Maggie Gee - The Ice People

I, Saul, Teller of Tales, Keeper of Doves, Slayer of Wolves, tell you the story of my times. Of the best of days, and the last of days. For whoever may read it. Whoever can read.

I could run away, but I pick up my sword, and wait for the swordsmen to celebrate me.

I have lived my Day.

Yes, I am ready.

‘Excellent … intelligent, driven, imaginative, obsessive yet still gracious, one of our best … Exciting stuff.’

Fay Weldon

‘Ambitious and subtle … She writes elegantly, unsentimentally, expertly … The Ice People works persuasively as science fiction, and is truthful about our emotional lives.’

Nicolette Jones, The Independent

‘Infused with poetic intensity … this is a gripping fictional realisation of what we fear: the death of civilisation. Maggie Gee achieves her apocalyptic vision without the clank of hardware and intergalactic wars. Her detail is precise and controlled and her beautifully orchestrated whisper of redemption is rooted in eternal myth.’

Elizabeth Buchan, The Times

An intriguing novel of ideas, fully fleshed out … Classy science fiction.’

Judith Cook, Mail on Sunday

‘Not one to shirk the larger issues — gender segregation, racial divisions and environmental catastrophe — Maggie Gee has gone straight for the jugular in her latest novel. Set in a cold and brutally Darwinian future … Gee’s tale shifts seamlessly between the close and dawn of the next century … Gee has deftly thrown the inhabitants of our future into a game of survival in which every human tension is accelerated … Gee’s futuristic backdrop allows her to stretch her creative wings beautifully.’

Tanis Taylor, Time Out