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 . . . From the author of the hugely acclaimed Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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 a new cast of characters and a thrilling new 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.

An entertaining and thought-provoking novel of post humanity, survival and legacy . . . Children of Time is an enormously interesting and well drawn SF novel

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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 . . . From the author of the hugely acclaimed Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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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, while And Put Away Childish Things won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction.

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IT HAS WAITED 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.

However, those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it's been waiting for them.

Praise for CHILDREN OF TIME 'The smartest evolutionary world-building you'll ever read' Peter F. Hamilton 'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building' James McAvoy 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' Patrick Ness 'This is superior stuff, tackling big themes' Financial Times