Set on the Big Island, Eruption is an epic thriller about an ... Eventually, she would enlist the help of another prolific author, James Patterson, to do so. But it would be more than a decade ...

James Patterson, who has worked on books with everyone from Bill Clinton to Dolly Parton, has teamed up with Crichton as coauthor of “Eruption,” a volcano thriller set on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Crichton's widow Sherri, who is CEO of CrichtonSun, tapped another millions-selling author – James Patterson – to complete the story. Eruption is now in stores. Patterson is very familiar with ...

So now, trailing thunderous clouds of publicity, the summer’s ultimate literary mashup arrives June 3: “Eruption,” a Crichton manuscript completed by James Patterson. As author partnerships ...