Authority (Southern Reach, #2)

by Jeff VanderMeer

megalodon

Giant prehistoric shark.

Now he was John Rodriguez again, “Control” falling away. John Rodriguez, son of a sculptor whose parents had come to this country looking for a better life. Son of a woman who lived in a byzantine realm of secrets.

Our narrator.

You’ve always been the kind of person who peels away the layers, even when there are no layers left.