State of Fear

In “State of Fear” fiction writer Michael Crichton tackles global warming. Millionaire George Morton is about to donate $10 million to the National Environmental Research Fund (NERF) when he suddenly decides against it. His lawyer, Peter Evans, is as surprised as anyone and is drawn into a web of intrigue after Morton’s car careens off the road and Morton is presumed dead. From Tokyo, to Los Angeles, Antarctica, and the Solomon Islands Crichton delivers a lightning-paced technopolitical thriller