{"product_id":"9780008139117","title":"Jeff Vandermeer - Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jeff Vandermeer. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Mystery \u0026amp; Detective, Science Fiction, Action \u0026amp; Adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Astonishing, frightening, spectacular' New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A lasting monument to the uncanny' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Chilling' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New York Times Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by N. K. Jemisin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter thirty years, the secret government agency known as the Southern Reach has been unable to solve the mysteries of Area X, a seemingly malevolent landscape wiped clean of human civilisation. Or is \"pristine wilderness\" a better description? Expedition after expedition has failed to come up with answers, often disastrously. The Southern Reach, in the process, has become a backwater agency, forgotten and underfunded despite the urgency of its mission. Following the tumultuous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the agency is in complete disarray.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnter John Rodriguez (aka \"Control\"), the Southern Reach's newly appointed director. Working with a distrustful team desperate for success, Control must navigate a maze of frustrating interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage. What does it all mean? Can he reach some kind of understanding before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Authority, the second volume of Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, many of Area X's most disturbing questions are answered ... but the answers are far from reassuring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Very, very scary!' Wired\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Extraordinary' Slate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Successfully creepy' Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58658874655094,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780008139117.jpg?v=1788965862","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780008139117","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}