{"product_id":"adrian-tchaikovsky-children-of-strife-2026","title":"Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children Of Strife [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe journey that began with \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e reaches a new, terrifying frontier in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of Strife\u003c\/i\u003e, from the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey thought they'd found refuge. But this paradise became their prison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCenturies ago, a maverick terraforming team played God with a distant planet. Out of their vanity and spite, something terrible and unexpected arose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerations later, tormented scientist Alis is among the crew of the research vessel that rediscovers this lost outpost. But Alis wakes from nightmares of her own making to an all-too-real catastrophe on board. The rest of the crew has vanished - leaving only Cato, the belligerent mantis-shrimp captain, and Kern, the ship's AI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearching for their lost fellows, Alis and Cato must venture into the darkness of the planet below. What did those ancient terraformers unleash? And will their last surviving crewmate become a greater threat than the world itself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e has a fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off . . . Very much recommended'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Peter F. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world building'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- James McAvoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Patrick Ness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exemplar of classic widescreen science fiction'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003csub\u003eChildren of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel w\/c 24 August 2016\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tchaikovsky, Adrian","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53307517862227,"sku":"9781035057795","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/tchaikovsky-adrian-adrian-tchaikovsky-children-of-strife-2026-9781035057795-1228440308.jpg?v=1774123659","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/adrian-tchaikovsky-children-of-strife-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}