{"product_id":"blackfish-city-tpb-z1","title":"Blackfish City [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018*** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncisive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and beautifully written . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlackfish City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder' \u003c\/b\u003e Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sam Miller is a fiercely strong writer, and this book is a blast' \u003c\/b\u003eDaryl Gregory, World Fantasy Award-winning author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's too early in the year to begin assembling 2018's 'best of' list, but \u003ci\u003eBlackfish City\u003c\/i\u003e has got to be an early contender' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarburst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISTURBING, POWERFUL AND FEARLESSLY IMAGINED, BLACKFISH CITY IS A MESMERISING NOVEL FROM A REMARKABLE NEW VOICE IN SCIENCE FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compelling dystopian thriller' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I haven't been this swept away by imagination and worldbuilding since Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials' \u003c\/b\u003eCarmen Maria Machado, National Book Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An urgent tale . . . wrapped in an action-packed science fiction thriller'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An ambitious, imaginative and big-hearted dystopian ensemble story that's by turns elegiac and angry'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the kind of swirling, original sci-fi we live for' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eB\u0026amp;N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Miller, Sam J","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44274529829154,"sku":"9780356510033","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/miller-sam-j-blackfish-city-tpb-z1-9780356510033-40286697718050.jpg?v=1673124649","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/blackfish-city-tpb-z1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}