Authority: A Novel

Authority: A Novel
ISBN-10
0374104107
ISBN-13
9780374104108
Series
Authority
Category
Fiction
Pages
341
Language
English
Published
2014-05-06
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Jeff VanderMeer

Description

John Rodriguez, the new head of a secret agency tasked to monitor Area X—a lush and remote terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization—is faced with disturbing truths about himself and the agency he has sworn to serve when the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves. Original. 50,000 first printing.

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