Authority

By Jeff VanderMeer

Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fantasy, Scientists, Literary, Scientists, fiction, Science fiction, Intelligence officers, Body horror, Fiction, Discoveries in geography, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Horror, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-05-25, Fiction, suspense, Scientific expeditions, Fiction, science fiction, general, New York Times bestseller, Quests (Expeditions), FICTION, Psychic ability, FICTION / Fantasy / General, FICTION / Literary, Secrecy, General

Description: For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X, a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and more than two hundred hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves.