Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition)

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The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with Annihilation, the Nebula Award-winning novel that “reads as if Verne or Wellsian adventurers exploring a mysterious island had warped through into a Kafkaesque nightmare world” (Kim Stanley Robinson).

Area X has been isolated from the rest of the world for years, with nature reclaiming the remnants of human civilization. Previous expeditions into this enigmatic zone have met with disaster or death.

In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, we follow the latest expedition comprising four women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist (the de facto leader), and the narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, document their observations of the environment and each other, and, most importantly, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive prepared for the unexpected, and Area X delivers—they encounter lifeforms beyond comprehension. However, it’s the secrets they bring with them that ultimately change everything.

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