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Annihilation:
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.
Authority:
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'.
Acceptance:
One last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to
reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been
seeking. As they press deeper into the unknown, the threat to the
outside world becomes only more daunting.The mysteries of Area X
may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are
no less profound - or terrifying.
Fourth Estate