Blackfish City: A Novel
- Author: Sam J. Miller
- Narrator: Vikas Adam
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:23:15
Synopsis
“Miller gives us an incisive and beautifully written story of love, revenge, and the power (and failure) of family in a scarily plausible future. Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder. Plus, it has lots of action and a great cast of characters. Not to mention an orca and a polar bear!” —Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke Awards
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.
Chapters
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001 Blackfish City
Duration: 35s -
002 People Would Say
Duration: 02min -
003 Fill
Duration: 13min -
004 Ankit
Duration: 12min -
005 Kaev
Duration: 11min -
006 Ankit
Duration: 17min -
007 City Without A Map-Boundaries
Duration: 08min -
008 Fill
Duration: 10min -
009 SOQ
Duration: 15min -
010 Fill
Duration: 10min -
011 Ankit
Duration: 06min -
012 Kaev
Duration: 11min -
013 Ankit
Duration: 13min -
014 City Without A Map-Dispatches From The Qaanaq Free Press
Duration: 07min -
015 SOQ
Duration: 06min -
016 Ankit
Duration: 11min -
017 City Without A Map-Anatomy Of An Incident
Duration: 10min -
018 SOQ
Duration: 04min -
019 Kaev
Duration: 07min -
020 Fill
Duration: 19min