Blackfish City

***A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018***
***A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018***

''Incisive and beautifully written . . . Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder'' Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author

''Sam Miller is a fiercely strong writer, and this book is a blast'' Daryl Gregory, World Fantasy Award-winning author

''It''s too early in the year to begin assembling 2018''s ''best of'' list, but Blackfish City has got to be an early contender'' Starburst

*****

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.

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.

DISTURBING, POWERFUL AND FEARLESSLY IMAGINED, BLACKFISH CITY IS A MESMERISING NOVEL FROM A REMARKABLE NEW VOICE IN SCIENCE FICTION

*****

''A compelling dystopian thriller'' Guardian

''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

''An urgent tale . . . wrapped in an action-packed science fiction thriller'' Washington Post

''An ambitious, imaginative and big-hearted dystopian ensemble story that''s by turns elegiac and angry'' Publisher''s Weekly

''This is the kind of swirling, original sci-fi we live for'' B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog