He lived in the area looking for solitude, and has an important role in the story as he was one of the first people in contact with what started the mutations in the lighthouse. Saul Evans - The mysterious man seen in a photography, he used to be the lighthouse keeper.She had personal motivations to become part of the Southern Reach and investigate the region dominated by Area X. Gloria - Previously known as the psychologist and Director of the Southern Reach, many secrets of her past are revealed in this book.Grace Stevenson - The Assistant Director, presented in the previous book, she had been exploring Area X for longer than Ghost Bird and Control and tells them important information about the nature of the place.Control - The protagonist of the previous book, he is now alongside Ghost Bird while exploring Area X for the first time.

She has a friendly relationship with Control and carries many characteristics from the biologist. After escaping from the Central, she goes back to Area X searching for answers. Ghost Bird - The biologist's doppelganger and now one of the main characters of the story.Ghost Bird and Control are set in the present, Gloria is set some time before the 12th expedition, while Saul Evan's perspective is prior to the Event that culminated in Area X. The characters who appear in Acceptance are set in different points in time. In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound-or terrifying.' Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X-what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X-and who may have been corrupted by it? If they fail, the outer world is in peril. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it-the Southern Reach-has collapsed on itself in confusion.

'It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. Plot Summary Main article: Timeline of Acceptance

The southern reach trilogy