Annihilation

Following on from the success of his thriller, Ex Machina, Alex Garland returns to cerebral sci-fi with his adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's cult novel -



a tale of a biologist attempting to uncover the mystery of her husband's disappearance into a restricted zone.



What she and her fellow scientists discover is a world populated by mysterious life forms that might offer answers, but which exposes them to madness and death.



Beside the screenplay, the book also includes 20 pages of behind-the-scenes photos.



Alex Garland is the author of the bestselling novels The Beach ,The Tesseract, and The Coma, which was created with images by his father Nicholas Garland. He is the co-author of the videogame, Enslaved.



He has written the screenplays for 28 DaysLater, Sunshine and adapted Kuzuo Ishiguro's Never Let MeGo for the screen.