’A contemporary masterpiece’ GuardianTHE FIRST VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border – an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness. The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic. Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition into the unknown.

The Southern Reach Series

Annihilation

In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened … Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in ‘Annihilation’, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to ‘put his house in order’. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries 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. Undermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.

Authority

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. When the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestsellers list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature. And yet for all this, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast—before Area X was called Area X—had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after Acceptance? How crazy would they seem? Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, there are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. Absolution is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

Absolution

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland. ‘Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore’ In a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear. She names him Borne. He reminds her of her homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs he sells. Nothing is quite what it seems, and if Wick is hiding secrets, so too is Rachel – and Borne most of all.

Borne

The highly anticipated third volume of the haunting, disturbing and evocative Southern Reach trilogy. It is winter in Area X. 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 only more daunting. In this last instalment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound – or terrifying.

Acceptance

From the Author of Annihilation, now a major Film adaptation starring Natalie Portman. Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award, the Nebula Award and the Locus Award. AMBERGRIS: 239 Manzikert Avenue, Apartment 525. Two dead bodies lie on a dusty floor. One corpse is cut in half, the other is utterly unmarked. Only one is human. Ambergris is occupied, ruined and rotting. Its buildings are crumbling, or mutating into moist and hostile new life forms. The population is brought to its knees by narcotics, detention camps and arbitrary acts of terror. And for motives unknown, the new masters of the city want this bizarre case closed. Now. With no leads and one week to conclude his investigation, Detective John Finch is about to find himself in the cross-hairs of every spy, rebel, informer and traitor in town. And what he discovers will change Ambergris forever...

Finch

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS A landmark, eclectic, leviathan-sized anthology of fiction's wilder, stranger, darker shores. The Weird features an all star cast of authors, from classics to international bestsellers to prize winners: Ben Okri George R.R. Martin Angela Carter Kelly Link Franz Kafka China Miéville Clive Barker Haruki Murakami M.R. James Neil Gaiman Mervyn Peake Michael Chabon Stephen King Daphne Du Maurier and more... Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities; You will find the boldest and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled.

The Weird

’Frankly superb. This pummelling eco-thriller camouflages the true ‘understory’ of societal collapse, and glows in the dark with original thinking’ David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in the Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world. 'Jane Smith' receives an unexplained envelope containing the key to a storage unit. And inside that storage unit is a taxidermy hummingbird and directions to a taxidermy salamander. Somehow, this bizarre treasure hunt, that Jane never expected or asked for, sets in motion a series of events that quickly put her and her family in danger. As she desperately seeks answers, she discovers time is running out – for her and possibly for the world. ‘This is climate fiction at its most urgent and gripping’ The New York Times ‘Visionary, dark, beautiful, and strange, that rare novel that coaxes you into imagining the unimaginable’ Kristen Roupenian, author of You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories ‘Harrowing, gripping, and profound. It's both a thriller and a requiem for a disappearing world’ Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel

Hummingbird Salamander

Den hyllade och prisbelönade eko-thrillern Annihilation är ett fenomen. Område X har varit avskuret från resten av kontinenten i årtionden. Naturen har återerövrat de sista resterna av mänsklig civilisation. Den första expeditionen återvände med rapporter om ett vackert Edenlikt landskap. Den andra expeditionen slutade med massjälvmord. Den tredje expeditionen gick under i ett regn av kulor när dess deltagare vände sig mot varandra. Deltagarna i den elfte expeditionen återvände som skuggor av sina forna jag. Inom veckor var alla döda i cancer. I Avgrund följer vi den tolfte expeditionen. Gruppen består av fyra kvinnor: en antropolog, en lantmätare, en psykolog – den faktiska ledaren – och vår berättare, en biolog. Deras uppdrag är att kartlägga landskapet, att anteckna observationer av sin omgivning, av varandra, och över allt annat, att undvika att själva bli smittade av Område X. Expeditionen anländer redo för det oväntade, och Område X lever upp till sitt rykte. Deltagarna upptäcker en enorm topografisk anomali och livsformer bortom all förståelse. Det är dock hemligheterna som de fört med sig över gränsen som till slut ska förändra allt.

Southern Reach Trilogy

Avgrund

John Rodriguez er den nyansatte leder af det nedslidte forskningscenter, Southern Reach, der har til opgave at bevogte det mystiske vildnis kaldet Område X. John modtager ordrer fra sin ukendte chef, Stemmen, der lige fra første dag på jobbet sætter John til at håndtere eftervirkningerne af den fejlslåede tolvte ekspedition til Område X. Efter at have gennemgået en række forhør, en samling af skjulte noter og timevis af dybt foruroligende videooptagelser, begynder John at gennemskue nogle af Område Xs mange hemmeligheder. Hver opdagelse han gør sig, tvinger ham dog til at se skræmmende sandheder i øjnene om sig selv og om den virksomhed, han har svoret sit troskab til. Autoritet er andet bind i South Reach-serien og fortsættelsen til Udslettelse. »Jeff VanderMeers trilogi om ’Area X’ er uden overdrivelse et af de mest forunderlige og tankevækkende værker, jeg kan mindes at have læst.« (6 hjerter) – Politiken

Southern Reach

Autoritet

Det er vinter i Område X, det mystiske vildnis, der efter tredive års overvågning stadig ikke lader sig forklare eller kortlægge. Mens området langsomt breder sig, er efterretningsorganisationen Southern Reach ved at kollapse indefra, og i et sidste desperat forsøg sender man en ny ekspedition over grænsen. Deres mål er en fjern ø, der måske rummer de svar, de så længe har ledt efter. Men efterhånden som ekspeditionen trænger dybere ind i det ukendte, bliver truslen mod den ydre verden kun større og mere skræmmende. For hvad var det egentlig, der skete dengang og satte hele denne unaturlige udvikling i gang? Og blandt alle dem, der har forsøgt at udforske fænomenet, hvem er så kommet nærmere en forståelse, og hvem er blevet inficeret? I dette sidste bind af Southern Reach-trilogien nærmer vi os løsningen på mysteriet omkring Område X, men med forfærdende og vidtrækkende konsekvenser.

Accept

Det mystiske Område X har i årevis været afskåret fra resten af kontinentet, og naturen har indtaget de sidste rester af menneskelig civilisation. Myndighederne sender løbende videnskabelige ekspeditioner ind i området, men alle er enten forsvundet eller er vendt tilbage som skygger af sig selv. Nu gør man klar til den tolvte ekspedition. Gruppen består af fire kvinder: en antropolog, en topograf, en psykolog og en biolog. Deres mission er at opmåle området, tage prøver og nedfælde deres observationer om området og om hinanden, og frem for alt undgå at blive inficeret af det mystiske område. De fire kvinder mødes af et paradisisk uberørt og frodigt landskab. Men snart må de sande, at noget er helt galt. Tæt ved den lejr, der er oprettet af tidligere ekspeditioner, finder de fire kvinder en mystisk bygning, en slags omvendt tårn, som de beslutter sig for at udforske. Hvad de finder i dybet, får dem til at tvivle på alt, hvad de ved. Udslettelse er en intens og foruroligende thriller, som holder læseren fanget i åndeløs spænding til allersidste side. Pressen skriver: »Uden overdrivelse et af de mest forunderlige og tankevækkende værker, jeg kan mindes at have læst.« ****** – Politiken »Første bind af VanderMeers Southern Reach-trilogi, der er ulig noget andet, jeg har læst ... Et særligt litterært brag.« – Berlingske »Fascinerende roman, der får én til at tænke over, om der findes eksistenser, der er uden for vores fatteevne.« – Søndag »Det var simpelthen en fed læseoplevelse … Den er vildt spændende.« – Bogrummet.dk »Udslettelse er både gådefuld og ekstremt urovækkende … VanderMeers prosa glider let og holder et godt tempo.« – Information »Mange vil finde bogen interessant for skildringen af en natur, der slår tilbage, en slags rebelsk økosystem, som har fået nok af menneskets herskertrang.« – Weekendavisen »Det er umuligt at lægge bogen fra sig når først den er blevet åbnet.« ***** – Boguglen Bogen fascinerede, underholdt og rev mig rundt. **** – Moonlitmadness

Udslettelse

Jeff VanderMeerin Eteläraja-trilogia on ollut vuonna 2014 arvostelu- sekä myyntimenestys Amerikassa. Kauhua, paranoiatrilleriä ja tieteiskirjallisuutta yhdistelevä kokonaisuus vie lukijansa aivan uudenlaisiin maisemiin, jotka ovat kuitenkin oudolla tavalla tuttuja. Näissä kirjoissa Lost kohtaa Lovecraftin ja le Carrén.

Eteläraja-trilogia

Hävitys

Hallinta

Kansainvälisen läpimurtotrilogian huikea päätösosa. Ylistetystä Eteläraja-trilogiasta tuli ilmiö heti julkaisunsa jälkeen vuonna 2014. Kauhua, paranoiatrilleriä ja tieteiskirjallisuutta sekoittava kokonaisuus vie lukijansa aivan uudenlaisiin maisemiin, jotka ovat kuitenkin oudolla tavalla tuttuja. Näissä kirjoissa Lost kohtaa Lovecraftin ja le Carrén. Hyväksyntä on trilogian järisyttävä päätösosa, jossa Alue X:n mysteeri paljastuu. "Lost-televisiosarjan ja Stalker-romaanin jalanjäljissä kulkevasta kirjasarjasta tuli yhdysvaltalaiskirjailija Jeff VanderMeerin kansainvälinen läpimurto." Helsingin Sanomat

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