{"product_id":"annihilation-a-novel-10th-anniversary-edition-9781250824042","title":"Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSPECIAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Southern Reach Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e begins with \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, 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).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArea X has been cut off from the rest of the world for years. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Expeditions into Area X have ended in disaster or death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the latest expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; 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 itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover lifeforms that surpass understanding. But it's the secrets they carried across the border with them that change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e novels (\u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDead Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAuthority\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAcceptance\u003c\/i\u003e), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. He speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875160133906,"sku":"9781250824042","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_514a17dc-fbd9-4451-97d2-5d927a0f6b09.jpg?v=1738018794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/annihilation-a-novel-10th-anniversary-edition-9781250824042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}