The Man Who Hunted Ice

Lorne Lorch is an ice cleaner: each night he snakes through the ducts of an office tower peeling “ice rats”—bioluminescent blooms that cause their surroundings to freeze—one of the dirtiest, most unpleasant jobs imaginable. And thanks to a bet between influencers, a sociology student’s essay going viral, and an ice-cleaning-focused comic book becoming an underground hit, Lorne finds himself something of a celebrity, and before long newspapers are printing daily statistics of his rat takes. ...