Description
From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Strife is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time, Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.
In this epic adventure, we visit a far-future after Earth fell, where ark ships had hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth's forgotten past. We follow a ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain as they rediscover one such world, and an ark.
Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship's intelligence are the only ones left on their ship. But what happened to those who left to explore the ark . . . and the world below?
Children of Strife is the extraordinary next volume set in the Children of Time universe, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars.
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Praise for Children of Time
'An exemplar of classic widescreen science fiction' - New Scientist
'Children of Time has a fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off . . . Very much recommended' - Peter F. Hamilton
'A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness
'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world building' - James McAvoy
Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel w/c 24 August 2016
About the Author
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He's also studied stage-fighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and table-top games. 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. Children of Time won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Adrian's Final Architecture series was shortlisted for a Hugo Award for Best Series, and his novels Alien Clay and Service Model have both been shortlisted for the Hugo's Best Novel category.
Reviews
Tchaikovsky is the break-out star of contemporary British SF * The Guardian *
Tchaikovsky is writing modern classics and you should start reading them as soon as possible -- Tade Thompson
Alien Clay is convincing, compelling on human and cosmic levels, and unputdownable. With work like this, Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF -- Stephen Baxter
The central concept unravels itself in a manner that is both deeply satisfying and not at all predictable. He truly is one of our finest writers of SF right now. The whole was an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair -- James Oswald
Adrian Tchaikovsky: king of the spiders, master world-builder and asker of intriguing questions. His books are packed with thought-provoking ideas (as well as lots of spiders; did I mention the spiders?). One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction -- Christopher Paolini on Shards of Earth
[Adrian Tchaikovsky] writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas -- Patrick Ness
A thoughtful, sweeping space adventure -- SFX Magazine on Shards of Earth
Book Information
ISBN 9781035057788
Author Adrian Tchaikovsky
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Tor
Publisher Pan Macmillan
