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Adrian Tchaikovsky
A race for survival among the stars… Humanity’s last survivors escaped earth’s ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers?
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When xeno-biologist Arton Daghdev is exiled to a alien planet, he journeys through a dangerous and hostile wilderness. Yet on his expection, he uncovers lost alien ruins - and the…
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The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction…
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Ilmar is a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. A city about to go to war not only aginst its oppressors, but also against itself. Ideological zealots…
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A thrilling far-future space adventure from this Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author. If you loved Children of Time, this will be the perfect next read.
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From Adrian Tchaikovsky, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Children of Time, comes an unparalleled narrative of alien contact and human discovery in this follow-up to Children of Ruin.
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In Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The Expert System’s Champion, sometimes the ones you hate are the only ones that can save you.
Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time.
To fix the world they must first break…
FROM THE BSFA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CITY OF LAST CHANCES
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the…
Science fiction winner book of the year of The Arthur C. Clarke Award
Making friends has never been so important.
The second book in this epic fantasy trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Maniye has been named Champion of her people - but there are…
From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock…
Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Children of Time, brings you an epic fantasy series of war and empire. In this first volume, an ancient empire…
Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time, brings you an epic fantasy series of war and empire. In this third volume, Stenwold must rally his…
Charles (TM), the latest in robo-butler technology, has accidentally murdered his master. Exiled and confused, he goes on a journey of self-discovery that might just change the world. Written with…
In this powerful narrative, we’ll find a human outpost lying derelict in space, the scout ship that discovers it, and a planet best left unexplored.
Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the award-winning Children of Time, brings us a thrilling adventure. The action takes us from Bodmin Moor, to London and to alternative worlds. And the doors…
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. The Wasp Empire’s conquest over Collegium has halted - for now. But only…
Lords of Uncreation is the gripping conclusion to the Final Architecture trilogy.
The first book in a fantasy trilogy from Adrian Tchaikovsky - a coming-of-age tale as a young girl must find her place in a dangerous world on the brink of…
The conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s award-winning trilogy, Echoes of the Fall. Maniye and her allies ready themselves for battle, as the legendary Plague People return to wreak vengeance on the…
When xeno-biologist Arton Daghdev is exiled to an alien planet, he journeys through a dangerous and hostile wilderness. Yet on his expedition, he uncovers lost alien ruins - and the…
This is a breathtaking novel from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke award winning author. The walls between many worlds are collapsing and only a handful of people are in on…
Twenty years ago, Dr. Jasmine Marks went into the "Zone," a growing band of rainforest where the heat and humidity make it impossible for warm-blooded animals to survive. There were…
Behind the front lines of a crusade to scour the world of magic, the crew of a field hospital confront the horrors of war. A companion novel to Adrian Tchaikovsky's…
The follow-up novel to Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant fantasy novel City of Last Chances
Harry Bodie’s grandmother wrote beloved children’s books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids’ TV presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends…
[A] junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe –Provided by publisher.
Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth and Stefan Advani - rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor - bears witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new.
A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark award-winning author of Children of Time.
The seventh in the Shadows of the Apt series
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The eighth in the Shadows of the Apt series
It’s always idyllic in the village until the landlord comes to call. Because the landlord is an Ogre. And Ogres rule the world, with their size and strength and appetites…
In a sequel to Dogs of War, Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian’s head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet.
The sixth novel in the thrilling Shadows of the Apt series
For all the fans who loved the long-running series of Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series, comes the concluding novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s ten book epic fantasy series…
They face a hunger that could consume the gods themselves.
The fifth novel in the thrilling Shadows of the Apt series - following on from Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, Blood of the Mantis and Salute the Dark.
The first fantasy title in the Solaris World’s event. This launch title comes from best-selling Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky.
The fourth book in this epic fantasy series of war and empire.
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The first book in a brand new fantasy series from Adrian Tchaikovsky - a coming-of-age tale as a young girl must find her place in a dangerous world on the…
The third novel in the Shadows of the Apt fantasy series.
Gareth L. Powell’s first collection in nearly a decade. Gathering together 20 stories, including 4 that are previously unpublished as well as some of the author’s best-loved tales, the content…
First in a companion series to the best-selling Shadows of the Apt, gathering together short stories from disparate places and supplementing them with a wealth of new tales written especially…
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First published in serial form by Aethernet magazine, 2013 –Title page verso.