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\u2019s denizens have become accustomed to a roughshod new way of living, however, the city is starting to fray along the edges\u2014crime and corruption have set in, the contradictions of incredible wealth alongside direst poverty are spawning unrest, and a new disease called \u201cthe breaks\u201d is ravaging the population.<\/p>\n

When a strange new visitor arrives\u2014a woman riding an orca, with a polar bear at her side\u2014the city is entranced. The \u201corcamancer,\u201d as she\u2019s known, very subtly brings together four people\u2014each living on the periphery\u2014to 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.<\/p>\n

Blackfish City<\/i>\u00a0is a remarkably urgent\u2014and ultimately very hopeful\u2014novel about political corruption, organized crime, technology run amok, the consequences of climate change, gender identity, and the unifying power of human connection.<\/p>\n

Representation Includes<\/h4>\n

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• Nonbinary protagonist<\/li>\n
• Gay protagonist<\/li>\n
• Lesbian protagonists<\/li>\n
• Inuit protagonists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Content warning<\/div>

  Death of a gay character; a disease analogous to AIDS; religious fundamentalism; please comment if you know of more content warnings needed.<\/div>