This third book in a cli-fi series from a nationally-recognized
anthropologist explores a frozen future where archaic species struggle
to survive an apocalyptic Ice Age.
It's been 925 summers since the Jemen introduced zyme, a bioluminescent
algae, into the world's ocean and unwittingly triggered an Ice Age that
has consumed most of the planet. All but a handful of Jemen flew to the
stars, but before they left, they recreated several extinct species that
had thrived in the last Ice Age. After almost a thousand summers, the
archaic hominins that struggle along the edges of massive glaciers are
dwindling. All they have to save them is a dying quantum computer called
Quancee and her student, a Denisovan man named Lynx.
When the last Jemen, Vice Admiral Jorgenson, tells Lynx he's going to
dismantle Quancee and use her parts to create a new computer, Lynx is
stunned. He can't let Jorgenson kill Quancee! Meanwhile, in the lodges
of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices.
One is an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first
quest to find a spirit helper, the old woman finds him...
While Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other
priorities. Before it dies, it has to save a special boy who cannot save
himself.
