Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Ruin

By Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • Release Date: 2019-05-14
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 387 Ratings
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Description

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the 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.

Reviews

  • Not up to level of CoT

    3
    By mds913
    While Children of Time is a favorite of mine, having read it twice, this story just doesn’t carry the same level of fascination for me. It’s a big epic with intriguing creatures and a vast scope but it bogs down, becoming muddled toward what I found to be a rushed and lightly sketched ending. Can’t recommend, but read CoT for an exciting, creepy treat.

  • Knocked it out of the park again

    5
    By jcrai890
    They did it again. Another stellar book. I still think about this and children of time years later. I think this has surpassed End of Eternity as my most recommended book. The detail and creativity of the writing and the obvious amount of research put in to these books is phenomenal.

  • Absolutely fantastic

    5
    By wanderlust58
    A worthy sequel to his first book, Children of Time. Tchaikovsky has avoided the cardinal sin of repeating himself, and has instead rhymed with himself to produce something just as beautiful. This book is well worth the read.

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