The Ice Orphan
$39.93
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
19 December 2023
Summary
Now in paperback, this third book in the Rewilding Report 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 specie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780756418755 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0756418755 |
| Author: | Kathleen O'Neal Gear |
| Publisher: | Astra Publishing House |
| Imprint: | DAW Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 19 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
| Series: | The Rewilding Reports |
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Praise for The Ice Lion
“With this engrossing series launch, Gear conjures a vivid postapocalyptic world…. This mesmerizing adventure through a world destroyed by climate change is sure to have readers hooked.” —Publishers Weekly
“Gear brings her vast knowledge of prehistoric cultures to this climate-fiction tale with beautiful and engaging worldbuilding…. A loose, beautiful tapestry of a tale.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Written by both a master storyteller and scientist, it’s a chilling tale of a different climate change.” —Amazing Stories
“The icy setting, with its mountains and ocean, provide a cold backdrop to the warmth of the peoples, whose lives are going to be inescapably altered when paths cross and the past is excavated.” —Whiskey with my Book
About The Author
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Kathleen O’Neal Gear has over two hundred nonfiction publications in the fields of archaeology, history, and bison conservation, and has authored or co-authored forty-seven international bestsellers. She has received numerous awards, both for her writing and for her work as an archaeologist. The United States Department of the Interior has twice awarded her a Special Achievement Award for outstanding management of America’s cultural resources. In 2015, she was honored by the United States Congress with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.
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