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Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1980

Adventure, about expeditions and genetic engineering, set in africa.

“WorldCat: On an expedition to return Amy, his talking gorilla, to her home in the Congo, Professor Peter Elliot is joined by others who hope to find a legendary diamond mine guarded by mutant gorillas.”
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Dirk PittSeries

series12 books1973

completed

Adventure, about expeditions, set in contemporary.

“Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished.”
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Start with Pacific Vortex! →

SurvivalistSeries

series41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in north america and near future.

Start with Total War →

Shane SchofieldSeries

series5 books1998

Set in contemporary.

“Ice Station is Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly's second novel, released in 1998.”
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Start with Ice Station →

ThunderSeries

series3 books1995

Science fiction and time travel.

“When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past.”
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Start with Footprints of Thunder →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue

Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, Morgaine

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