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| Author | Michael Crichton James Patterson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Techno-thriller |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | June 3, 2024 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 0-316-56507-5 |
Eruption is a 2024 novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson, based on a manuscript by Crichton that was unfinished at the time of his death. It is Crichton's 29th novel, the nineteenth under his own name and the fourth to be published posthumously. A thriller about an eruption of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, the novel was completed by Patterson years after Crichton's death, at the behest of his widow Sherri. [1]
In June 2024, it was reported that Steven Spielberg was in talks with Sherri Crichton about a possible film adaptation. [1] That same month, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi signed on to direct the adaptation. [2] One month later, Sony made a seven-figure deal at a rights auction for the film. [3] In July 2025, Kaz and Ryan Firpo were hired to write the screenplay, while Chin and Vasarhelyi had left the film. [4]
