{"product_id":"annihilation-10th-anniversary-edition-9781250824042","title":"Annihilation (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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250824042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241313661109,"sku":"9781250824042","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_54663600-3230-424a-92b6-67f795827428.jpg?v=1717472650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/annihilation-10th-anniversary-edition-9781250824042","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}