3.4
Acceptance
'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting writing' GUARDIAN
'Powerful and echoing' NEW STATESMAN
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With an introduction by Helen MacDonald
Area X has rebuffed expedition after expedition for decades, refusing to reveal its secrets. As it expands alarmingly, the Southern Reach agency tasked with its investigation has collapsed in confusion. Now, one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may yet hold vital answers. How was Area X created, and why? Can it be stopped?
In this climactic volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, reality mutates and mysteries resolve, but now that so many questions have answers, the consequences are no less profound - or terrifying.
'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable' NEW YORKER
'Contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels' GUARDIAN
FictionLiteraryMystery & DetectiveScience FictionAction & AdventureThrillers
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERFourth Estate
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN
Jeff VanderMeer is a writer and editor whose fiction merges elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the weird. His stories frequently examine the intricate connection between humanity and the natural world, uncovering strange and sometimes unsettling phenomena. He is widely recognized for the Southern Reach trilogy, which delves into the enigma of Area X, a cryptic and potentially extraterrestrial zone. Beyond this series, his novels such as Borne, Hummingbird Salamander, and Dead Astronauts depict futures shaped by biotechnology, environmental collapse, and the rise of unusual new lifeforms. VanderMeer has also co-edited several notable anthologies, including The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction, often working alongside his wife, Ann VanderMeer.
3.4
Acceptance
'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting writing' GUARDIAN
'Powerful and echoing' NEW STATESMAN
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With an introduction by Helen MacDonald
Area X has rebuffed expedition after expedition for decades, refusing to reveal its secrets. As it expands alarmingly, the Southern Reach agency tasked with its investigation has collapsed in confusion. Now, one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may yet hold vital answers. How was Area X created, and why? Can it be stopped?
In this climactic volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, reality mutates and mysteries resolve, but now that so many questions have answers, the consequences are no less profound - or terrifying.
'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable' NEW YORKER
'Contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels' GUARDIAN
FictionLiteraryMystery & DetectiveScience FictionAction & AdventureThrillersTechnological
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERFourth Estate
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN
Jeff VanderMeer is a writer and editor whose fiction merges elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the weird. His stories frequently examine the intricate connection between humanity and the natural world, uncovering strange and sometimes unsettling phenomena. He is widely recognized for the Southern Reach trilogy, which delves into the enigma of Area X, a cryptic and potentially extraterrestrial zone. Beyond this series, his novels such as Borne, Hummingbird Salamander, and Dead Astronauts depict futures shaped by biotechnology, environmental collapse, and the rise of unusual new lifeforms. VanderMeer has also co-edited several notable anthologies, including The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction, often working alongside his wife, Ann VanderMeer.
