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Cover of Pushing Ice

Pushing Ice

Alastair Reynolds (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Chunky (400-600))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads4.07
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

DeathCaptivityIsolation

Positive tags

SurvivalFound FamilyAdventureMystery

Heroine archetypes

Captain / Commander

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastFirst Contact Crew

Tropes

Fish out of WaterFound FamilyLost CivilizationQuestFirst ContactIsolation

Themes

SurvivalLeadership Under PressureHuman AdaptabilityDeep TimeIsolationExplorationFirst Contact

Synopsis

In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is assigned to follow it.

Tags

Hard Science FictionSpace OperaMystery