Tell your friends about this item:
The Ice Orphan
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
The Ice Orphan
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
This third book in a cli-fi series from a nationally-recognized anthropologist explores a frozen future where archaic species struggle to survive an apocalyptic Ice Age.
Its been 925 summers since the Jemen introduced zyme, a bioluminescent algae, into the worlds 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 species that had thrived in the last Ice Age. After almost a thousand summers, the archaic hominins that struggle along the edges of massive glaciers are dwindling. All they have to save them is a dying quantum computer called Quancee and her student, a Denisovan man named Lynx.
When the last Jemen, Vice Admiral Jorgenson, tells Lynx hes going to dismantle Quancee and use her parts to create a new computer, Lynx is stunned. He cant let Jorgenson kill Quancee! Meanwhile, in the lodges of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices. One is an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first quest to find a spirit helper, the old woman finds him
While Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other priorities. Before it dies, it has to save a special boy who cannot save himself.
show more
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | November 22, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781713562573 |
Label | Brilliance Audio |
Dimensions | 165 × 139 × 28 mm · 158 g |
More by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
More from this series
See all of Kathleen O'Neal Gear ( e.g. CD , Paperback Book , Book and Hardcover Book )