A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.

‘Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and it's a thorough marvel’ Colson Whitehead ‘Jeff VanderMeer’s deeply strange and brilliant new novel extends the meditation on the central question of non-human sentience in his earlier work … No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography’ Neel Mukherjee, Guardian ‘From being a very successful SF writer, VanderMeer will become mainstream – and Borne is full of signs that he is already thinking ahead of that easy transition, and perhaps subverting it’ Toby Litt, New Statesman ‘No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography, at once a wasteland and yet seething with the weirdest kind of flora, fauna and biotech’ Neel Mukherjee, Observer ‘As Borne grows and evolves, so develops a weird family dynamic in a novel that is as much of a fascinating hybrid as its title character, both an enthralling fantasy adventure and a bleak eco-dystopic admonition’ James Lovegrove, Financial Times ‘Borne is a fantastic read, a vivid vision of an apocalyptic future that defies expectations and challenges any preconceptions as to how events are going to unfold. It can be disturbing at times – there are some chilling moments that wouldn’t be out of place in a horror novel – but it’s a book that ultimately transcends genre, offering its reader a range of emotions and a finale that provides more than one twist, all of which should be applauded. Rachel’s story is one that will stay in the memory for a long time; VanderMeer shares her hopes and dreams with us, as well as her failures and concerns, making Borne an intimate portrayal that appeals on a multitude of levels’ Starburst

A chilling sci-fi dystopian novel amid urban decay • Borne is an extraordinary novel, one like no other. • Jeff VanderMeer is hugely well-known within the science fiction community but the Southern Reach Trilogy has successfully launched him into the bookselling mainstream. • With the release of the film adaptation of ANNIHILATION, directed by Alex Garland and starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Issac and Gina Rodriguez, 2018 is looking like a big year for Jeff’s public profile. • The Southern Reach Trilogy has sold 25,000 copies TCM and got stunning reviews. • Library Journal, Kirkus and Amazon all included the Southern Reach Trilogy in their Books of the Year round ups. Annihilation was also a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards. Competition: Man In The High Castle; Ready Player One; Brave New World; Northern Lights; His Dark Materials; American Gods; The Man In The High Castle; Ancillary Justice;. Neil Gaiman;Ray Bradbury; Aldous Huxley; Neal Stephenson; William Gibson; Colson Whitehead; ;