Blackfish City

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 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. Free Read [ Blackfish City ] By [ Sam J. Miller ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr NOW AVAILABLE this was a real roller coaster of a read for me it was offered to me by a publisher pal, who confidently declared I just think you will die for this book between that prediction and the first part of the synopsis When a strange new visitor arrives a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side the city is entranced.I WAS SOLD but then further into the synopsis Blackfish Cityis a remarkably urgent and ultimately very hopeful novel about political corruption, NOW AVAILABLE this was a real roller coaster of a read for me it was offered to me by a publisher pal, who confidently declared I just think you will die ...I received an advanced reading copy of Blackfish City in exchange for an honest review I would like to thank Sam J Miller and Orbit Books The results of the climate wars were that the majority of the Earth was either flooded or burnt to rubble leaving very little in the way of habitual environments In this futuristic and dystopian world, people now reside in an astonishingly well engineered floating city that has been constructed in the Arctic Circle This settlement is bustling with strife I received an advanced reading copy of Blackfish City in exchange for an honest review I wo...2.5ish stars Underwhelmed A lot of great individual elements, but there s so much missing at the same time I wanted to like itthan I did Especially based on the imaginative setting, the interesting crowd of POVs, the great cover, and the concept of an ORCAMANCER, hello I enjoyed Miller s YA novel, The Art of Starving, a lotbecause I liked the voice he gave to his protagonist Without a first person narrator to ground things here, Miller gets carried away by the Triple P 2.5ish stars Underwhelmed A lot of great individual elements, but there s so much missing at the same time I wanted to like itthan...7.8 out of 10 at and fantasy narratives that deal directly with structures of power usually feature a single, goal oriented protagonist, often consumed with a desire for revenge or seeking to redress a perceived injustice Even if the intent is to castigate or subvert the social and political norms that reinforce those structures, these stories tend to promote the idea of a lone genius hero savior as the essential component for radical change the 7.8 out of 10 at and fantasy narratives that deal directly with structures of power usually feature a single, goal oriented protagonist, often consumed with a desire for revenge or seeking to redress a perceived injustice Even if the intent is to castigate or subvert the social and political norms that reinforce those structures, these stories tend to promote the idea of a lone genius hero savior as the essential component for radical change the great man approach to history who may end up shuffling...Sadly, I found it impossible to connect with this story It is one that I would normally love and I was so intrigued after reading the premise, so looking forward to reading it Unfortunately it did not meet my expectations I thought if I was patient enough, I d finally get into it , but nope, never did The last 30 pages I enjoyedthan the rest, but that didn t make up for struggling throug...3.5It s okay, and them s the Breaks I honestly thought this book was all right Not fantastic but definitely strong in the worldbuilding, characters, and plot progression The real stars are the floating ramshackle cities out in the Arctic Circle and the wildly delicious custom nanotech plague Everything else was a pretty cool but standard dystopia of Syndicates mob landlords and shareholders super rich owners who are above the law , with fighters, skaters, hedge nano wizards and bonding 3.5It s okay, and them s the Breaks I honestly thought this book was all ...A complex novel of a post climate change world set on a floating city in the arctic with a disparate cast of point of view characters who turn out to be connected in interesting ways.Qaanaaq is an advanced technology floating platform city that s heated by geothermal energy In many ways it s a vestige of our world, with extreme wealth inequality between the property owners and the vast majority of its inhabitants, many of them refugees of climate disasters and wars throughout the world And as A complex novel of a post climate change world set on a floating city in the arctic with a disparate cast of point of view characters who turn out to be connected in interesting ways.Qaanaaq is an advanced technology floating platform city that s heated by geothermal energy In many ways it s a vestige of our world, with extreme wealth inequality between the property owners and the vast majority of its inhabitants, many of them refugees of climate disasters and wars throughout the world And as typical with societies with extreme wealth inequality, crime and criminal enterprise flourishe...Qaanaaq is an eight armed asterisk East of Greenland, north of Iceland Built by an unruly alignment of Thai Chinese Swedish corporations and government entities, part of the second wave of grid city construction, learning from the spectacular failure of several early efforts Almost a million people call it home, though many are migrant workers who spend much of their time on boats harvesting glacier for freshwater iceor working Russian petroleum rigs in the far ArcticQaanaaq, theQaanaaq is an eight armed asterisk East of Greenland, north of Iceland Built by an unruly alignment of Thai Chinese Swedish corporations and government entities, part of the second wave of grid city construction, learning from the spectacular failure of several early efforts Almost a million people call it home, though many are migrant workers who spend much of their time on boats harvestin...Political corruption but not as you know it I LOVED Blackfish City imaginative, compelling, realistically fantastic and blimey a right proper page turner with beautifully immersive descriptive prose and characters that just pop.The setting is chilly and well defined, the world building is intensely clever, Sam Miller creates a genuinely inspired mythology here The breaks are somewhat terrifying and allegorical, as the story unfolds within the worlds view of each individual character it is Political corruption but not as you know it I LOVED Blackfish City imaginative, compelling, realistically fantastic and blimey a r...3.5 starsI had to be patient with this book because it was only towards the 40% mark that the story really took off.On a very basic level this story takes the concept of the Golden Compass humans bonding with non human entities in this case real animals but made it much darker, grittier andterrifying This is no children s story.I really enjoyed the overall story line and was determined to give it 4 stars for its wonderful atmosphere and imaginative world HOWEVER.The author had the 3.5 starsI had to be patient with this book because it was only towards the 40% mark that the story really took off.On a very basic level this story takes the concept of the Golden Compass humans bonding with non human entities in this case real animals but made it much darker, grittier andterrifying This is no children s story.I really enjoyed the overall story line and was determined to give it 4 stars for its wonderful atmosphere and imaginative world HOWEVER.The author had the knack of referring to the polar bear has having hands and later corrected it by referring to paws This is a small editing error and as I read a galley I really hope was corrected before publishing.And then there is Soq Now this was a very...

• English
• 27 May 2018
Sam J. Miller
• ebook
• 336 pages
• 0062684841
• Sam J. Miller
• Blackfish City