Blackfish City

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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL*** n ***A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018*** n ***A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018*** n ***A WASHINGTON POST BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF 2018*** n n 'A remarkable work of dystopian imagination' - Starburst n n 'Incisive and beautifully written . . . Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder' - Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author n n ***** n n 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. n n 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. n n DISTURBING, POWERFUL AND FEARLESSLY IMAGINED, BLACKFISH CITY IS A MESMERISING NOVEL FROM A REMARKABLE NEW VOICE IN SCIENCE FICTION n n ***** n n 'A compelling dystopian thriller' Guardian n n 'Sam Miller is a fiercely strong writer, and this book is a blast' - Daryl Gregory, World Fantasy n Award-winning author n n '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 n n 'Damn near perfect' - The Book Smugglers n n 'An ambitious, imaginative and big-hearted dystopian ensemble story that's by turns elegiac and angry' - Publisher's Weekly n n 'This is t