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Children of Time

Book 1 of Children of Time Series

  • 616 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 2015
  • 12 editions

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1 About this book

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden.

The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New monsters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilisations are on a collision course and must fight to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

Good for readers who want: science fiction, dystopian fiction, a survival story, and a long read.

  • Science fiction
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Survival
  • Speculative evolution
  • Life on other planets
  • Planets
  • End of the world
  • Human-alien encounters

2 About Adrian Tchaikovsky

Born 1972

Adrian Czajkowski (writing as Tchaikovsky; born June 1972) is a British fantasy and science fiction author. Heavily influenced by the natural world, his books frequently deal with themes of artificial intelligence and alienness, often in the context of non-human characters. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his Hugo Award-winning Children of Time series. Tchaikovsky has received numerous awards for his work.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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