Jacek Dukaj has been compared to Polish volleyball players – his works are of world standard but something has always been lacking. Either fulfilment or crowning the career with a spectacular success. Finally the success has come. „Ice” is an absolute triumph of Dukaj's imagination in which he created an exciting alternative world.

The novel starts in 1924. A meteorite crashes in Syberia and changes everything, even the course of history. Poland is ruled by tsar and Russia – because of Tunguzka catastrophe – benefits from the production of minerals. Frost Angels stroll along the streets with whom only one person can communicate – father of Benedykt Gieroslawski, the novel's main hero. He is sent to Irkuck by Ministry of Winter to find the ancestor.

„Ice” is a mixture of literary genres: sci-fi, adventure, philosophical and historical discourse. It asks a question what or who makes history. Moreover, the novel describes Polish mentality. It is one of the most important books of 2007 – even 2008.

Jacek Dukaj „Ice”, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 2007