The Ice Lion

In this cli-fi novel by Kathleen O’Neal Gear, set a thousand years in the future, the Earth is enveloped in a frozen wasteland, dominated by glaciers and a mysterious green slime called zyme. Lynx, a sixteen-summer-old member of the archaic Sealion People, embarks on a perilous journey with his friend Quiller as they navigate a harsh environment filled with monstrous predators. Their adventure leads them to a strange old man who claims to be the last of the ancient Jemen, revealing that saving their world may require a profound personal sacrifice to a powerful quantum computer known as Quancee.