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A Novel

352 pages

English language

Published Aug. 21, 2014 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-71078-1
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5 stars (2 reviews)

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.

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5 stars

This book really pulled me in. It's not just horror, it's not just mystery, it's weird and eerie. There's a tension and unease that makes this book hard to put down, sucking you in, making you want to know more about what's going on, but never quite delivering any a real answer to the eerie agency of Area X...

Subjects

  • Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Scientists, fiction