Island 731: A Thriller

Island 731: A Thriller

<p><b>"Robinson puts his distinctive mark on Michael Crichton territory with this terrifying present-day riff on <i>The Island of Dr. Moreau</i>… One of the best <i>Jurassic Park</i> successors." –</b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review</p><p>Mark Hawkins, former park ranger and expert tracker, is out of his element, working on board the <i>Magellan</i>, a research vessel studying the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But his work is interrupted when, surrounded by thirty miles of refuse, the ship and its high tech systems are plagued by a series of strange malfunctions and the crew is battered by a raging storm.</p><p>When the storm fades and the sun rises, the beaten crew awakens to find themselves anchored in the protective cove of a tropical island...and no one knows how they got there. Even worse, the ship has been sabotaged, two crewman are dead and a third is missing. Hawkins spots signs of the missing man on shore and leads a small team to bring him back. But they quickly discover evidence of a brutal history left behind by the Island's former occupants: Unit 731, Japan's ruthless World War II human experimentation program. Mass graves and military fortifications dot the island, along with a decades old laboratory housing the remains of hideous experiments.<br />As crew members start to disappear, Hawkins realizes that they are not alone. In fact, they were brought to this strange and horrible island. The crew is taken one-by-one and while Hawkins fights to save his friends, he learns the horrible truth: Island 731 was never decommissioned and the person taking his crewmates may not be a person at all—not anymore.</p>