From the publisher: Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name—and spawned a new genre, the technothriller—the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic. In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated the Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world. Now, a Brazilian drone detects a bizarre anomaly in the jungle, and, worse yet, the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. The next-generation Project Wildfire is activated, and a diverse team of experts from all over the world is dispatched to investigate the potentially apocalyptic threat.
The Galesburg Public Library's Tome Raiders book club read and discussed Andromeda Strain last month and Andromeda Evolution this month. While I won’t say I think a sequel was necessary, on the whole it was pretty entertaining. The sequel was written by Daniel H. Wilson (an actual roboticist) with permission and encouragement from Crichton’s family.
There’s a disabled member of the Wildfire team, which is refreshing, and three women to two men on the team. (In the original book, all the team members were men, although one was changed to a woman for the movie.) The human who turns out to be the closest thing the book has to a villain is an unexpected choice. Also, I knew the baby from The Andromeda Strain had to make an appearance, and I was right!
This book was clearly written in hopes of being turned into a movie. The climactic scenes are blockbuster movie territory. If you enjoyed the original book, you might enjoy the sequel. The Galesburg Public Library has both The Andromeda Strain and The Andromeda Evolution in print and as ebooks. We also own The Andromeda Strain movie!
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