Brief description:
From the book cover:
It's the 1990s. The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is down for the count — and the Free World is getting ready for its first nuclear-free Christmas in decades. Only one thing in the world can ruin it.
SANTA CLAUS
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 elfs along the way. Finally, they must face down the terrifying truth: about Christmas, the New World Order — and The Claus Effect.
It's the 1990s. The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is down for the count — and the Free World is getting ready for its first nuclear-free Christmas in decades. Only one thing in the world can ruin it.
SANTA CLAUS
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 elfs along the way. Finally, they must face down the terrifying truth: about Christmas, the New World Order — and The Claus Effect.
Publication
Tesseract Books (2002), Edition: 1, 241 pages
Original publication date
2002-11-27