{"product_id":"annihilation-southern-reach-1","title":"Annihilation (Southern Reach #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten By: \u003cspan\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction By: Karen Joy Fowler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“Successfully creepy, an old-style gothic horror novel set in a not-too-distant future. The best bits turn your mind inside out.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—Sara Sklaroff, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Reach Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (10th Anniversary Edition)","offer_id":48135669776535,"sku":"9781250824042","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781250824042_c1a97.jpg?v=1786809956","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/annihilation-southern-reach-1","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}