<p><b>**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**</b><br><b><br>''A gripping work of speculative climate fiction . . . a page-turning feminist mystery-thriller''</b><i><b>Observer</b></i><br><br><b>''A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity'' SEAN MICHAELS</b><br><br>America, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high, the fossil fuel industry has shut down, and humans are implanted with a ''Flick'' at birth, which allows them to remain perpetually online. The wealthy live in the newly created Floating City off the coast, while people on the mainland struggle to get by. For Rose, a job as a hostess in the city''s elite club feels like her best hope for a better future. <br><br>At a Cold War-era research station, a group of highly trained women with the code name White Alice are engaged in climate surveillance. But the terms of their employment become increasingly uncertain. <br><br> And in a former oil town in northern Canada called Dominion Lake, a