Books by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Portrait of Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a celebrated British author renowned for his richly imagined speculative fiction. Best known for the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time, he combines intricate worldbuilding with a deep understanding of evolution, society, and the complexities of sentient life. His work spans epic fantasy, science fiction, and novella-length explorations of alien perspectives, always delivered with intellectual precision and a keen sense of wonder.

Tchaikovsky's storytelling is marked by scope and empathy, from the sweeping conflicts of the Shadows of the Apt series to the sharp, thought-provoking standalones that probe the boundaries of humanity and technology. His writing appeals to readers who relish ambitious ideas, deft characterisation, and universes that feel both vast and vividly alive.

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  • Children of Time

    Orbit Children of Time

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    Book SynopsisAdrian Tchaikovsky's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age -- a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?   

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    £17.99

  • Children of Memory

    Orbit Children of Memory

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    £17.99

  • ALIEN CLAY

    Orbit ALIEN CLAY

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    £14.79

  • Shroud

    Orbit Shroud

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    £18.27

  • Shards of Earth

    Orbit Shards of Earth

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    £13.78

  • Eyes of the Void

    Orbit Eyes of the Void

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    4 in stock

    £24.00

  • Lords of Uncreation

    Orbit Lords of Uncreation

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    £24.65

  • Lords of Uncreation

    Orbit Lords of Uncreation

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    £18.69

  • Grimdark Magazine The King Must Fall

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisWhen the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it''s the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.The King Must Fall is a dark fantasy anthology featuring 19 titans of the dark and grimdark fantasy genres writing about rogues, assassins, mages, blackguards, and warriors on quests to kill their kings, rulers, captains, and leaders.Devin Madson Luke Scull Anna Smith Spark Anthony Ryan Michael R. Fletcher Jeremy Szal Lee Murray Daniel Polansky Shawn Speakman Adrian Tchaikovsky Trudi Canavan Alex Marshall Anna Stephens Justin Call Deborah A. Wolf Peter Orullian Kameron Hurley Matthew Ward Bradley P. Beaulieu

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    £24.99

  • Pan Macmillan Service Model

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    Book SynopsisAdrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He's also studied stagefighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and tabletop 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, Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel and The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

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  • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC House of Open Wounds

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    Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis grim and exceptional look at fantasy warfare from Tchaikovsky feels like M*A*S*H written by an uncharacteristically somber Terry Pratchett... Not to be missed * Publishers Weekly, Starred review *An extraordinarily powerful and provocative read... both epic and intimate in scale, capturing the structure of fear and hope in a war-torn existence * LoveReading, Star Book *One of the best pieces of fantasy fiction I have read in recent years… a gem in the genre * SF Book Reviews *

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    £19.80

  • Tor Publishing Group The Expert Systems Brother

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisA distant planet. A game turned sour. A technological fight for survival.

    15 in stock

    £8.99

  • St Martin's Press Made Things

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisAward-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky''s Made Things is dark fantasy tale of how the most unlikely characters may become the most heroic. Making friends has never been so important.Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don''t... tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They don''t entirely trust her, and she doesn''t entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works.After a surprising discovery shakes their world to the core, Coppelia and her friends must re-examine everything they thought they knew about their world, while attempting to save their city from a seemingly impossible new threat.

    15 in stock

    £11.39

  • Service Model

    Tor Publishing Group Service Model

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    £18.98

  • Service Model

    Tor Publishing Group Service Model

    7 in stock

    7 in stock

    £16.14

  • Tor Publishing Group The Expert Systems Champion

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Expert System's Champion, sometimes the ones you hate are the only ones that can save you.

    15 in stock

    £11.39

  • NewCon Press Spoils of War

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £16.59

  • NewCon Press A Time for Grief: Book 2

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £16.59

  • Newcon Press The Scent of Tears

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £16.59

  • Spiderlight

    Pan Macmillan Spiderlight

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    £13.49

  • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pretenders to the Throne of God

    7 in stock

    7 in stock

    £15.29

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Die Kinder der Zeit

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    15 in stock

    £16.20

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Die Erben der Zeit

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    2 in stock

    £15.19

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Die Scherben der Erde

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    2 in stock

    £15.20

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Die Herren des Abgrunds

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    3 in stock

    £16.20

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Die Feinde der Zeit

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    3 in stock

    £16.20

  • Heyne Taschenbuch Portal der Welten Roman

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    1 in stock

    £15.19

  • Batiscafo Huérfanos de la Tierra

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    £999.99

  • Children of Ruin

    Orbit Children of Ruin

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  • The Doors of Eden

    Orbit The Doors of Eden

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    Book SynopsisFrom the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide.They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.Lee thought she''d lost Mal, but now she''s miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal''s reappearance hasn''t gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn''t the only one with questions.Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.Dr Khan''s research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through.Tchaikovsky weaves a masterful tale... a suspenseful joyride through the multiverse. (Booklist)

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    £16.19

  • Spiderlight

    St Martin's Press Spiderlight

    £17.99

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