Action-packed, memorably voiced, and rich in detail, the novel uses the thriller format - bureaucratic espionage and private investigation - to spiral inwards to a story of personal and ecological disaster. A grippingly-paced and paranoid eco-thriller, Hummingbird Salamander is the story of “Jane,” a security analyst, who is pulled into an increasingly tangled and increasingly personal world of animal smuggling, terrorism, and clandestine government deals, all in the shadow of the sixth mass extinction. There are no elder gods or supernatural terrors lurking in Hummingbird Salamander, Jeff VanderMeer’s newest novel, but I found myself reading with that kind of dread. By looking beyond the surface clues to deeper and more unsettling realities, the detective story lends itself well to horror, even cosmic horror.
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