The time has come for it to emerge from the shadows and claim the entire world as its own. It’s more powerful than any nation, deadlier than any army. But it would seem so vastly different from Alex Garland's Annihilation that it would leave audiences scratching their heads (something several people who've seen Annihilation are already doing).The follow-up to The Extinction Agenda in a series described as “Jack Reacher falling into a plot written by Dan Brown” (James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible).įor centuries, a mysterious syndicate known as the Thirteen has staged a silent coup, infiltrating governments and manipulating the course of world events. Some creative heavy lifting could, of course, find a way to make all of this work. Turning Acceptance into a film following the Annihilation movie would be no easy feat. There's a prevailing sense that Area X has now swallowed up the entire world, and there's no escape from it. The book concludes with Grace and Ghost Bird continuing to travel, discovering that Area X has expanded even further, swallowing the Southern Reach. Control is touched by the Crawler, and soon after becomes deathly ill. While they've technically only been traveling a few weeks, three years have already passed.Ĭontrol, Ghost Bird and Grace track down the original Biologist, who has now transformed into a giant creature made up of thousands of eyes (it's weird, folks). They learn from Grace that time moves much faster there than in the outside world. While traveling through Area X, the two encounter Grace, the former assistant director of the Southern Reach. The rest of Acceptance continues the story of Control and the Biologist's clone, Ghost Bird. We learn that the Psychologist had terminal cancer – something that is briefly mentioned in the Annihilation film adaptation – and that she wanted to lead the expedition into Area X to hopefully find Saul. Soon, weird anomalies begin to unfold – anomalies that will lead to the creation of Area X, and transform Saul into the deformed creature known as the Crawler.Īcceptance also retells several events from Annihilation from the point-of-view of the Psychologist, aka Gloria. Gloria, we learn, will grow-up to become the Psychologist character from Annihilation (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh in the film). Saul also develops a friendship with a local nine year-old girl named Gloria. Saul's idyllic life is frequently interrupted by Henry and Suzanne, two members of the Séance & Science Brigade, a shady organization affiliated with the Southern Reach. The Acceptance flashback sequences with Saul establish his life as a lighthouse keeper, and his relationship with his boyfriend Charlie. Eventually, the Area X border begins to expand even further, things turn chaotic, and Control and the Biologist's clone Ghost Bird escape through a portal in a pool back into Area X. Like the characters in Annihilation (the book, that is not the movie), Control is also being hypnotized to do things against his will. He has an uncomfortable relationship with his mother and his grandfather, who are also both government spies. He was previously in charge of a mission that went terribly wrong, and cost a woman her life. Through all of this, we learn more about Control. Ghost Bird is being held at the Southern Reach, and through a series of interviews, Control begins to empathize with her. The Biologist insists that she's actually not the Biologist, but a clone created by Area X. Control also finds himself drawn to the Biologist, who suddenly re-appeared near her home. As Control attempts to take command of the Southern Reach, he butts heads with assistant director Grace Stevenson, who is still loyal to the former director – who vanished during an expedition into Area X and is now presumed dead.
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