As the first drops of rain fall—warm rain—they stand together on the pier. The "Winter in Summer" ends not with a bang, but with the sound of cracking ice and the smell of the sea finally waking up. They realize that while the seasons have returned to normal, they have been permanently changed by the cold.

While taking readings on the ice, he encounters Clara. She is the only other person brave (or desperate) enough to be out in the elements. They are two "summer souls" forced to adapt to a world that has turned white overnight.

Palm trees are encased in ice, the sea has frozen into a jagged glass mirror, and the residents are trapped in a summer they no longer recognize. The Characters

Léo discovers that the seeding will cause a flash-flood that could destroy the lower city. He and Clara must race against the ticking clock to alert the remaining citizens and find a way to stabilize the temperature naturally before the "solution" destroys their home. The Resolution

It is July in Marseille. The city is usually a furnace of salt air and shimmering heat, but this year is different. A freak meteorological phenomenon—referred to by scientists as the "Glacial Inverse"—has trapped the Mediterranean coast in a localized, supernatural deep freeze. While the rest of France swelters at 40°C, Marseille is buried under six feet of snow.

A disillusioned meteorologist who predicted the cooling but was ignored. He lives in a cramped apartment filled with space heaters and old jazz records.

The story begins with the "Big Freeze." As the temperature drops fifty degrees in three hours, the city descends into a quiet, white chaos. Léo is tasked with monitoring the "Eye of the Cold," a point in the middle of the bay where the temperature is absolute zero.