Binary (novel)

Binary
First edition cover
AuthorJohn Lange
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1972
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages225
ISBN0-394-47987-4
OCLC262457
813/.5/4
LC ClassPS3553.R48 B56 1972
Preceded byDealing 

Binary is a techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, his eleventh published novel, in 1972, the eighth and final time the pseudonym John Lange was featured. Crichton also directed Pursuit, a television film version.[citation needed][1] The story of both the book and the film revolve around a deadly nerve agent composed by combining two different chemicals. Hard Case Crime republished the novel under Crichton's name in 2013.[2]