Under the Ice

My name is Mary and I used to be a tailor from Liverpool. Three years ago, global temperatures plummeted, ushering in eternal winter. The British built huge energy towers in the north - burning coal and pumping geothermal heat to keep cities alive on the ice sheets. But this book is not a story about a hero saving the world. It is a story about how ordinary people survive. You will see Thomas Hope facing gas and strikes at Construction Site 107, Connor cutting off his fingers for the sake of his children, and Mackenzie in Winter House hiding in the office and not daring to open the door, listening to his wife and daughter calling for help. You will see Emily from Ark guarding the seed bank waiting for someone to pick it up, Caroline from Juno standing in a pool of blood for surgery, and Robin walking into the belly of a whale to see the goddess of the sea. You will see some people sacrifice, some betray, some fulfill, and some give up. No one can answer those questions of "is it worth it?" But you will also see that the living are still living.