Ice by Sorokin, Vladimir; Gambrell, Jamey (translator) - 2007

New York: New York Review Books, 2007. First American edition. Hardcover. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, bright pages, tight binding, quarter inch tear to rear DJ-top edge, exceedingly mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ corners, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ.. Octavo in grey-blue DJ, 321 pages ; 22 cm. A cult of blond-haired, blue-eyed murderers are going around Moscow kidnapping people, tying them up, and then beating them on the chest with hammers made out of ice (kept in portable refrigerators) from a Siberian meteorite. The purpose of this injurious behavior is to awaken the celestial beings who are residing within them; however, only a tiny percentage of the victims survive this painful "rebirth." The survivors are given new names, a healthy bank account, and are sent out to "awaken" more of their kind. Series: New York Review Books classics. Adventure stories, Fantasy fiction, Science fiction.