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Authority
The Southern Reach Trilogy: Book #2
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Description
The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of theSouthern Reach Trilogy
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reachhas monitored expeditions into Area X—a remote and lush terrain mysteriouslysequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reachis in disarray, and John Rodriguez (a.k.a. “Control”) is the team’s newlyappointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, andmore than two hundred hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secretsof Area X begin to reveal themselves—and what they expose pushes Control toconfront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he’s promised toserve.
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The Southern Reach Trilogy Series
Annihilation
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
If J. J. Abrams,Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a novel … it might be thisawesome.
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent fordecades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Thefirst expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all themembers of the second expedition... Read more »
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Annihilation
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
If J. J. Abrams,Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a novel … it might be thisawesome.
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent fordecades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Thefirst expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all themembers of the second expedition... Read more »
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Authority
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of theSouthern Reach Trilogy
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reachhas monitored expeditions into Area X—a remote and lush terrain mysteriouslysequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reachis in disarray, and John Rodriguez (a.k.a. “Control”)... Read more »
Learn more
Authority
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of theSouthern Reach Trilogy
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reachhas monitored expeditions into Area X—a remote and lush terrain mysteriouslysequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reachis in disarray, and John Rodriguez (a.k.a. “Control”)... Read more »
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Acceptance
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot & Xe Sands
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it-the Southern Reach-has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border,... Read more »
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Acceptance
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot & Xe Sands
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across theborder on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may havebeen left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown—navigating new terrainand new challenges—the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting.
In the final installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy,... Read more »
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Area X
By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot & Xe Sands
Length: 26 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
If J. J. Abrams, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a series, it might be this awesome.
This collection includes all three novels in the epic Southern Reach trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. Praised for its evocative prose, chilling psychological twists, and intriguing story arc, this series has amassed high critical... Read more »
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