{"product_id":"book-8509","title":"Annihilation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM ALEX GARLAND, STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy begins with \u003cem\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/em\u003e, the Nebula Award-winning novel that \"reads as if Verne or Wellsian adventurers exploring a mysterious island had warped through into a Kafkaesque nightmare world\" (Kim Stanley Robinson). This 10\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Anniversary Edition features a new introduction by\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf J. J. Abrams, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a novel … it might be this awesome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArea X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the twelfth expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir group is made up of four women: an anthropologist, a surveyor, a psychologist-the de facto leader-and a biologist, who is our narrator. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers-they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life-forms that surpass understanding-but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover artwork © Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147422208304,"sku":"BD8509","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50147422273840,"sku":"ZE8509","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50147422306608,"sku":"ZM8509","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/8509-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775726515","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-8509","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}