We eventually learn that only one of these people is human: Grayson is, indeed, an astronaut a black woman and the lone survivor of a space mission who returned to a ruined Earth. But where Poe kept his most vicious blows relatively oblique, VanderMeer drives them deep-albeit in a corkscrewing way that is not less cruel and exquisite. As Dead Astronauts opens, three people are making their way towards the City, bent on a mission of destruction. “More than just a horror novel there’s something Poe-like in this tightening, increasingly paranoid focus.

KAREN JOY FOWLER, BookPage, on Annihilation “Unsettling and un-put-down-able-like an old-fashioned adventure story, only weirder, beautifully written and not at all old-fashioned.” NISI SHAWL, The Seattle Times, on Annihilation STEPHEN KING, on The Southern Reach Trilogy COLSON WHITEHEAD, author of Nickel Boys “Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and it’s a thorough marvel.” 'For any adventurous fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror, this book offers not only a rewarding read but, like, a thing to possess.' Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. 'VanderMeer is a master of literary science fiction, and this may be his best book yet.' The astronauts project themselves through time, engaging the Company across multiple iterations in a repeating battle that most resembles a deadly game scenario. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal.

In this shattered landscape, VanderMeer explores urgent ideas about capitalism, greed, and natural destruction.' 'A Mobius strip of a novel, with each chapter containing worlds upon nested worlds, all of them dreamlike and dark. CHELSEA LEU, The New York Times Book Review Jeff VanderMeers Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge. ' darkly transcendent novel filled with phantasmagoric visions, body horror and tortured beings traversing a blasted desert hellscape.

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