A review by alistairr
Anti-Ice by Stephen Baxter

4.0

An enjoyable adventure through an alternate 19th century, diverging from our own with the appearance of the 'little moon ' in the 1720s and the discovery of 'anti-ice' in the 1850s.

The cover depicts the main event of the prologue, The closure of the Crimean war and the begging of the new age powered by Anti-ice.

The story is told from the perspective of Ned Vicars in 1870, across a few eventful months and traces a journey across Europe and beyond.