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Billionaire Palmer Lloyd assembles a crew of scientists and engineers to retrieve a colossal meteorite buried in the icy wastes off the southern tip of Chile. The freight‑ship expedition faces ominous setbacks as the meteorite’s mysterious power begins to infect and hunt the men and women aboard, forcing them to confront an ancient, unfathomable danger.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Douglas Preston
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