Eruption is a 2024 novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson, based on a manuscript by Crichton that was unfinished at the time of his death. It is Crichton's 29th novel, the nineteenth under his own name and the fourth to be published posthumously. A thriller about an eruption of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, the novel was completed by Patterson years after Crichton's death, at the behest of his widow Sherri. No. 1 on The New York Times Fiction best seller list for 1 week, from the issue of June 23, 2024 (Little, Brown and Company). Wiki link