Browsing the tor.com website to find an Ann Leckie story, I noticed a new and free China Miéville piece! Exciting! And it met my expectations.

Two young boys in a near-future London are there when the city experiences a strange phenomenon. Icebergs, which at this point have pretty much melted away in the polar regions, appear in the sky above the city.

No one knows how or why the glacial ice is suspended. Will it come crashing down? Does it mean something? Fear and curiosity take hold. Military expeditions are sent out, and urban adventurers are challenged.

The story is an understated allegory of how the things we destroy may haunt us.
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