Annihilation: 10th Anniversary Edition

The Southern Reach Series #1

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed what remains of human civilization, and every expedition into its borders has ended in disaster, or death.

In Annihilation, we follow the latest mission: a team of four women. There’s the anthropologist, the surveyor, the psychologist who serves as their commanding officer, and the biologist who narrates their journey. Their task is to map the terrain, record every observation of both the environment and one another, and, above all, avoid being altered by Area X itself.

They arrive prepared for the impossible—and Area X delivers. They encounter lifeforms beyond comprehension, phenomena that defy explanation. But it’s the secrets they bring with them across the border that ultimately change everything, revealing that the greatest mysteries may lie within themselves.