Annihilation: Star Wars Legends (The Old Republic) by Drew Karpyshyn

Annihilation: Star Wars Legends (The Old Republic) by Drew Karpyshyn

Annihilation, the first book in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed Southern Reach Trilogy tells the thrilling, haunting story of a biologist on an expedition into territory that is both unknown and discomfitingly familiar, as she searches for answers to her husband's tragic disappearance and the puzzle that is Area X.

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.

This is the twelfth expedition.

Their group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life-forms that surpass understanding--but it's the surprises that came across the border with them, and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another, that change everything.

Karpyshyn is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen books, including the Chaos Born epic fantasy trilogy: Children of Fire, The Scorched Earth, and Chaos Unleashed. He has written five Star Wars novels, including the Darth Bane trilogy: Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, and Dynasty of Evil. As a writer/designer with BioWare, he worked on numerous award-winning videogames and also penned the acclaimed Mass Effect book series. After spending most of his life in Canada, he finally grew tired of the long, cold winters and headed south in search of a climate more conducive to year-round golf. He now lives in Texas with his wife, Jennifer, and their pets. He can be reached through his Twitter account @DrewKarpyshyn or through his website at www.drewkarpyshyn.com.

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ISBN 13	9780345529428
ISBN 10	0345529421
Title	Annihilation: Star Wars Legends (The Old Republic)
Author	Drew Karpyshyn
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House Worlds
Year published	2013-10-29
Number of pages	384
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