From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things. What I have for you are some picks that sometimes feature the present, and sometimes the future, but each tells the story of a looming threat we might be forced to exist in if the denial goes on for long. Each of these picks is also laden with themes of survival. I think that’s what raises the stakes of each of these thrillers even more. It’s not one or two lives on the line, but eventually everybody. Yona works for Jungle, a travel agency specializing in trips to disaster zones around the world. Hurricanes, tsunamis, burning trash islands, you name it. After her boss makes an inappropriate move towards her, Yona is torn on whether to make her complaint official or not, knowing full well what happened to others in her situation. Her boss makes the decision for her, however, by sending her on a Jungle trip to pose as a client and check out how that destination is performing. Once there, she finds herself embroiled in a morally murky plot, her own survival on the line. He is on the mend from his PTSD when, out on a trip with his daughter to the prehistoric graveyard that is the Bletterbach, he overhears a fateful conversation referring to a trio of gruesome murders that turns into a growing dark obsession.
