Hummingbird Salamander : A Novel
Software manager Jane Smith receives an envelope containing a list of animals along with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and salamander. The list is signed āLove, Silvina.ā Jane does not know a Silvina, and she wants nothing to do with the taxidermied animals.
The hummingbird and the salamander are, it turns out, two of the most endangered species in the world. Silvina Vilcapampa, the woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of a recently deceased Argentine industrialist. By removing the hummingbird and the salamander from the storage unit, Jane has set in motion a series of events over which she has no control.
Instantly, Jane and her family are in danger, and she finds herself alone and on the run from both Silvinaās family and her ecoterrorist accomplicesāalong with the wildlife traffickers responsible for the strange taxidermy. She seems fated to follow in Silvinaās footsteps as she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, why she is now at the center of this global conspiracy, and what exactly Silvina was planning. Time is running outāfor her and possibly for the world.
Hummingbird SalamanderĀ is theĀ AnnihilationĀ author 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.
Hummingbird Salamander : A Novel
Software manager Jane Smith receives an envelope containing a list of animals along with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and salamander. The list is signed āLove, Silvina.ā Jane does not know a Silvina, and she wants nothing to do with the taxidermied animals.
The hummingbird and the salamander are, it turns out, two of the most endangered species in the world. Silvina Vilcapampa, the woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of a recently deceased Argentine industrialist. By removing the hummingbird and the salamander from the storage unit, Jane has set in motion a series of events over which she has no control.
Instantly, Jane and her family are in danger, and she finds herself alone and on the run from both Silvinaās family and her ecoterrorist accomplicesāalong with the wildlife traffickers responsible for the strange taxidermy. She seems fated to follow in Silvinaās footsteps as she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, why she is now at the center of this global conspiracy, and what exactly Silvina was planning. Time is running outāfor her and possibly for the world.
Hummingbird SalamanderĀ is theĀ AnnihilationĀ author 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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Software manager Jane Smith receives an envelope containing a list of animals along with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and salamander. The list is signed āLove, Silvina.ā Jane does not know a Silvina, and she wants nothing to do with the taxidermied animals.
The hummingbird and the salamander are, it turns out, two of the most endangered species in the world. Silvina Vilcapampa, the woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of a recently deceased Argentine industrialist. By removing the hummingbird and the salamander from the storage unit, Jane has set in motion a series of events over which she has no control.
Instantly, Jane and her family are in danger, and she finds herself alone and on the run from both Silvinaās family and her ecoterrorist accomplicesāalong with the wildlife traffickers responsible for the strange taxidermy. She seems fated to follow in Silvinaās footsteps as she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, why she is now at the center of this global conspiracy, and what exactly Silvina was planning. Time is running outāfor her and possibly for the world.
Hummingbird SalamanderĀ is theĀ AnnihilationĀ author 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.
