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Sam J. Miller

Blackfish City


A Novel
2018. 336 S. 9 in
Verlag/Jahr: HARPERCOLLINS US; ECCO 2018
ISBN: 0-06-268482-5 (0062684825)
Neue ISBN: 978-0-06-268482-0 (9780062684820)

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A visionary and gripping novel about a futuristic city beset by a dispassionate government and organized crime - Margaret Atwood meets Annihilation
"One of the most intriguing future cities in years." -Charlie Jane Anders

"Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder." -Ann Leckie

A Best Book of the Month in

Entertainment Weekly

The Washington Post

Tor.com

B&N Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog

Amazon

After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy. The city´s denizens have become accustomed to a roughshod new way of living, however, the city is starting to fray along the edges-crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside direst poverty are spawning unrest, and a new disease called "the breaks" is ravaging the population.

When a strange new visitor arrives-a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side-the city is entranced. The "orcamancer," as she´s known, very subtly brings together four people-each living on the periphery-to stage unprecedented acts of resistance. By banding together to save their city before it crumbles under the weight of its own decay, they will learn shocking truths about themselves.

Blackfish City is a remarkably urgent-and ultimately very hopeful-novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection.
"An urgent tale imploring us to look at the ties between technology, race, gender and class privilege. . . . Surprisingly heartwarming. . . . An action-packed science fiction thriller." Washington Post