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Jeff VanderMeer’s Authority introduces the Southern Reach, a covert agency tasked with monitoring expeditions into Area X—a remote, verdant wilderness severed from the outside world. Following the catastrophic outcome of the twelfth expedition, the agency is in chaos. Newly appointed commander John Rodriguez takes the helm, and through a series of interrogations, recovered notes, and more than 200 hours of disturbing video, the unsettling secrets of Area X begin to unravel, revealing the agency’s hidden agenda and the eerie nature of the territory they guard.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Horror/Cosmic Horror
Authors: Jeff VanderMeer
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