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Hummingbird salamander: / a novel / Jeff VanderMeer.
٢Jane Smith٣-not her real name-receives an envelope that contains a note from a woman she doesn't know and a key to an anonymous storage unit. The key leads her to a pair of taxidermied animals, a hummingbird and a salamander, which turn out to be two of the most endangered creatures on earth.Jane has set in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. She is being followed, her home surveilled, her family in peril. The author of the mysterious note-Jane's only real lead-is already dead. She was, Jane learns, a reputed ecoterrorist. What did she want with Jane? Profiteering wildlife smugglers; an amoral energy company; an extremist's apocalyptic vision. The threats come from all around, and time is running out-for Jane and possibly for the world.Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at his dazzling, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions into a tightly plotted tale of the fight to survive.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374173548
- ISBN: 0374173540
- ISBN: 9781250829771
- ISBN: 1250829771
- Physical Description: 351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
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| General Note: | publisher, date of publication page numbers may vary |
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| Subject: | Conspiracies > Fiction. Endangered species > Fiction. Security consultants > Fiction. Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION VANDERMEER 2021 (Text) | 0001002445086 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC VANDERMEER (Text) | 31320003793150 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | VAN (Text) | 33042004748078 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC Vandermeer, Jeff (Text) | 34MO2001809242 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Caruthersville Public Library | F VAN (Text) | 38417100534454 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F VAN 2021 (Text) | 0002205502236 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | F VANDERME Jeff (Text) | 30061000281689 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Cedar Hill | F SCIFAN VANDERME Jeff (Text) | 30000024929402 | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | F SCIFAN VANDERME Jeff (Text) | 30051000313293 | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Available | - |
| Nevada Public Library | FIC VAN 2021 (Text) | 32770114447147 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Hummingbird Salamander : A Novel
Named one of NPR's Best Books of 2021 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 Silvina's footsteps? Is it too late to stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, time is running out--for 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.
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