***SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL******A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018******A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018*** ***A WASHINGTON POST BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF 2018***''A remarkable work of dystopian imagination'' - Starburst''Incisive and beautifully written . . . Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder'' - Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula and Clarke Award-winning author*****After the climate wars, a floating city was constructed in the Arctic Circle. Once a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering it is now rife with corruption and the population simmers with unrest. Into this turmoil comes a strange new visitor - a woman accompanied by an orca and a chained polar bear. She disappears into the crowds looking for someone she lost thirty years ago, followed by whispers of a vanished people who could bond with animals. Her arrival draws together four people and sparks a chain of events that will change Blackfish City forever.DISTURBING, POWERFUL AND FEARLESSLY IMAGINED, BLACKFISH CITY IS A MESMERISING NOVEL FROM A REMARKABLE NEW VOICE IN SCIENCE FICTION*****''A compelling dystopian thriller'' Guardian''Sam Miller is a fiercely strong writer, and this book is a blast'' - Daryl Gregory, World Fantasy Award-winning author''I haven''t been this swept away by imagination and worldbuilding since Philip Pullman''s His Dark Materials'' - Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award-nominated author of Her Body and other Parties''Damn near perfect'' - The Book Smugglers''An ambitious, imaginative and big-hearted dystopian ensemble story that''s by turns elegiac and angry'' - Publisher''s Weekly''This is the kind of swirling, original sci-fi we live for'' - B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog