Authority

A Novel

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Authority (Paperback, 2022, Picador)

Paperback, 352 pages

Published June 7, 2022 by Picador.

ISBN:
978-1-250-82405-9
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3 stars (1 review)

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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Like if you had PTSD from a bad office job — but sci-fi

3 stars

Quite a different tone from the first novel. Someone else said something like a bureaucratic suspense thriller, and I think that is a good way to put it. Not my fave in the series but I look forward to reading the final book.