- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA; First THUS edition (1 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055358376X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553583762
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 2.5 x 17.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,905,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Zoya Kundara has lived on the space vessel Star Road for two hundred fifty years. As its Ship Mother, kept alive in a state of pseudoimmortality, she has provided wisdom and counsel to succeeding generations of its crew, self-exiled survivors of earth’s great plague.
But now, to escape the ravages of space radiation, the giant starship has returned to earth, only to discover a world on the verge of extinction, its barren surface blanketed in a crystalline substance that resembles ice and that is slowly, inexorably encapsulating the planet. Zoya is chosen as emissary to this strange new earth, and now she must approach its denizens and find a suitable home for her desperate crew among the shrinking lands.
But what she finds shakes Zoya to her core: groups of humans huddled like moles in underground techno-warrens called preserves, and a pseudospiritual order known as the Ice Nuns, who seek control of the physics-defying crystals and enslave their disciples in their crazed quest for truth. For on this once green land, Ice and the science behind it are now the only God–and mastering this grand ecology of information the only higher calling. Allies are few and far between, but somehow Zoya must uncover the secrets of Ice and halt its expansion.
That is, if the snow witches don’t get her first...
But now, to escape the ravages of space radiation, the giant starship has returned to earth, only to discover a world on the verge of extinction, its barren surface blanketed in a crystalline substance that resembles ice and that is slowly, inexorably encapsulating the planet. Zoya is chosen as emissary to this strange new earth, and now she must approach its denizens and find a suitable home for her desperate crew among the shrinking lands.
But what she finds shakes Zoya to her core: groups of humans huddled like moles in underground techno-warrens called preserves, and a pseudospiritual order known as the Ice Nuns, who seek control of the physics-defying crystals and enslave their disciples in their crazed quest for truth. For on this once green land, Ice and the science behind it are now the only God–and mastering this grand ecology of information the only higher calling. Allies are few and far between, but somehow Zoya must uncover the secrets of Ice and halt its expansion.
That is, if the snow witches don’t get her first...
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A 6.0 Performance
3 April 2003
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Kay Kenyon's dazzling, glittery tale features an out-of-control planet-wide optical computer (the Ice of the title), space-faring gypsies, nuns who shun things religious, predator rats, and cannibalistic insane "snow witches."
The gypsies have returned to earth after 10,000 Earth years (they have become infertile) only to find the that a crystalline structure has covered the planet's green hills and blue oceans. Ship Mother Zoya (she spends most of her time in stasis) is awakened as the ship goes into Earth orbit, and is soon dispatched down to the planet to find out what's going on.
After much travail she manages to find out.
The story glides along (often at strange angles) with intelligence and flair. Well plotted, well crafted. Smile and wave from the "Kiss and Cry" area, please, Ms. Kenyon. Oh, and here's a bouquet just for you!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Book that is hard to put down!
15 Feb 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Some Authors I read for their ideas, some for their characterization, and some for their storytelling abilities.
Kay Kenyon combines all three. Maximum Ice is no exception - a unique concept, wonderful characters, and a story not to be put aside.
Kay Kenyon combines all three. Maximum Ice is no exception - a unique concept, wonderful characters, and a story not to be put aside.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
maximum fun
3 Feb 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For star road ship mother Zoya Kundara the circuitous journey from and back to earth last 250 years. She is the only original crew member still alive. However, the years of radiation while seeking a planetary haven has led to a barren population unable to reproduce itself. Since no planet was found, the shrinking desperate crew return to Earth praying that the plague that sent them solar finally ended. Though there has been no communication with earth in most of the time since they left, the star road crew have good reason to believe the plague is gone since ten thousand years have passed in earth time.
The Earth has dramatically changed as a quasi crystal defying the laws of physics dominates much of the surface. After a deadly first encounter with a cannibal witch queen, Zoya goes forward as an envoy to the apparent power, the ice nuns. Though Zoya seeks peace, the ice nuns and an enigmatic ally attuned to the ice like substance plan to destroy the space travelers and use their technology for personal gain.
Maximum Ice will provide maximum fun to fans of science fiction. The story line is loaded with action and several exciting subplots that cleverly tie back to the main trunk of the tale. The characters, including the enigmatic ice, seem genuine and earth a realistic cold, foreboding planet. Kay Kenyon allows her vivid imagination to go wild, but places her concepts into a cohesive, powerful novel that will send sub-genre fans leaping for other creations by this talented author.
Harriet Klausner
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