The 1st is Airframe. The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control: Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency.' The pilot requests priority clearance to land - then comes the bombshell - he needs forty ambulances on the runway. The 2nd is Next. Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future, it's the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? The 3rd is Five Patients. ER has become the most successful tv series in the world. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms. This is the book about that.