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Publication Date: June 3, 2024
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Eruption

Synopsis

The biggest thriller of 2024: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano.

The master of the techno-thriller joins forces with the master of the modern thriller to create the most anticipated mega thriller in years.

Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller.

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The Decades-Long Journey to Publishing Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s Eruption
When Michael Crichton and his wife Sherri first started dating, all they did was hike. Every weekend there they were, taking in the scenery from the coasts of California to the mountains of Hawaii. The island of Kauai was their favorite place, its rivers carving through volcanic rock and steep, jagged cliffs cutting the sky...
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How James Patterson completed Michael Crichton's "Eruption"
If you ever want to feel a sense of awe, try standing near an erupting volcano. The late author Michael Crichton was fascinated with volcanoes for most of his life. And even now, 16 years after his death, among the countless books and papers at his office in Santa Monica you'll find stacks of volcano research...
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James Patterson realized Michael Crichton’s vision for a volcano thriller 16 years after his death
Michael Crichton, the mega-selling author and filmmaker best known for the novel “Jurassic Park,” died of lymphoma in 2008. But a glance at his body of work suggests he has remained prolific even after his death, with a string of posthumously published novels (the last of which, “Dragon Teeth,” was released in 2017) and a sequel to his bio-thriller “The Andromeda Strain” arriving in 2019, written by Daniel H. Wilson but still bearing Crichton’s name, in big letters, on the front cover. His afterlife has been busy...
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Featured Review: Michael Crichton and James Patterson Stun with ‘Eruption’
It’s not often that two of the biggest storytellers (Crichton and Patterson) to ever put pen to paper collaborate on a single project, and if anticipation wasn’t high enough already, toss in endorsements from heavyweights like Don Winslow and Jeffrey Deaver, and you’ve got all the makings for a generational blockbuster. The question is, can it live up to the hype? One thing is for sure . . . Eruption—a seismic event in today’s literary world—is aptly titled, as it’s an explosion of stomach-knotting suspense, action, and the kind of secrets worth killing to protect....
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Why Michael Crichton's widow chose James Patterson to finish his 'Eruption' book
James Patterson has written around 200 books, often with famous co-authors ranging from President Bill Clinton to Dolly Parton.But his latest collaboration presented the perennial bestseller with a first: Write with an author who is no longer alive.
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How Michael Crichton’s widow Sherri got James Patterson to finish ‘Eruption’
Novelist Michael Crichton never talked much about his works in progress, says his widow Sherri Crichton. But she could sometimes pick up clues. “I knew of a volcano story,” Sherri Crichton says. “That would probably come up in our conversations when we were on one of the many beautiful hikes in Kauai. He would give me fun facts about volcanic activity and the evolution of different volcanoes all over the world. He was always spitballing in his head where he was in his story,” she says. “So I got these little breadcrumbs of knowing that there’s a volcano story out there somewhere.
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Michael Crichton Unfinished Novel Completed
DEC 7, 2023 James Patterson is at home in Florida, where the world’s best-selling author and his wife are preparing to host Thanksgiving, though he’s more than happy to talk to Los Angeles magazine about his latest thriller, Alex Cross Must Die — the 32nd full-length novel featuring the D.C.-area detective.
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Unfinished Michael Crichton Book Completed
DECEMBER 15, 2022 Over 15 years after his death, one more Michael Crichton novel is set to be released with help from James Patterson. The prolific author will complete an unfinished novel by Crichton, which will be published by Little, Brown & Co., according to The Wall Street Journal. The plot reportedly revolves around the pending eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, which threatens a cache of chemical weapons that "can destroy not just the island, but the entire world."
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Michael Crichton- Hawaii Volcano Novel Gets Title & Pub Date As Screen Auction Nears
OCTOBER 9, 2023 James Patterson and the late Michael Crichton are teaming on a novel, and now it has a title and pub date. The duo has combined global sales in excess of 675 million books, so we can expect a monster screen auction to erupt early next year. Hachette Book Group’s Little, Brown and Company will release Eruption on Monday, June 3, with Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch calling it “one of the most spectacular meetings of minds in literary history.”
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1980

Michael Crichton – creator of “Jurassic Park” and a lifelong Hawaii enthusiast – begins work on a manuscript that will become the novel Eruption

1984

Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, erupts on Hawaii’s main island

1990

Michael Crichton publishes Jurassic Park set on a volcanic island in the Pacific.

1970s-2000s

Michael Crichton visits Hawaii many times over the years for further on-site research. Crichton will leave hours of video footage including interviews with a volcanologist.

2008

Michael Crichton tragically passes away

2010-2018

Knowing how important Hawaii and Eruption were to her late husband, Sherri Crichton begins an intensive research project, searching Michael’s many hard drives and papers, finding all relevant materials.

Sherri Crichton begins looking for the right partner to finish the project. Hawaii was always special to her and Michael, so she proceeds cautiously.

The Search will take years.

2021

Sherri Crichton brings the unfinished work to James Patterson, the most successful thriller writer in the world. Patterson agrees to complete the novel, especially as he says, “I wanted to know the ending!”

Working with Michael Crichton’s unfinished manuscript and extensive background materials, James Patterson creates an extended outline of the book, which he and Sherri Crichton begin to revise together.

2022

Mauna Loa erupts again

2023

Sherri Crichton announces the project and shares a letter about how it came together and how important it was to her late husband, Michael.

June 3, 2024

Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s Eruption – a genius collaboration more than 40 years in the making – is released everywhere around the world.

June 12, 2024

ERUPTION is a New York Times #1 Bestseller in Print Hardcovers and Combined Print & E-Book. It remains on the Bestselling list for over 10 weeks.

July 10, 2024

Eruption was bought at auction by Sony and will be directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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