Prey Age Rating: What Age Is It Right For?

Name: Prey
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Crichton

Recommended Age:

Great for readers who enjoy fast-paced, suspenseful, science fiction adventures with immersive storytelling.

About the Book

A cloud of self-replicating nanobots has escaped a research facility in the Nevada desert and is evolving rapidly, developing hunting behavior and targeting humans; the facility's lead programmer, brought in to help contain the outbreak, discovers that the danger is far more complex and intentional than anyone has admitted. A fast-paced techno-thriller with genuine scientific underpinning and effective body-horror sequences. Crichton's cautionary tale about nanotechnology.

Content Ratings

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No Romance

A main character's wife is involved in the nanobot program and their marriage is strained. The book reveals a disturbing dimension to her behavior, but romantic content is not a focus.

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Moderate Themes

The book explores the dangers of self-replicating technology with emergent behavior, corporate concealment of life-threatening accidents, and the replacement of human identity by technological infiltration.

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Moderate Violence

Nanobot swarms consume and kill. Body horror is unsettling. Violence is sustained.