{"title":"Jeff VanderMeer","description":"Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander, the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts), and The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. He speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, on the edge of a ravine, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cat, Neo.","products":[{"product_id":"absolution-a-southern-reach-novel-paperback","title":"Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus Awards Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Literary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, Goodreads\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e opens decades before Area X forms, with a science expedition whose mysterious end suggests terrifying consequences for the future--and marks the Forgotten Coast as a high priority for Central, the shadowy federal agency that monitors extraordinary threats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany years later, the Forgotten Coast files wind up in the hands of a washed-up Central operative, Old Jim. He starts pulling a thread that reveals a long, troubling record of government agents meddling with forces they clearly cannot comprehend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOld Jim's investigation culminates in the first Central expedition into what has now been labeled Area X. A border has come down, and a full team has been assembled to find Area X's \"off switch\" somewhere in the volatile, dangerous terrain that has defied all attempts to be explored, mapped, or controlled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e converges the past, present, and future in unnerving, ecstatic, and mind-bending ways. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101234630879,"sku":"9781250397805","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lGkOD4e2NP9781250397805.webp?v=1781068525"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jeff-vandermeer.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}