description:  The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is made: the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks. The terror has begun . . . 
language: English
title: The Andromeda Strain
titlecomplete: The Andromeda Strain
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Audiobook, Novels
ratings_count: 250862
places: Arizona
series: The Andromeda Strain
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Foreign Novel
publisher: Buccaneer Books