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The Summer Queen

The Summer Queen is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Joan D. Vinge, published in 1991 and is the sequel to The Snow Queen. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1991.Moon Dawntrader, a clone of Arienrhod the former Snow Queen, has become the Summer Queen on the planet of Tiamat. She must now endeavour to introduce technology to the Luddite Summers, while at the same time keeping the mers safe from extinction. Their demise would bring about with it, nothing less than the collapse of the empire's biggest kept galactic secret.