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In this powerhouse of suspense—as brilliantly imagined as <i>Jurassic Park</i> and <i>The Ruins</i>—scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they’ve seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards. <br><br>The time is now. The place is the <i>Trident,</i> a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show <i>Sealife.</i> Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders—and the ultimate test of survival begins . . .<br><br>For when they reach the island’s shores, scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find—creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone mad: this is the Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for <i>half a billion years.<br><br></i>Soon the scientists will stumble on something more shocking than anything humanity has ever encountered: because among the terrors of Henders Island, one life form defies any scientific theory—and must be saved at any cost.
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Let me start off by saying first of all that I thought it was going to be more along the line of Jurassic Park and scientists mucking about with DNA and evolution. Wrong. It was so much more than that.
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353 pp. 3 pp. Delacorte Press. www.randomhouse.com. Hardback. US $25. 9780553817530. paper
Before I write anything else, I would like to say that I loved this book. That in itself poses some unique problems for me as a reviewer. J. M...more...]]>
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The novel starts out with the 1st recorded visit to Henders Island, which is 2 miles across with no beaches, but rather towering...more...]]>
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Fragment is a story about a group of scientists that embark on an exploration trip which just happens to also be a reality show. They happen upon an island, a fragment of a long ago super continent, and discover life forms that have been evolving completely independently of the rest of the world. ...more...]]>
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Jurassic Park rip-off or more unexplained monster plants like in The Ruins (both books are mentioned on the back cover). Instead I found an intelligent, thought-provoking thriller with more science than I've found in the last 50 sci...more...]]>
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The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality show sealife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director thirsting for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scien...
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