The Ice Orphan
Synopsis
This third book in a cli-fi series from a nationally-recognized anthropologist explores a frozen future where archaic species struggle to survive an apocalyptic Ice Age.It&’s been 925 summers since the Jemen introduced zyme, a bioluminescent algae, into the world&’s ocean and unwittingly triggered an Ice Age that has consumed most of the planet. All but a handful of Jemen flew to the stars, but before they left, they recreated several extinct species that had thrived in the last Ice Age. After almost a thousand summers, the archaic hominins that struggle along the edges of massive glaciers are dwindling. All they have to save them is a dying quantum computer called Quancee and her student, a Denisovan man named Lynx. When the last Jemen, Vice Admiral Jorgenson, tells Lynx he&’s going to dismantle Quancee and use her parts to create a new computer, Lynx is stunned. He can&’t let Jorgenson kill Quancee! Meanwhile, in the lodges of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices. One is an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first quest to find a spirit helper, the old woman finds him… While Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other priorities. Before it dies, it has to save a special boy who cannot save himself.
- Derechos de autor:
- 2022 Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780756415891
- Publisher:
- Astra Publishing House
- Date of Addition:
- 2022-11-22T08:39:59Z
- Idioma:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.