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Four Voices, but Two Left Out, Fifth Unknown

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

March 24, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It took me a little while to get into Blackfish City thanks to the narrative style, but in the end that turned out to be one of the strengths on the novel. The basic premise is that there are a handful of people wandering around the floating city of Qaanaaq who eventually discover their connections to each other, as well as to a mysterious stranger who shows up riding on an orca, accompanied by a polar bear. The story is told through their alternating perspectives. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, blackfish city, post apocalytpic, sam miller, Speculative Fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, blackfish city, post apocalytpic, sam miller, Speculative Fiction ·
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