Absolution

In the years since I finished reading Jeff VanderMeer&rsquo;s Southern Reach trilogy, I&rsquo;ve never stopped thinking about this world. VanderMeer unites biophilic cosmic horror like HP Lovecraft; furnishes passionate descriptions of the majesty of nature like Jane Goodall or Sir Richard Attenborough; unmoors the reader with paranoia and conspiracy like Philip K. Dick; and stuns with…