{"product_id":"authority-9780008139117","title":"Authority : Book 2","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlease note cover design may vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a major motion picture, written and directed by Alex Garland and starring Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach Trilogy - Annihilation , Authority , Acceptance .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe stares for hours at the shapes, the movements, listening to the whispers echoing up to him… and then he falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation , the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to `put his house in order'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries of Area X begin to reveal themselves-and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he's promised to serve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as ‘a contemporary masterpiece’ by the Guardian, the Southern Reach Trilogy is a stunning work of contemporary science fiction that challenges the boundary between known and the unknown, human and alien, terror and limitless beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead X Marks the Plot , our exclusive interview with Jeff VanderMeer, on the Waterstones Blog\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jeff VanderMeer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 Jul 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320590279034,"sku":"9780008139117","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008139117.jpg?v=1790658574","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/authority-9780008139117","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}