“A nineteenth-century version of The Sting… Crichton fascinates us.” –The New York Times Book Review
“A work of intelligence and craftsmanship… Written with grace and wit.” –Los Angeles Times
“One of the great storytellers of our age. . . . The best Michael Crichton novels are . . . edifying reads, whose gripping plots contain real ideas.”—Newsday
“Crichton is a master at blending edge-of-the-chair adventure and a scientific seminar, educating his readers as he entertains them.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“[Crichton] makes the unbelievable believable.”—Washington Post
“[Crichton’s] stories are always page-turners of the highest order.”—The Denver Post
