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By Jeff VanderMeer

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

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.