steve_32 's review for:

Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

4.0

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Fascinating novel about an alien invasion. The aliens only appear at the beginning of the novel where they inform the population of earth that they have a short time to relocate to Antarctica or they will be destroyed. Those that make it to Antarctica have to try to survive in the harsh conditions with limited resources. The aliens carry out their threat for the majority of people that don’t make it to Antarctica and play no further part in the novel. The story looks at the different communities that are set up on Antarctica and how they experiment with genetic engineering to try and create humans that can comfortably exist in the freezing conditions on Antarctica.
A unique dystopian novel that is unlike Tom Rob Smiths previous novels that I’ve read.