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Book Synopsis'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer
Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative.
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.
'Books like this are why we read science fiction'
- Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series
All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction'
Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)
Trade ReviewAll underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction.
Asimov or Clarke might have written this -- Stephen Baxter
You know you’re in for a ride. . . This book thoroughly engaged me.
Children of Ruin is
a humdinger of a book I enjoyed immensely -- Neal Asher
Magnificent.
This is the big stuff – the really big stuff. Rich in wisdom and Humanity (note the 'H'), with a Stapledonian sweep and grandeur . . .
Books like this are why we read science-fiction -- Ian McDonald
Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers -- Gareth Powell
Wonderful – big, thinky SF that feels classic without being mired in the past, absolutely
crammed with fun ideas . . . Anyone who likes sweeping, evolutionary-scale stories will love this -- Django Wexler
I
couldn’t put it down. There is an effortless quality to Adrian’s writing and you’ve clearly got another winner on your hands -- James Oswald
My most anticipated book of the year -- Peter F. Hamilton
Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building -- James McAvoy on
Children of TimeA refreshing new take on post-dystopia civilizations, with the
smartest evolutionary world-building you’ll ever read -- Peter F. Hamilton on
Children of TimeChildren of Time is
a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and
unexpectedly human -- Patrick Ness on
Children of TimeThis is
superior stuff, tackling big themes – gods, messiahs, artificial intelligence, alienness – with brio --
Financial Times on
Children of TimeThe novel’s clever interrogation of the usual narrative of planetary conquest, and its thoughtful depiction of two alien civilisations attempting to understand each other, is
an exemplar of classic widescreen science fiction --
New Scientist on
Children of TimeEssential science fiction, a book not to be missed --
SFBook on
Children of Time An
entertaining and thought-provoking novel of post humanity, survival and legacy . . .
Children of Time is an enormously interesting and well drawn SF novel --
SFSignal on
Children of TimeI cannot recommend it enough. It's a helluva first contact story, and that's only like its 5th most interesting feature! -- Ezra Klein,
New York Times columnist on
Children of Time
