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Jeff VanderMeer · 2001 · Novel

Setting: near future

Series: Southern Reach Trilogy — #2

Synopsis

For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X, a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and more than two hundred hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: LiteraryFantasyFictionScientific expeditionsDiscoveries in geographyGeneralFICTIONQuests (Expeditions)Psychic abilityScientists

isfdb_id: 1711679

openlibrary_id: OL17453058W

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