Children of Time

Humanity is overrated.The tenth anniversary edition of Adrian Tchaikovskyâs critically acclaimed Children of Time â" an epic story of humanityâs battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.

Contains the short story âBearableâ exclusive to this edition.

Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age â" a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankindâs worst nightmare.
Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

Continue the journey with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.

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Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky

âChildren of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly humanâ - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.

âNo one has an an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovskyâ â" Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4''s The Life Scientific

âTchaikovsky is the break-out star of contemporary British SFâ â" The Guardian

_{Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel w/c 24 August 2016}