Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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In this powerful narrative, we'll find a human outpost lying derelict in space, the scout ship that discovers it, and a planet best left unexplored.

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Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time... Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it's been waiting for them. Children of Ruin follows the author's Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with a new cast of characters.
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full-time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind – possibly excepting his son. Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel – and Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. This was in the award’s 30th anniversary year.
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ISBN 13 9781509865833
ISBN 10 1509865837
Title Children of Ruin
Author Adrian Tchaikovsky
Series The Children Of Time Novels
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2019-05-16
Number of pages 576
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.