Her arrival draws together four people and sparks a chain of events that will change Blackfish City forever. 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. Into this turmoil comes a strange new visitor - a woman accompanied by an orca and a chained polar bear. Once a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering it is now rife with corruption and the population simmers with unrest. Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder' - Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author ***** After the climate wars, a floating city was constructed in the Arctic Circle. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL*** ***A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018*** ***A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018*** ***A WASHINGTON POST BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF 2018*** 'A remarkable work of dystopian imagination' - Starburst 'Incisive and beautifully written. 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.

By banding together to save their city before it crumbles under the weight of its own decay, they will learn shocking truths about themselves. The “orcamancer,” as she’s known, very subtly brings together four people-each living on the periphery-to stage unprecedented acts of resistance.

When a strange new visitor arrives-a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side-the city is entranced. 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. Not to mention an orca and a polar bear!” -Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke Awards 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. Plus, it has lots of action and a great cast of characters. Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder.

“Miller gives us an incisive and beautifully written story of love, revenge, and the power (and failure) of family in a scarily plausible future.

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