Author
John Lange
Associated Country
United States
Real Name
John Lange was the primary pseudonym used by Michael Crichton during the early years of his writing career. While studying medicine and before achieving international fame under his own name, Crichton published a series of thrillers under the John Lange byline. These novels combined crime, espionage, adventure, and technical detail, showcasing many of the storytelling qualities that would later define his work.
Although Crichton eventually abandoned the pseudonym as his reputation grew, the John Lange novels remain an important part of his literary legacy. Through these early works, he developed the fast-paced narrative style, meticulous research, and fascination with specialized knowledge that would later make him one of the most successful thriller writers of his generation.
Although Crichton eventually abandoned the pseudonym as his reputation grew, the John Lange novels remain an important part of his literary legacy. Through these early works, he developed the fast-paced narrative style, meticulous research, and fascination with specialized knowledge that would later make him one of the most successful thriller writers of his generation.
Books
In the glitz and decadence of 1970s Hollywood, an era when sex and drugs were readily available on any movie set, the writer of the next Western blockbuster, Bloodrock, has just been found dead in his...
The Venom Business 2013
As an expert handler of venomous snakes—and a smuggler of rare artifacts—Charles Raynaud is accustomed to danger. So the job, bodyguarding an old acquaintance about to come into a fortune, shouldn't...
Odds On 2013
The plan: to rob the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain. The crew: three seasoned criminals with the skills to pull off the heist of the century. The edge: the scheme has been...
Zero Cool 2013
American radiologist Peter Ross just wanted a vacation. But when he meets the beautiful Angela Locke on a Spanish beach, he soon finds himself caught in a murderous crossfire between rival gangs...
Drug of Choice 2013
On a secret island in the Caribbean, bioengineers have devised a vacation resort like no other, promising the ultimate escape. But when Dr. Roger Clark investigates, he discovers the dark secret of...
Grave Descend 2013
Diver James McGregor is used to exploring sunken ships. But there's something strange about the wreck of the Grave Descend. No one aboard tells quite the same story about what happened. Then there's...
Scratch One 2013
To prevent an arms shipment from reaching the Middle East, a terrorist group has been carrying out targeted assassinations in Egypt, Portugal, Denmark, and France.
In response, the United States...
Easy Go 2013
Beneath the sands of the Egyptian desert lies treasure beyond imagining. And when a professor of archaeology finds clues to the location of a Pharaoh's lost tomb in ancient hieroglyphs, he hatches a...
Binary 2013
Political radical John Wright is plotting an act of mass destruction—and federal agent John Graves has him under surveillance, trying to figure out what the plot is.
When a government computer is...