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Book Review of State of Fear

State of Fear
State of Fear
Author: Michael Crichton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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In Paris, a young physicist performs an oceonographic experiment-then dies mysteriously after a romantic tryst with a beautiful stranger.

In the jungles of Malaysia, powerful hypersonic cavitation technology-capable of toppling mountains with soun-is purchased by private interests for an unspecified purpose.

In Vancouver, a businessman leases a small research submarine for use in the waters of New Guinea.

In Tokya, In Los Angeles, In Antarctica, in the Soloman Islands... an intelligence agent races to put all the peices together to prevent a global catastrophe.