From the author of Annihilation now a major motion picture on Netflix Janice Shriek ex-society figure narrates this tale with flamboyant intensity & under increasingly urgent conditions We follow the adventures of her brother Duncan an historian obsessed with a doomed love affair & learn of a secret that may kill or transform him We witness a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever & we're introduced to the gray caps a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who've been waiting underground for their chance to mould the future of the city Shriek An Afterword by the Nebula Award winning author Jeff Vander Meer is an epic yet personal look at life love & death in the vividly imagined city of Ambergris & through this tumultuous story of the family Shriek the author shows his genius at capturing & displaying the bizarre Praised by China Mieville The Times Guardian & many others this tale relates the scandalous heart-breaking & horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings & their confidantes protectors & enemies