The Lost World: A Novel (Jurassic Park Book 2)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that’s been millions of years in the making. “Fast and gripping.”— The Washington Post Book World It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . . “Harrowing thrills . . . fast-paced and engaging.”— People “A very scary read.”— Entertainment Weekly “Action-packed.”—New York Daily News “An edge-of-the-seat tale.” —St. Petersburg Times From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that's been millions of years in the making. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fast and gripping."'The Washington Post Book World It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end'the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. ... "Harrowing thrills ... fast-paced and engaging."'People "A very scary read."'Entertainment Weekly "Action-packed."'New York Daily News "An edge-of-the-seat tale."'St. Petersburg Times The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel [Jurassic Park](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46881W). It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by Knopf. A paperback edition (ISBN 0-345-40288-X) followed in 1996. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, which is unrelated to the 2015 film of the same name. Contains: [Lost World [2/2]](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25311005W) Also contained in: [Michael Crichton's Jurassic World](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950507W) On an island off Costa Rica there exists a hush-hush colony of giant animals which attracts the attention of two expeditions. The first one, including children, is led by a paleontologist, the other is made up of evil scientists who want to do experiments. The animals rout both without much concern for their motives