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Shards of Earth

by Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: ORBIT

A war’s aftermath, and a discovery in the void

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A war’s aftermath, and a discovery in the void

Set decades after Earth’s destruction and the war with the Architects, the novel follows Idris, a former member of humanity’s enhanced fighting elite, now working aboard a salvage vessel. His crew’s discovery of an abandoned object linked to the vanished aliens draws the group into a contest involving governments, cults and criminal powers. The premise connects the legacy of wartime enhancements with the uncertainty of an enemy’s possible return, framing a galaxy-spanning science-fiction adventure around what the discovery might mean for humanity. This is the opening volume of The Final Architecture series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in space opera and galaxy-spanning science-fiction adventure.
  • For readers drawn to stories about humanity rebuilding after catastrophic conflict.
  • For readers who enjoy first volumes that introduce a larger series.

Themes

Postwar consequencesHumanity’s survivalAlien contact and uncertaintyPower and possession

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Book overview

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.

"Tchaikovsky is the breakout star of contemporary British SF." --Guardian

The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery ...

Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.

After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared--and Idris and his kind became obsolete.Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects--but are they returning? And if so, why?

Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.

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