{"product_id":"absolution-a-southern-reach-novel-southern-reach-4","title":"Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel (Southern Reach #4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus Awards Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e New York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine,\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Literary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, Goodreads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by award-winning author Julia Armfield.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e opens decades before Area X forms, with a science expedition whose mysterious end suggests terrifying consequences for the future—and marks the Forgotten Coast as a high priority for Central, the shadowy federal agency that monitors extraordinary threats. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany years later, the Forgotten Coast files wind up in the hands of a washed-up Central operative, Old Jim. He starts pulling a thread that reveals a long, troubling record of government agents meddling with forces they clearly cannot comprehend. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld Jim’s investigation culminates in the first Central expedition into what has now been labeled Area X. A border has come down, and a full team has been assembled to find Area X’s “off switch” somewhere in the volatile, dangerous terrain that has defied all attempts to be explored, mapped, or controlled. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e converges the past, present, and future in unnerving, ecstatic, and mind-bending ways. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBorne \u003c\/i\u003enovels, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Reach \u003c\/i\u003eseries, the \u003ci\u003eAmbergris\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, and \u003ci\u003eVeniss Underground\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes widely about issues relating to climate change and the environment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJulia Armfield\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePrivate Rites \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOur Wives Under the Sea, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror and Best Debut Novel, and the story collection \u003ci\u003esalt slow\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eGranta, Lighthouse, Analog Magazine, Neon,\u003c\/i\u003e and Best British Short Stories 2019 and 2021. She is the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize and a Pushcart Prize, and she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Awards in 2019. She lives and works in London.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50551161258269,"sku":"9781250397805","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250397805.jpg?v=1761757436","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/absolution-a-southern-reach-novel-southern-reach-4","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}