The Summer Queen: An Epic Novel of the Snow Queen Cycle

The Summer Queen is the sequel to The Snow Queen, a Hugo Award-winning bestseller. Set in a fully realized science fiction universe, this novel is itself a Hugo Award finalist. The story spans millennia, from the ruins of an ancient interstellar empire to the planets of the Hegemony that rules human space. It centers on Tiamat, a world where dolphin-like mers are harvested for a youth-prolonging serum extracted from their blood. Beneath Carbuncle, Tiamat's capital, lies the old empire's greatest secret: an enormous forgotten technology that continues to affect the fates of fallen empire cultures through the sybil-network, a data bank connecting past and future knowledge. Three figures pursue their own agendas: the Smith, a genius mastermind of the hidden interstellar Brotherhood, works to unlock the technology's secrets; BZ Gundhalinu strives to save the Hegemony; and the Summer Queen seeks to create a new future for her people and planet. Though each acts independently, their fates converge in a climax that transforms the universe.