content: The ANDROMEDA STRAIN is one of Crichtons best. It is very exciting and makes you think about how scary being sick can be. It is about a small town called Peidmont in Arizona. A government satlelite lands there and is opened. Inside is an unknown terestrial virus from space. The virus is taken isolated and contained while the government biological wildfire project is executed. But the virus mutates and then the real danger starts. The ANDROMEDAN STRAIN is an interesting novel from the author of JURRASIC PARK.