{"product_id":"9780771020858","title":"Absolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Must-Read Books of 2024 • One of Indigo's Top Ten Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2024 • Named Best Book of the Year by Barnes and Noble • One of Kobo CA's Best Science Fiction Books of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years after the publication of \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Southern Reach Trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestsellers lists, awards were won, the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover, and the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies, and has secured its place in the pantheon of twenty-first-century literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, for Jeff VanderMeer there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take hold; the story of the first mission into the Forgotten Coast—before Area X was called Area X—had never been fully told; and what if someone had foreseen the world after \u003ci\u003eAcceptance? \u003c\/i\u003eHow crazy would they seem?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStructured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, this book delivers some long-awaited answers, to be sure, but also more questions, and profound new surprises. \u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, beautiful, and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.","brand":"Jeff VanderMeer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45892929683668,"sku":"9780771020858","price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_297ce4d5-294f-4901-ac7e-61ac8092dda8.jpg?v=1732520359","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780771020858","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}