Our Lady of the Ice

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About The Book

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union meets The Windup Girl in this gritty sci-fi noir about a female PI going up against a ruthless gangster—just as both humans and robots agitate for independence in an Argentinian colony in Antarctica.

In Argentine Antarctica’s frozen wasteland, Hope City survives under a massive dome—its heat, light, and life maintained by an army of service robots. Once a thriving amusement park destination, the city is now a hub for atomic power production and black-market trade, run by mob boss Ignacio Cabrera. While political factions clamor for independence, a new threat brews among the city’s sentient androids, who have their own vision of freedom.

Eliana Gomez, the only female private investigator in Hope City, has no interest in politics—or in the fact that her boyfriend, Diego, works for Cabrera. She’s saving every peso she can to escape. But when an aristocrat hires her to protect a volatile personal secret, Eliana is pulled into a deadly web of mob violence, political intrigue, and robotic rebellion.

As factions collide and the city’s electricity supply falters, Eliana must navigate backstabbing politicians, violent freedom fighters, a ruthless gangster, and a robot underclass ready to fight for their own liberation. Her loyalties—and her love—are tested as the line between humanity and machine blurs in the ice-bound streets.

With its sharp blend of mob drama, political revolution, and speculative intrigue, Our Lady of the Ice delivers a stylish mystery and dystopian noir with queer and feminist leads.

About The Author

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Cassandra Rose Clarke is the author of Star Trek: Prodigy: A Dangerous TradeStar Trek: The Next Generation: Shadows Have OffendedOur Lady of the IceMagic of Blood and SeaMagic of Wind and MistStar’s EndHalo: Battle Born, and Halo: Battle Born: Meridian Divide. She grew up in south Texas and currently lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she tends to multiple cats. Cassandra’s first adult novel, The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, was a finalist for the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award, and her YA novel, The Assassin’s Curse, was nominated for YALSA’s 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Daily Science Fiction. Visit her at CassandraRoseClarke.com.  

Product Details

  • Publisher: S&S/Saga Press (October 27, 2015)
  • Length: 432 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781481444286

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* “Clarke brings novelty and delight…[a] complex and lovely mystery.”

– Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Original, diverse, written with flair and brio—a sublime page-turner.”

– Adam Christopher, author of Made to Kill

“Clarke is a terrific rising voice in our genre.”

– Elizabeth Bear, Hugo Award-winning author of The Eternal Sky series

"The novel's worldbuilding is phenomenal...its female characters are particularly well-rendered...An ambitious novel set in a richly imagined world."

– Kirkus Reviews

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