The Claus Effect

Name: The Claus Effect
Availability: InStock
Author: David Nickle; Karl Schroeder
ISBN: 1895836352

David Nickle; Karl Schroeder (1997)

SubgenreSpace Opera

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingR

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age18+

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Content levels

ViolenceStrong

Sexual contentNone

LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceChild HarmMass Death

Positive tags

AdventureQuestSurvival

Tropes

Post-ApocalypticMorally Gray ProtagonistReluctant HeroFound FamilyMilitary SF

Themes

Good vs EvilComing of AgeIndustrialization and Its DiscontentsChildhood LostNew World OrderSurvivalDark Fantasy

Synopsis

The Claus Effect is a continuation of "The Toy Mill", the 1993 Aurora-Award-winning story about a malevolent, post-industrial-revolution Santa Claus and Emily, the little girl whose wish to be a Christmas Elf nearly destroys the world. The Claus Effect takes up eight years later, when events propel teen-aged Emily and West Point cadet Neil Nyman on a breakneck journey through suburban shopping malls, Ontario cottage country, and the frigid northern wastes of the former Soviet Union - battling displaced Cossacks, blue-blooded cottagers and homicidal, down-sized elves along the way. Finally, they must face down the terrifying about Christmas, the New World Order - and the Claus Effect.