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Children of ruin

Title:

Children of ruin

Author:

Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972- author.

Series:

Children of time ;

Series Number:

Summary:

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. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Extras include excerpts from Red moon by Kim Stanley Robinson and Roswater by Tade Thomspson.

Sequel to: Children of time.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

597 pages ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Space operas (Fiction)

Subject Term:

Life on other planets -- Fiction.

Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.

Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.

Spiders -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Orbit,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9780316452533

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Orbit, 2019.

Call Number:

TCHAIKOVSKY

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time , the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

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.

Author Notes

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind -- possibly excepting his son.