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State of Fear Study Guide

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by Michael Crichton
About 112 pages (33,457 words)
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Jonathon Marshall, a graduate student studying wave mechanics and dynamics in a Vissy laboratory near Paris, has managed to lure exotic Marisa away from her lover, who is described as a big, American footballer type. Jonathon takes Marisa to the laboratory to impress her with the big wave machine there. Hot sex ensues, and the couple retires to Marisa's apartment near Notre Dame.

Jonathon goes to sleep in the living room while Marisa goes into her bedroom. Masked intruders disturb Jonathon's sleep. They hold him down but do not beat him. He feels a mild stinging sensation under his arm and then they let him go. Marisa argues with the intruders, explaining them away as friends of her boyfriend seeking retribution for the brush off. She asks him to stay, but Jonathon insists.....

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