The Acceptance (Jeff Vandermeer)

'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting writing' GUARDIAN

'Powerful and echoing' NEW STATESMAN

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

With an introduction by Helen MacDonald

Area X has rebuffed expedition after expedition for decades, refusing to reveal its secrets. As it expands alarmingly, the Southern Reach agency tasked with its investigation has collapsed in confusion. Now, one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may yet hold vital answers. How was Area X created, and why? Can it be stopped?

In this climactic volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, reality mutates and mysteries resolve, but now that so many questions have answers, the consequences are no less profound - or terrifying.

'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Arresting, unsettling, and unforgettable' NEW YORKER

'Contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels' GUARDIAN

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander, the Borne novels, the Southern Reach Series, the Ambergris Trilogy and Veniss Underground. He writes widely about issues relating to climate change and the environment.