Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.Īfter reading this introduction to the Family Shriek-part academic treatise, part tell-all biography-you'll never look at history in quite the same way. Did you know There was a short movie based on the second book of the Ambergris trilogy, Shriek And that it debuted in small theaters and other venues on. VanderMeerwhose 2003 standalone novel Veniss Underground is also required reading for fans of literate, macabre fantasysurprised even the most accepting fans of his eclectic style with Finch, a. Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogythree novels, all released within the span of a yearcould accurately be described as his breakout work. His vision of Ambergris is passionate, beautiful, complex, terrifying.
Jeff’s work is inimitable it teems with technologic anxiety and. From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.Īn epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris-previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen- Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Jeff VanderMeer is an extraordinary writer. To celebrate, we’re running a brand new story from one of our all-time favorite authors in this space, Jeff Vandermeer.
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