Science fiction novelist Jeff VanderMeer returns readers to Area X for a gruesome romp in Absolution, the fourth book in his deeply weird Southern Reach Series.
Area X is an abandoned stretch of the Southeastern U.S. coast surrounded by an invisible alien border. Expeditions sent through the border encounter unnatural phenomena and sanity-shattering anomalies. Most never return.
Absolution explores the origins of Area X and the ill-fated first expeditions. VanderMeer gives Southern Reach fans plenty of its trademark dread and otherworldly horror. There's a giant mutant alligator named The Tyrant, just for starters.
