Blackfish City

' Incisive and beautifully written . . . Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder' - Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author 'Sam Miller is a fiercely strong writer, and this book is a blast' - Daryl Gregory, World Fantasy Award-winning author 'It's too early in the year to begin assembling 2018's 'best of' list, but Blackfish City has got to be an early contender' - Starburst ***** After the climate wars, a floating city was constructed in the Arctic Circle. Once a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering it is now rife with corruption and the population simmers with unrest. Into this turmoil comes a strange new visitor - a woman accompanied by an orca and a chained polar bear. She disappears into the crowds looking for someone she lost thirty years ago, followed by whispers of a vanished people who could bond with animals. Her arrival draws together four people and sparks a chain of events that will change Blackfish City forever. DISTURBING, POWERFUL AND FEARLESSLY IMAGINED , BLACKFISH CITY IS A MESMERISING NOVEL FROM A REMARKABLE NEW VOICE IN SCIENCE FICTION ***** 'A compelling dystopian thriller' Guardian 'I haven't been this swept away by imagination and worldbuilding since Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials' - Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award-nominated author of Her Body and other Parties 'An urgent tale . . . wrapped in an action-packed science fiction thriller' - Washington Post 'An ambitious, imaginative and big-hearted dystopian ensemble story that's by turns elegiac and angry' - Publisher's Weekly 'This is the kind of swirling, original sci-fi we live for' - B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog

Product details

• Authors: Sam Miller, Sam J Miller, Sam J. Miller
• Publisher: Orbit
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780356510026
• ISBN: 978-0-356-51002-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 243 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Science fiction; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Political, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Modern and contemporary fiction, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Science fiction: near-future, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Dystopian and utopian fiction, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay