Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s now-classic Southern Reach series, Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades and nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilisation. Expedition after expedition into Area X has failed to uncover its mysteries and the true nature of its danger to the world. Now a twelfth expedition makes the attempt, a group of four women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist and the narrator, a biologist.

Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X.

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A harrowing cosmic mystery at the vanguard of eco-fiction, Annihilation has only become more pertinent to our reality ten years after its first publication. With an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler.

A New York Times bestseller. Winner of The Nebula Award for Best Novel. 

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'A contemporary masterpiece... Genuinely potent and dream-haunting’ - Guardian 

‘Creepy and fascinating’ - Stephen King 

‘A psycho-geographical tour de force’ - Financial Times

'Powerful and echoing' - New Statesman

‘Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable’ - New Yorker

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First book in the The Southern Reach Series: Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance