Cold as Ice (novel)

Cold as Ice (1992) is a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. The setting takes place in the late 21st Century with humans having colonized our own solar system, and a terrible civil war recently resolved in which 50% of humanity was wiped out. The plot follows an eclectic group of characters sorting out a mystery initiated during the early days of the war. Like most of Sheffield's books, in addition to hard scifi descriptions of a convincing future world, intricate psychologies of the major characters play a crucial role.

The Proteus Universe
Sight of Proteus (1978)  • Proteus Unbound (1989)  • Proteus in the Underworld (1995)
The Heritage Universe
Summertide (1990)  • Divergence (1991)  • Transcendence (1992)  • Convergence (1997)  • Resurgence (2002)
Other novels
The Web Between The Worlds (1979)  • My Brother's Keeper (1982, revised 1998)  • The Selkie (1982) (with David Bischoff)  • The McAndrew Chronicles (1983)  • Between the Strokes of Night (1985)  • The Nimrod Hunt (1986, revised 1993)  • Trader's World (1988)  • Brother to Dragons (1992)  • Cold as Ice (1992)  • Godspeed (1993)  • The Mind Pool (1993)  • The Judas Cross (1994) - With David Bischoff  • The Ganymede Club (1995)  • Higher Education (1995)  • The Billion Dollar Boy (1997)  • Putting Up Roots (1997)  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997)  • Aftermath (1998)  • The Cyborg from Earth (1998)  • Starfire (1999)  • The Spheres of Heaven (2001)  • Dark as Day (2002)  • The Amazing Dr. Darwin (2002)