From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] This fast- paced sci- fi novel is centered on the 12 th scientific expedition into a quarantined Area X. Of limits for at least 30 years, area X suffered from some unnamed environmental disaster. Small teams are sent in to observe and report on the strange ecological changes. The crew, consists of an all- female research team: a psychologist (team leader), the biologist (narrator), linguist (quits immediately and turns back), the anthropologist, and the surveyor. Creepy, dark, and atmospheric, this first in the series, Southern Reach Trilogy, is impossible to put down.