She feels an attachment that she resents: attachments are traps, and in this world any weakness can kill you. Made insane by the company’s torture of him, Mord terrorizes the city even as he provides sustenance for scavengers.Īt first, Borne looks like nothing at all-just a green lump that might be a discard from the Company, which, although severely damaged, is rumored to still make creatures and send them to far-distant places that have not yet suffered collapse.īorne reminds Rachel of the island nation of her birth, now long lost to rising seas. She finds a creature she names Borne entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic despotic bear that once prowled the corridors of a biotech firm, the Company, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly, and broke free. VanderMeer is repped by Gersh for film and television and CookeMcDermid for publishing.In a ruined, nameless city of the future, Rachel makes her living as a scavenger. VanderMeer also penned the novel Shriek: An Afterword.
Vandermeer also is the author of the bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy.The first novel in the trilogy, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards and was adapted into a feature film by director Alex Garland. Dead Astronauts has already received wide-spread critical acclaim, including making Esquire’s list of the best books of the year. Clarke Award, and has been named an NEA Big Read. A national bestseller, Borne was praised as one of the “Best Books of 2017,” was a finalist for the Arthur C. The Borne books are published by MCD at Farrar Straus and Giroux. “The Borne Universe is a totally unique piece of IP and Jeff has created a vivid postapocalyptic world with enormous opportunity for a visual medium like television,” said Ben Davis, executive vice president of programming for AMC Studios.
“I’ve had such productive, energizing, and creative conversations with the wonderful folks involved and look forward to the road ahead.” “I’m so excited about this partnership and working with AMC on the Borne universe,” VanderMeer said. 'Diligence' Drama From Sheldon Turner & Jennifer Klein In Works At AMC Jeff VanderMeer Courtesy of Jeff Vandermeer
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