Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

Blackfish City

A Novel

Sam J. Miller, Vikas Adam, Ecco

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 2, 2018

“One of the most intriguing future cities in years.” —Charlie Jane Anders “Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder.” —Ann Leckie 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.

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Who it’s for
Enter a precarious floating city where climate change, political decay, and human connection collide.
Genres
Dystopian, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Transgender Fiction
Published
HarperCollins, October 2, 2018

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About this book

“One of the most intriguing future cities in years.” —Charlie Jane Anders “Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder.” —Ann Leckie 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.

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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.

City Under Strain

Enter a precarious floating city where climate change, political decay, and human connection collide.

Come here for

  • A climate-changed Arctic city where wealth, poverty, and unrest share close quarters
  • Resistance, corruption, and the strain of a city coming apart

Expect

  • A tense, immersive blend of social unrest and speculative technology
  • A hopeful current running beneath menace and civic collapse

Where it sits

Dystopian60%
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic47%
Transgender Fiction45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Fantasy
  • Gay Fiction
  • Lesbian Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
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  • Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
  • Cyberpunk
  • Political Fiction
  • Dystopian
Authors
Sam J. Miller, Vikas Adam, Ecco
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 2, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Contemporary Fantasy