The year is 1940. In Europe Czech and German republicans have been fighting for years against the Habsburg Emperor's oppressive rule. Rebel spy Johnny Bornewald is dispatched to the southern-most continent of Alba, the home of the non-human ursines, to gather technological intelligence about the enemies. However, war unexpectedly erupts there, too, so Johnny and his native guide Linda Connor must flee for their lives through icy wastelands. But more than cold and gunfire imperil their lives when they get entangled in a conspiracy that may wreck much of Alba. Will Linda and Johnny be wily enough to evade their enemies’ schemes? The Ice War is a dieselpunk science fiction thriller is set in an alternate history inspired by the societies, technology and aesthetics of the interwar era. The story offers more than action, because the protagonists face serious moral issues during their flight. How do they retain their humanity in the maelstrom of battle? There is no easy way out and nobody escapes the war zone unhurt. The Ice War is based on the author's experience as a civilian specialist in multinational peace-making operations in the Balkans in the 1990s and Afghanistan after 9/11.
Author
Anders Blixt is a middle-aged chap with a lovely family in Stockholm, Sweden. He earns his living as a tech writer and use his spare time to write role-playing games and fantastic stories. Anders Blixt fell in love with science fiction at the age of eight in 1967, when his father gave his Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with the encouraging words: “I liked this story when I was a kid.” A few years later, he entered JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth thanks to the school library*. And since then he is frequently found trekking through the depths of the Mirkwood or in the arid hills of old-school Mars.
