THE SOUND OF ICE

238pp., paperback, Ride or Die Press, No Place, 2026

ISBN: 9780639889764

Dystopian thriller set in a future shaped by water wars, human trafficking and collapsing systems.

Charlotte, a healer, shelters women fleeing men who have brutalised them. Far out at sea, 167 tiny boats surround an iceberg, each one occupied by a mother and daughter tasked with protecting the ice. When the iceberg is attacked, the water wars erupt.

Megan Choritz is the author of the rhyming children’s book, The Big Bird Battle, and the adult novel, Lost Property. She lives in Cape Town.