Vandermeer’s twisted worlds have a way of sinking their teeth into you, dragging you right down the tower steps. Part sci-fi mystery, part psychological eco-horror, Area X had me hooked from the first page and questioning the foundations of my reality by the last.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, (List Price: $18, FSG Originals, 9780374104092, February 2014)
Reviewed by Morgan Holub, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia