“The Ice War” by Stephen Baxter
Here’s my cover illustration for the September issue of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION. The illustration is based on the issue’s lead story, “The Ice War” by Stephen Baxter. Imagine a War-of-the-Worlds cataclysm colliding with England in the 1720s. However, the alien ships in this story are a different take from the usual tentacled, flexible tripods of…