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Rewilding Reports #3
The Ice Orphan
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. But while Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other priorities. Before she dies, she has to save a special boy who cannot save himself.
Meanwhile, in the lodges of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices, including an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first quest to find a spirit helper, that same old woman finds him, and his life will never be the same.
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. But while Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other priorities. Before she dies, she has to save a special boy who cannot save himself.
Meanwhile, in the lodges of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices, including an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first quest to find a spirit helper, that same old woman finds him, and his life will never be the same.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published November 22, 2022
About the author
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
138 books718 followersMy professional life began in the dark basement of the Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles, where I was cataloguing three-hundred-year-old Guatemalan saint carvings. I quit this fascinating job and moved to Wyoming to work for the U.S. Department of the Interior as a historian and archaeologist. When I finally understood the error of my ways I moved to Wyoming and started writing books. Since then, I've authored or co-authored 54 novels and around 200 non-fiction publications.
I love writing. And buffalo. And hiking the wilds of Wyoming's backcountry.
I'm married (until he comes to his senses) to W. Michael Gear, the novelist and my co-author, and we live at the edge of the Wind River Indian Reservation in the Owl Creek mountains of Wyoming. We're contented watching buffalo and writing books.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/kathle...
I love writing. And buffalo. And hiking the wilds of Wyoming's backcountry.
I'm married (until he comes to his senses) to W. Michael Gear, the novelist and my co-author, and we live at the edge of the Wind River Indian Reservation in the Owl Creek mountains of Wyoming. We're contented watching buffalo and writing books.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/kathle...
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June 19, 2023
This is a review of The Ice Ghost, by Kathleen O'Neal Gear (DAW) and The Ice Orphan, by Kathleen O'Neal Gear (DAW)
I previously reviewed the first of the “Rewilding Reports” novels (The Ice Lion) and I liked it (The Ice Lion, by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, DAW). The set-up is appealing: In the far future, an attempt to halt the Earth’s runaway warming resulted in a new, apocalyptic Ice Age with glaciers three miles high and a poisonous slime, “zyme” covering the oceans. As the planet descended into this frigid nightmare, the last scientists recreated species that had survived earlier Ice Ages: dire wolves, helmeted musk oxen, cave lions, and extinct, archaic human species like the Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Homo erectus. Remnants of the previous civilization persist in myths (about the godlike Jemen = G-men), an enigmatic scientist with an artificially extended lifespan, and a quantum computer spiraling into loss of function.
Some of the things I liked best about the first volume are here in the subsequent books. Foremost is the humanity, culture, and sensitivity, and poetic imagery of the pre-human characters. We moderns tend to regard our ancestors as dim-witted and lacking in social graces, although recent discoveries reveal such markers of cooperative culture as care for the injured and burial of the dead long before H. sapiens came along. Gear’s characters, although having much smaller brains, are nonetheless resourceful, compassionate, and thoughtful. The Dog Soldiers (H. erectus) may have had small, sloping skulls, but their understanding of ethical issues, not to mention their literacy and reverence for books, marks them as anything but “primitive.” In fact, the most advanced of the three species, the Rust People Neanderthals, are the most violent.
The Ice Ghost and The Ice Orphan continue the adventures of Sealion People (Denisovan) Lynx and Quiller, and members of Quiller’s family, as they struggle against an increasingly hostile terrain and new enemies. Legends mix uneasily with prophecies and dreams, as none of the pre-human species draws precise differences between poorly understood history, inspiration, and the visions born of mental illness or hallucinogens. The disintegrating quantum computer, called “Quancee,” is undoubtedly real, as is the reanimated Jemen general bent on destroying the computer’s autonomy and changing it into a weapon, and the brutal Rust People (Neandertal) shaman whose visions drive him to invade the Jemen stronghold and reawaken the ancient ruler. Who, of course, has an agenda of her own.
These next two volumes have many of the strengths of the first, including smooth prose, sympathetic characters, innovative world-building, and wonderful physical descriptions. The characters are portrayed through their experiences so that only occasionally are their physical appearances important. What matters is the quality of their characters, their courage, compassion, leadership, and honesty.
Each of the three books centers on a different but related quest, and therein lies not only the charm of the series and the independence of each installment, but a flaw in the latter two. The first volume of a series has a lot of work to do, establishing not only viewpoint characters, their goals and conflicts, but the world itself. In this case, the world’s history is critical to the story. To her credit, Gear does not bash us over the head with pages of exposition and backstory. History is gleaned from hints here and there, and the understanding of the characters. In this, Gear does a great job, even when historical facts have become distorted or even erased with time and the demands of survival in an increasingly perilous environment.
The problem I experienced was that, compared with the first volume (The Ice Lion), what comes next felt lightweight. They seemed more like novellas in the scope of the plot, stories fleshed out with too many repetitive descriptions and inconsequential or trivial events.
My second problem arose from the conflation of imaginary and real events. In books of this type, there’s an expectation that mysterious elements will be revealed (as opposed to fantasy, where magic need not have any relationship to the laws of physics), that the reader will be able to put together the pieces and figure out what the age-warped technology, historical events, and so forth really are. And how much were real technology, events, and so forth, versus how much the imaginative, often superstitious interpretation. Gear’s characters treat superstition as just as real as tangible physical articles, but we the readers lack the clues to distinguish them. Perhaps those clues will be revealed in a future volume. Alas, I for one found two novels too long to be befuddled. This was made worse by hand-waving technology, such as near-immortality antiaging tech, a way for the genetically modified prehumans to receive telepathic communications from a computer, and the dream quest of Quiller’s adolescent son, which left me wondering if he was spiritually “transformed” or actually dead.
I continue to recommend the first volume of this series for all the reasons cited above. As for the rest, other readers may find the same delight in them. The series looks to be continuing. As they say, “YMMV.”
I previously reviewed the first of the “Rewilding Reports” novels (The Ice Lion) and I liked it (The Ice Lion, by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, DAW). The set-up is appealing: In the far future, an attempt to halt the Earth’s runaway warming resulted in a new, apocalyptic Ice Age with glaciers three miles high and a poisonous slime, “zyme” covering the oceans. As the planet descended into this frigid nightmare, the last scientists recreated species that had survived earlier Ice Ages: dire wolves, helmeted musk oxen, cave lions, and extinct, archaic human species like the Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Homo erectus. Remnants of the previous civilization persist in myths (about the godlike Jemen = G-men), an enigmatic scientist with an artificially extended lifespan, and a quantum computer spiraling into loss of function.
Some of the things I liked best about the first volume are here in the subsequent books. Foremost is the humanity, culture, and sensitivity, and poetic imagery of the pre-human characters. We moderns tend to regard our ancestors as dim-witted and lacking in social graces, although recent discoveries reveal such markers of cooperative culture as care for the injured and burial of the dead long before H. sapiens came along. Gear’s characters, although having much smaller brains, are nonetheless resourceful, compassionate, and thoughtful. The Dog Soldiers (H. erectus) may have had small, sloping skulls, but their understanding of ethical issues, not to mention their literacy and reverence for books, marks them as anything but “primitive.” In fact, the most advanced of the three species, the Rust People Neanderthals, are the most violent.
The Ice Ghost and The Ice Orphan continue the adventures of Sealion People (Denisovan) Lynx and Quiller, and members of Quiller’s family, as they struggle against an increasingly hostile terrain and new enemies. Legends mix uneasily with prophecies and dreams, as none of the pre-human species draws precise differences between poorly understood history, inspiration, and the visions born of mental illness or hallucinogens. The disintegrating quantum computer, called “Quancee,” is undoubtedly real, as is the reanimated Jemen general bent on destroying the computer’s autonomy and changing it into a weapon, and the brutal Rust People (Neandertal) shaman whose visions drive him to invade the Jemen stronghold and reawaken the ancient ruler. Who, of course, has an agenda of her own.
These next two volumes have many of the strengths of the first, including smooth prose, sympathetic characters, innovative world-building, and wonderful physical descriptions. The characters are portrayed through their experiences so that only occasionally are their physical appearances important. What matters is the quality of their characters, their courage, compassion, leadership, and honesty.
Each of the three books centers on a different but related quest, and therein lies not only the charm of the series and the independence of each installment, but a flaw in the latter two. The first volume of a series has a lot of work to do, establishing not only viewpoint characters, their goals and conflicts, but the world itself. In this case, the world’s history is critical to the story. To her credit, Gear does not bash us over the head with pages of exposition and backstory. History is gleaned from hints here and there, and the understanding of the characters. In this, Gear does a great job, even when historical facts have become distorted or even erased with time and the demands of survival in an increasingly perilous environment.
The problem I experienced was that, compared with the first volume (The Ice Lion), what comes next felt lightweight. They seemed more like novellas in the scope of the plot, stories fleshed out with too many repetitive descriptions and inconsequential or trivial events.
My second problem arose from the conflation of imaginary and real events. In books of this type, there’s an expectation that mysterious elements will be revealed (as opposed to fantasy, where magic need not have any relationship to the laws of physics), that the reader will be able to put together the pieces and figure out what the age-warped technology, historical events, and so forth really are. And how much were real technology, events, and so forth, versus how much the imaginative, often superstitious interpretation. Gear’s characters treat superstition as just as real as tangible physical articles, but we the readers lack the clues to distinguish them. Perhaps those clues will be revealed in a future volume. Alas, I for one found two novels too long to be befuddled. This was made worse by hand-waving technology, such as near-immortality antiaging tech, a way for the genetically modified prehumans to receive telepathic communications from a computer, and the dream quest of Quiller’s adolescent son, which left me wondering if he was spiritually “transformed” or actually dead.
I continue to recommend the first volume of this series for all the reasons cited above. As for the rest, other readers may find the same delight in them. The series looks to be continuing. As they say, “YMMV.”
April 20, 2024
After finishing this novel I am disappointed and a bit worried since I bought around 30 more novels of her and her husband and I wanted to read them since they look very interesting, on paper.
This is the last book on the series, about a world a thousand years in the future where humanity has disappeared and only some wandering tribes survive. This tribes we learn from book 1 and 2 are experiences from scientists like Neanderthals and Denisovans since they had survive the ice ages so better adapted to survive the cataclysm that enfolded - due to other scientists. This scientists created , what they call a zyme and dump on the ocean and make it freeze the world. When they talk about creating a enzyme or something like to destroy micro-plastics in the ocean this is what I Think it will happen.
Positive
- I liked the setting and the interaction of the characters.
- I enjoyed the growth of the characters, mainly quiller & Lynx. Inbetween the three novels they did growth a lot (mentally and physically)
- The all afterlife perspective of Jawbone
- The Dog Bones
Negative
- I didn't enjoy that all chapters were on the first person persctive and at times I had to go back and remind me who I Was following. Very confusing
- I think the overall plot was a bit lacking. What was the real purpose of the books/trilogy? Was it character driven and we just had to see Lynx growth? Because I Still don't understand what happened in the end. Either this is not the full series and a 4 novel will appear.
- What was all the purpose of quantum computers, the Jemen, the all stuff. Since it was all in first perspective it was a bit confusing.
- All of them spoke english or the same language which was a bit strange - being from different tribes.
- They seem like indians. I read them like indians (or american indians if you wish) - I bet when I read all other books from Gears I will feel the same.
Overall it had a interesting concept, poorly executed and lack of closure.
40/100
This is the last book on the series, about a world a thousand years in the future where humanity has disappeared and only some wandering tribes survive. This tribes we learn from book 1 and 2 are experiences from scientists like Neanderthals and Denisovans since they had survive the ice ages so better adapted to survive the cataclysm that enfolded - due to other scientists. This scientists created , what they call a zyme and dump on the ocean and make it freeze the world. When they talk about creating a enzyme or something like to destroy micro-plastics in the ocean this is what I Think it will happen.
Positive
- I liked the setting and the interaction of the characters.
- I enjoyed the growth of the characters, mainly quiller & Lynx. Inbetween the three novels they did growth a lot (mentally and physically)
- The all afterlife perspective of Jawbone
- The Dog Bones
Negative
- I didn't enjoy that all chapters were on the first person persctive and at times I had to go back and remind me who I Was following. Very confusing
- I think the overall plot was a bit lacking. What was the real purpose of the books/trilogy? Was it character driven and we just had to see Lynx growth? Because I Still don't understand what happened in the end. Either this is not the full series and a 4 novel will appear.
- What was all the purpose of quantum computers, the Jemen, the all stuff. Since it was all in first perspective it was a bit confusing.
- All of them spoke english or the same language which was a bit strange - being from different tribes.
- They seem like indians. I read them like indians (or american indians if you wish) - I bet when I read all other books from Gears I will feel the same.
Overall it had a interesting concept, poorly executed and lack of closure.
40/100
July 2, 2024
Stuck in the past looking forward, and stuck in the apocalyptic future looking backwards. Conclusion to this Rewilding trilogy. Life is earnestly balanced on a knife's edge. Wilderness survival is a daily slog and only few survive.
August 5, 2023
This series is absolutely brilliant and I am truly going to miss it. The three books together are quite a lot of pages and the story and world building holds up well to the very end. The story arc is a stark reminder of how things don't always work out, even for children, and most especially for the planet. As I read about the ice giants, zyme and other climate damage described in this series I couldn't help but see parallels to our own rapidly deteriorating climate situation. Yet, as I look for ways to stay cool during the hottest summer on record I have come to believe humans are going to incinerate rather than freeze like O'Neal Greer's Jemen.
Something I really enjoyed about this series was that it didn't move quickly through the scenes of everyday life. This led to a feeling of real connection to the characters and, as a result, I'm going to truly miss Quiller, Lynx, Quancee and the Dog Soldiers (who grew on me). I realize many authors tire of characters after a few books, especially long books, and don't want to write about them any longer. However, there is still so much that could be told about this story - from the war and Quancee's history to prequels to spin offs from the Rewilding Reports - much could still be written and I hope Kathleen O'Neal Greer will consider doing just that.
Something I really enjoyed about this series was that it didn't move quickly through the scenes of everyday life. This led to a feeling of real connection to the characters and, as a result, I'm going to truly miss Quiller, Lynx, Quancee and the Dog Soldiers (who grew on me). I realize many authors tire of characters after a few books, especially long books, and don't want to write about them any longer. However, there is still so much that could be told about this story - from the war and Quancee's history to prequels to spin offs from the Rewilding Reports - much could still be written and I hope Kathleen O'Neal Greer will consider doing just that.
November 1, 2022
The Ice Orphan
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
It's interesting that this series started in ice and ends in ice. The broad scope of humanity may in itself have the same spiral. Since homo ancestors are with in our genetic makeup, its possible. The final reveal in the story brings the spiral around full circle without showing all its secrets. Jawbone, has his trials from the first book, and finds a peace he has never known since the loss of his family. Quiller and Rabbitear learn to understand family, and the obligations of their choices. The Jemen are at their last moment and Quancee is fading. Finally, Lynx learns many of the secrets of Quancee, after Arakie's passing, but finds that no matter how much he studies, or learns he will not understand all about the origins of Quantum Consciousness, and its dangers. The book is a reminder to the reader that with all our learning nature, life, and the universe is a balance, and we can not know all that achieves that balance no matter how much we study. The imagery in the book is haunting, and I found it inspiring. A great series.
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
It's interesting that this series started in ice and ends in ice. The broad scope of humanity may in itself have the same spiral. Since homo ancestors are with in our genetic makeup, its possible. The final reveal in the story brings the spiral around full circle without showing all its secrets. Jawbone, has his trials from the first book, and finds a peace he has never known since the loss of his family. Quiller and Rabbitear learn to understand family, and the obligations of their choices. The Jemen are at their last moment and Quancee is fading. Finally, Lynx learns many of the secrets of Quancee, after Arakie's passing, but finds that no matter how much he studies, or learns he will not understand all about the origins of Quantum Consciousness, and its dangers. The book is a reminder to the reader that with all our learning nature, life, and the universe is a balance, and we can not know all that achieves that balance no matter how much we study. The imagery in the book is haunting, and I found it inspiring. A great series.
November 1, 2022
The Ice Orphan
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
It's interesting that this series started in ice and ends in ice. The broad scope of humanity may in itself have the same spiral. Since homo ancestors are with in our genetic makeup, its possible. The final reveal in the story brings the spiral around full circle without showing all its secrets. Jawbone, has his trials from the first book, and finds a peace he has never known since the loss of his family. Quiller and Rabbitear learn to understand family, and the obligations of their choices. The Jemen are at their last moment and Quancee is fading. Finally, Lynx learns many of the secrets of Quancee, after Arakie's passing, but finds that no matter how much he studies, or learns he will not understand all about the origins of Quantum Consciousness, and its dangers. The book is a reminder to the reader that with all our learning nature, life, and the universe is a balance, and we can not know all that achieves that balance no matter how much we study. The imagery in the book is haunting, and I found it inspiring. A great series.
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
It's interesting that this series started in ice and ends in ice. The broad scope of humanity may in itself have the same spiral. Since homo ancestors are with in our genetic makeup, its possible. The final reveal in the story brings the spiral around full circle without showing all its secrets. Jawbone, has his trials from the first book, and finds a peace he has never known since the loss of his family. Quiller and Rabbitear learn to understand family, and the obligations of their choices. The Jemen are at their last moment and Quancee is fading. Finally, Lynx learns many of the secrets of Quancee, after Arakie's passing, but finds that no matter how much he studies, or learns he will not understand all about the origins of Quantum Consciousness, and its dangers. The book is a reminder to the reader that with all our learning nature, life, and the universe is a balance, and we can not know all that achieves that balance no matter how much we study. The imagery in the book is haunting, and I found it inspiring. A great series.
November 18, 2023
It didn't work for me. This book is 2 stars; is give the series 3 stars.
I have several petty gripes, which, together, pull down the whole series:
1. Everybody speaks the same language - different species of hominids (1000 years from "now") understand each other and homo sapiens from "today". (Would we be able to converse with William the Conquerer? I don't think so.)
2. Much of the understanding of the events of the novels comes from the jacket covers
3. The miracle in the opening scene of the first novel is never (adequately) explained
4. We follow a character into the afterlife. But, actually, this end up being kinda neat.
Things I liked:
1. That each chapter is told from the perspective (in the first person) of one of the main characters.
2. See (4), above.
Disclaimer: I favor sci-fi that is more techie.
I have several petty gripes, which, together, pull down the whole series:
1. Everybody speaks the same language - different species of hominids (1000 years from "now") understand each other and homo sapiens from "today". (Would we be able to converse with William the Conquerer? I don't think so.)
2. Much of the understanding of the events of the novels comes from the jacket covers
3. The miracle in the opening scene of the first novel is never (adequately) explained
4. We follow a character into the afterlife. But, actually, this end up being kinda neat.
Things I liked:
1. That each chapter is told from the perspective (in the first person) of one of the main characters.
2. See (4), above.
Disclaimer: I favor sci-fi that is more techie.
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November 14, 2022I loved this trilogy so much, I can't believe it's not talked about more! They're a wonderful marriage of science fiction and prehistoric fiction, where extinct human races are brought back to ride out a scientifically induced Ice Age after the Earth undergoes a climate apocalypse.
I was absolutely hooked on this third book. Hard to discuss without spoilers but you're kept in absolute suspense for ages about the fate of certain characters and I loved the various arcs for faves from books 1 and 2.
I'm not sure if this was meant to be a trilogy or a longer series. The end certainly left it open enough for more of the larger picture story but still had a satisfying conclusion for the personal journeys of the main cast. I sincerely hope we get more, there's a lot more I want to know!
I was absolutely hooked on this third book. Hard to discuss without spoilers but you're kept in absolute suspense for ages about the fate of certain characters and I loved the various arcs for faves from books 1 and 2.
I'm not sure if this was meant to be a trilogy or a longer series. The end certainly left it open enough for more of the larger picture story but still had a satisfying conclusion for the personal journeys of the main cast. I sincerely hope we get more, there's a lot more I want to know!
May 2, 2026
This was a fantastic read which really had broad strokes of deep philosophy (and maths and science) mixed in. You do see more of Lynx's journey with the Quantum Computer, Quancee, but this is also a delve into the transition customs and beliefs of the Sealion (Denisovans), Rust (Neanderthals), and Dog Soldier (Homo Eructus) peoples and how they both influence and comingle with each other. They have this very interesting mixture of mystic/spiritual belief mixed with bits and pieces of the scientific/mathematical mixed in.
Jawbone's journey is an interesting mix of curiosity about his experiences, concern, and sadness of the tragedy.
This third book in the Re-Wilding trilogy is both thought provoking and satisfying.
Jawbone's journey is an interesting mix of curiosity about his experiences, concern, and sadness of the tragedy.
This third book in the Re-Wilding trilogy is both thought provoking and satisfying.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 24, 2024
This series has truly been a journey and I'm sad to see it end. From the excellent world building in the first book to the epic conclusion, I was fascinated by the lives of these characters! The story just built and expanded from the first, describing these hardy people living in such a harsh climate from events of their everyday lives to their outstanding wisdom and courage. I've been a fan of this author since my teens reading my mother's copies of North America's Forgotten Past series. The writing of the series was so similar but the story so wildly different and I enjoyed every page.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
October 12, 2022
The third book in this cli-fiction series continues the story of the Sealion people, who are struggling to survive in a world turned into a second ice age by the introduction of zyme, an algae that was introduced to counteract global warming, by the Jemen (former inhabitants of earth that escaped to the stars). Before the Jemen left they cloned species that were likely to survive the ice. Mammoths, Sabertooth tigers, dire wolves and neanderthals and denisovans. They also left behind a quantum computer and one last Jemen to help the people survive. Hope is running low and their survival is in question.
This has been a fascinating look into what could be. The series is an enjoyable read.
This has been a fascinating look into what could be. The series is an enjoyable read.
February 6, 2023
I won this book through Goodreads giveaways and it introduced me to the series (obviously had to go read 1&2 before I could this one) and the author. I absolutely loved the first two however I can't decide whether this is that last book in the series or if there will be more. The ending felt "final" but I still have questions. 😅 Definitely closer to 4 stars than 3 but my least fave out of all 3 books.
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April 29, 2023
Made me shiver quite a lot. A very nice ending to this trilogy which did answer some of the questions though not in an entirely satisfying way.
Note to self: never ever intro zyme to oceans or else the earth might have to shiver quite a lot in the years to come! Or, better yet, millenia.
Quancee... I can't believe just how bored it must have been. For all the time. Forevermore.
Note to self: never ever intro zyme to oceans or else the earth might have to shiver quite a lot in the years to come! Or, better yet, millenia.
Quancee... I can't believe just how bored it must have been. For all the time. Forevermore.
June 5, 2023
Kept me reading it with story that grabbed me. We follow the story of a young boy, and the tenders of the last supercomputers in a post apocalyptic ice world. It is a heroic tragedy in the best of tradition.
December 16, 2022
The author kept me interested through the entire series but I was disappointed with the ending.
March 24, 2023
This was a strange book for me. Not a fan of this genre.
July 14, 2023
These books are so interesting but the writing is lowkey bad! Idk!
July 25, 2023
A well-written and believable post-apocalyptic tale. The characters are well developed and the mix of pre-historic and far future cultures is intriguing. Now I need to go back and read the first 2!
August 1, 2024
A quick read. I read it in a few hours. Borrowed from the Carnival Splendor Cruise ship’s library, read and returned.
January 12, 2023
Great book and great series I wanted it to go on and on. Would love another book added to the series. I just love this author.
October 13, 2022
Maybe I should have read the first two books in the series? The plot didn't make sense, the characters were ill developed and the story fragmented and flat.; Not my favorite
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