“Ingenious and beguiling.” -Period

“Crichton keeps us guessing at every submit his best function since The Andromeda Strain.” -Los Angeles Instances

“Sphere may be Crichton’s best novel, but even if it ranked just second or third, it would be essential for suspense followers.” -Miami Herald

A vintage thriller from #1 NY Situations bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action and serious chills. The gripping tale of several American scientists delivered to the ocean floor to research an alien ship, and then confront a terrifying discovery that defies imagination, Sphere can be Crichton prime-truly masterful fiction through the ingenious brain that brought us Victim, State of Fear, and Jurassic Park.

Sphere was converted to a film directed by Barry Levinson, which starred Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson.