num_pages: 351
description: From the author of Annihilation a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy endangered species and the possible end of all things.Security consultant Jane Smith receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina the dead woman who left the note is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control.Soon Jane and her family are in danger with few allies to help her make sense of the true scope of the peril. Is the only way to safety to follow in Silvinas footsteps? Is it too late to stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her time is running outfor her and possibly for the world.Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at his brilliant cinematic best wrapping profound questions about climate change identity and the world we live in into a tightly plotted thriller full of unexpected twists and elaborate conspiracy.
language: English
title: Hummingbird Salamander
publisher: MCD