andromeda Evolution. Michael Crichton
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THE ANDROMEDA EVOLUTION
A NOVEL BY DANIEL H. WILSON
Michael Crichton
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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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
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Contents
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
Keep Reading …
About the Authors
Also by Michael Crichton
About the Publisher
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