A vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds - the
resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of
Every Heart a Doorway and This is How You Lose the Time War. Nominated for the 2025 Philip K.
Dick Award "A beautifully strange and unique fable." The Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Aliya
Whiteley "A unique and memorable work." The Guardian's Best SF of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead
"An elegantly told meditation on how we can't leave ourselves behind." Esquire's 30 best SF
Books of 2024 on Oliver K. Langmead Welcome to Jamie Pike's Fairharbour - a city stuck in
perpetual winter its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold its
residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions. Welcome to Esther Pike's Fairharbour -
a city stuck in constant summer its walls crumbling in the heat its oppressive sunlight a
relentless presence. Winter and Summer alike have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive
powers that have taken control after the cataclysm. But both Fairharbours were once a single
united city. And in certain places at certain times one side can catch a glimpse of the
other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide they set out to solve
the mystery of what split their city in two and what if anything might repair their
fractured worlds.
