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Southern Reach, Book 2

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By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Summary

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.

©2014 Jeff VanderMeer Creative, Inc. (P)2014 2014 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Technology Scary Government
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book was tight. narration was great. heard some reviews that it felt like a slog, to me felt like a surreal slow-burn mystery. gotta Google how to spell Terroir. narrated brilliantly. super good

I just love Jeff Vandermeer, man

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Found this a bit uninteresting and not so well written. Still intrigued to read the last of the trilogy as a lot of questions unanswered.

Not as good as the first

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and I don't need to tell you how awesome it is. love this trilogy so much

I guess you've read part 1 if you're here

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A tremendous continuation of the Southern Reach trilogy, surprising and suspenseful, full of psychological intrigue and creeping dread.

Staggering in the wake of Annihilation

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lots of people have said this is a boring book. I totally understand why. I often feel the same with character based stories. but the texture and feeling of the writing as well as the narrator's performance just about kept me engaged. and was worth it in the end. its like a modern lovecraft in many ways. he certainly describes everything both wood and trees. but its all part of the 'Terrior"! looking forward to pt 3

good narrator held me through

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