#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