Hummingbird Salamander A Novel
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer, published by Picador on April 5, 2022, is a speculative thriller that delves into themes of dark conspiracy and environmental urgency. The narrative follows a character known as “Jane Smith,” who receives a mysterious envelope containing a note and a key to a storage unit. Inside, she discovers taxidermied specimens of a hummingbird and a salamander, both critically endangered species. This discovery triggers a chain of events that thrusts Jane into a perilous situation, where she faces surveillance, threats to her family, and the looming presence of an ecoterrorist whose intentions remain unclear.
Readers will encounter a tightly woven plot that intertwines elements of technological intrigue and dystopian realities. As Jane navigates a world filled with wildlife smugglers and an unscrupulous energy company, she races against time to uncover the truth behind the note and the motivations of those pursuing her. Hummingbird Salamander presents a thought-provoking exploration of survival in a world fraught with environmental and ethical dilemmas, making it a significant addition to contemporary literary fiction. This edition spans 384 pages and is available in English.
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From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things.
“Jane Smith”—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.
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