{"product_id":"area-x-the-southern-reach-trilogy-annihilation-authority-acceptance","title":"Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA single-volume hardcover edition that brings together the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling first three volumes of the Southern Reach Series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnihilation \u003c\/i\u003eis the first volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series, \u003ci\u003eAuthority \u003c\/i\u003eis the second, and \u003ci\u003eAcceptance\u003c\/i\u003e is the third. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Area X-a remote and lush terrain-has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the twelfth expedition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Their group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers-they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding-but it's the surprises that came across the border with them, and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another, that change everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, the Southern Reach-the secret agency that monitors these expeditions-is in disarray. In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthority\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, John Rodriguez, aka \"Control,\" is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves-and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he's promised to serve. And the consequences will spread much further than that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is winter in Area X in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcceptance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown-navigating new terrain and new challenges-the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting. The mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound-or terrifying.","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943862337767,"sku":"9780374261177","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_e64afc5b-1c0c-4b29-b61e-1fa739309c60.jpg?v=1775343645","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/area-x-the-southern-reach-trilogy-annihilation-authority-acceptance","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}