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Children of Strife

by Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: ORBIT

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A rediscovered world, an empty ship

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A rediscovered world, an empty ship

Set in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time universe, this fourth volume brings a crew of humans and other species to a world terraformed in Earth’s distant past. Their search leads to an ark ship, but the mission changes when Alis wakes to find only herself, the captain and the ship’s intelligence still aboard. The fate of those who went to investigate the ark and the planet becomes the central question. The setup brings together spacefaring exploration, a buried chapter of human history and a crew whose members cross species lines—including a mantis shrimp captain.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the Children of Time universe and interested in another volume set within it.
  • Science-fiction readers drawn to space exploration, ark ships and rediscovered worlds.
  • Readers interested in stories featuring cooperation among human and nonhuman characters.

Themes

Space explorationLost historyHuman and nonhuman cooperationSurvival and uncertainty

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Book overview

Children of Strife is the extraordinary fourth volume set in the Children of Time universe, one of the most celebrated and bestselling space opera series of the decade.

After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth's forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to rediscover one such world, and an ark.

Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship's intelligence are the only ones left on their ship.

But what happened to those who left to explore the ark ... and the world below?


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