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Adrian Tchaikovsky
They're the super rich, the princes of capitalism, living off the deaths of the swarming masses and all too happy to see the world burn. In three critically-acclaimed novellas, Tchaikovsky…
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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 Gathering together 20 stories, including 4 that are previously unpublished as well as some of the author’s best-loved tales, the content…
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A fantastic standalone novel from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. When Lascanne falls under the shadow of its warring neighbour, Denland, Emily Marshwic is conscripted to fight…
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…
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.
Lords of Uncreation is the gripping conclusion to the Final Architecture trilogy.
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…
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. As the Wasp Empire marches towards war, city-states prepare themselves for siege against…
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The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. A terrible new power could see the Wasp Empire triumph over everything. It’s…
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. A hidden threat falls over Collegium, as Stenwold Maker prepares for another attack…
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. The Wasp Empire is closing in on an ancient city - but Empress…
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.
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.
Dyslexic friendly Quick Read for adults. Formatted with cream paper and larger spacing. Doctor Hendry has gone missing. His employers want answers. A imaginative mystery to be solved, which Adrian…
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…
Extras include excerpts from Red moon by Kim Stanley Robinson and Roswater by Tade Thomspson.
From 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.
Idris, an enhanced human, and his crew, 50 years after the destruction of the earth by alien aggressors, the Architects, discover something strange in space that many people would kill…
The ninth in the Shadows of the Apt series.
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes to its thrilling conclusion. The Empire is finally victorious - but at a…
A narrative reminiscent of Phileas Fogg meets Professor Challenger that tells of the exploits of scientist-cum-adventurer Doctor Ludweg Phinagler, as recorded by his (semi-)faithful assistant, Fosse. A maverick academic, Phinagler…
A distant planet. A game turned sour. A technological fight for survival.
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All roads lead to Underhill, where it's always winter, and never nice. Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children's books set in the delightful world of Underhill…
Bryan Talbot
A new book in Bryan Talbot’s award-winning science fiction graphic novels series, starring the legendary character Luther Arkwright
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, first serialised in 1978, is considered by…
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First published in serial form by Aethernet magazine, 2013 –Title page verso.
Harlan Ellison, J Michael Straczynski
An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.
In 1973, celebrated…
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In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse…
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a…
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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Book Two in this gripping fantasy series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Shadows of the Apt series.
The first book in a brand new fantasy series - a coming-of-age tale as a young girl must find her place in a dangerous world on the brink of war.
A fantastic standalone novel from the author of the Shadows of the Apt series.
They face a hunger that could consume the gods themselves.
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.