From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an electrifying thriller in which a shocking accusation of sexual harassment triggers a gripping psychological game of cat and mouse and threatens to derail a brilliant career. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fresh and provocative story."--People An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss--a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have--Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain. As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company's secrets--and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down. "Crichton writes superbly. . . . The excitement rises with each page."--Chicago Tribune "A heart-stop story running on several tracks at once. Disclosure is up to [Crichton's] usual locomotive speed."--The Boston Globe "Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sobre o autor(a)
Crichton, Michael
Michael Crichton é escritor, médico, produtor e diretor de televisão. Nascido nos Estados Unidos, cursou medicina na Universidade de Harvard e se formou Doutor em Políticas Públicas. Porém, foi na carreira de escritor que obteve destaque. Seu primeiro best-seller, Enigma de Andrômeda, foi escrito enquanto Crichton ainda estava cursando a faculdade. Seus trabalhos mais conhecidos são os romances da série Jurassic Park, adaptados para o cinema por Steven Spielberg e a série de televisão ER. |