A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth―all the Earths. A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden. Praise for Dead Astronauts "[A] darkly transcendent novel filled with phantasmagoric visions, body horror and tortured beings traversing a blasted desert hellscape . . . terrifying and so compelling." ― CHELSEA LEU , The New York Times Book Review "A Mobius strip of a novel, with each chapter containing worlds upon nested worlds, all of them dreamlike and dark. In this shattered landscape, VanderMeer explores urgent ideas about capitalism, greed, and natural destruction." ― ADRIENNE WESTENFELD , Esquire "VanderMeer is a master of literary science fiction, and this may be his best book yet." ― Kirkus (starred review) "For any adventurous fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror, this book offers not only a rewarding read but, like, a thing to possess ." ― ROBIN SLOAN , author of Sourdough Praise for Jeff VanderMeer “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 , author of Nickel Boys “Creepy and fascinating.” ― STEPHEN KING , on The Southern Reach Trilogy “[Jeff VanderMeer] makes the horrific beautiful.” ― NISI SHAWL , The Seattle Times , on Annihilation “Unsettling and un-put-down-able―like an old-fashioned adventure story, only weirder, beautifully written and not at all old-fashioned.” ― KAREN JOY FOWLER , BookPage , on Annihilation “More than just a horror novel; there’s something Poe-like in this tightening, increasingly paranoid focus. But where Poe kept his most vicious blows relatively oblique, VanderMeer drives them deep―albeit in a corkscrewing way that is not less cruel and exquisite.” ― N.K. JEMISIN , The New York Times Book Review , on Authority Jeff VanderMeer is the New York Times bestselling author of Hummingbird Salamander , the Borne novels, the Southern Reach series, the Ambergris trilogy, and Veniss Underground . He writes widely about issues relating to climate change and the environment.