{"product_id":"9780008139100","title":"Annihilation : Book 1","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  VanderMeer, Jeff \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 2010 to c 2020\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 July 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of The Southern Reach Trilogy series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 16 | 202g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e’A contemporary masterpiece’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Creepy and fascinating’ STEPHEN KING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A psycho-geograpical tour de force’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  THE BASIS FOR A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  With an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s now-classic Southern Reach series, Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades and nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilisation. Expedition after expedition into Area X has failed to uncover its mysteries and the true nature of its danger to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Now a twelfth expedition makes the attempt, a group of four women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A harrowing cosmic mystery at the vanguard of eco-fiction, Annihilation has only become more pertinent to our reality ten years after its first publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Powerful and echoing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Genuinely potent and dream-haunting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53437357425015,"sku":"9780008139100","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008139100.jpg?v=1741637162","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.live\/products\/9780008139100","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}