About this book
Grave Descend (1970), 203 pages, is another John Lange pulp thriller from Michael Crichton's medical-school years, sitting between Dealing and Binary. It's part of the eight Lange novels he wrote fast and lean, purely to pay tuition, while keeping his medical-student identity separate from his fiction.
Key facts about Grave Descend
Michael Crichton wrote Grave Descend, a book on our list. It has been out since 1970. The book has 203 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780843955972 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books on our list. Since none belong to a series we track, all 31 stand alone. All 31 are out now. Other books by Michael Crichton on file include Eruption (2024), The Andromeda Evolution (2019), Dragon Teeth (2017) and Micro (2011).
Earlier, The Andromeda Strain came out in 1969. After it came Binary in 1972. It is one of 3 Michael Crichton books dated 1970.
Since then, our list has added 21 more books by Michael Crichton. Meanwhile, A Murder in Hollywood is the latest published Michael Crichton book on file, from 5 May 2026.
About Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton was an American author, physician, and filmmaker whose techno-thrillers redefined the genre by grounding speculative, often catastrophic scenarios in rigorous scientific research, most famously in Jurassic Park, which imagined the genetic resurrection of dinosaurs and became a global cultural phenomenon after Steven Spielberg's 1993 film adaptation. See every Michael Crichton book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780843955972