: Patterson hired researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks to ensure the volcanology and technical details—often a staple of Crichton’s work—were accurate and immersive .
Eruption represents a unique literary event: a posthumous collaboration between the late "master of the technothriller," , and the modern powerhouse of suspense, James Patterson . Discovered as a partial manuscript and extensive notes in Crichton’s archives by his wife, Sherri Crichton, the project was carefully guarded for over a decade until she found the right partner to bring her late husband's final passion project to life. A Dual Threat: Lava and Military Secrets Eruption by Michael Crichton- James Patterson EPUB