Der lange Winter am Ende der Welt

Sie nennt sich New Arcadia - eine Stadt auf einer Ölplattform, die sich im Besitz der wohlhabenden Familie Lynch befindet. Die Leibwächterin Hwa ist eine der letzten rein organischen Menschen, aber nicht nur in dieser Hinsicht eine Außenseiterin. Als der jüngste Lynch-Sprössling Joel bedroht wird, und persönlichen Schutz benötigt, wendet sich die Familie an sie. Dann versetzt eine Mordserie die Bewohner der Insel in Angst und Spuren führen auch zu Hwa; nicht nur ihre Zukunft steht auf dem Spiel, sondern die der gesamten »Company Town«.

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### Pressestimmen

"Elegant, cruel, and brutally perfect, "Company Town" is a prize of a novel." --Mira Grant, "New York Times" Bestselling and Hugo-Award nominated author of the Newsflesh series

"This is brave, bold, crazy storytelling at the edge and doesn't read like anything else I've seen up or down the pike. I don't even know where she gets these ideas, but I hope she keeps getting them and writing the stories that result." --Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of the Miriam Black Series

"A brilliant and chilling look at our post-oil future. I haven't been this hooked by an SF novel for ages."-- Charlie Stross, author of "Empire Games "

"The world is an updated version of Raymond Chandler's, with gray morals and broken characters, and Hwa's internal monologue has just the right balance of introspection and wit...[a] very solid page-turner." Publishers Weekly

"The skill with which Ashby introduces her various SF elements is worthy of the best Heinlein...."Company Town" never falters in its pacing. It's a terrific ride." --"Locus"

"I'm an immense fan of Ashby's work...It is often profound, and it is never boring." Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing"

"Elegant, cruel, and brutally perfect, *Company Town* is a prize of a novel." --Mira Grant, *New York Times* Bestselling and Hugo-Award nominated author of the Newsflesh series

"This is brave, bold, crazy storytelling at the edge and doesn't read like anything else I've seen up or down the pike. I don't even know where she gets these ideas, but I hope she keeps getting them and writing the stories that result." --Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of the Miriam Black Series

"A brilliant and chilling look at our post-oil future. I haven't been this hooked by an SF novel for ages."-- Charlie Stross, author of *Empire Games *

"The world is an updated version of Raymond Chandler's, with gray morals and broken characters, and Hwa's internal monologue has just the right balance of introspection and wit...[a] very solid page-turner." --Publishers Weekly

"The skill with which Ashby introduces her various SF elements is worthy of the best Heinlein....*Company Town* never falters in its pacing. It's a terrific ride." --*Locus*

"I'm an immense fan of Ashby's work...It is often profound, and it is never boring." --Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing