Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British author, Mel Hudson a British narrator. Some of us across the pond find UK writing and/or narration a bit ‘off’. The word clerk is pronounced ‘clark’, the restroom is the privy or loo, etc. If you have trouble with the King’s English – take a pass. Also, if 3 meter hairy spiders give you nightmares, take a pass.

That said, if you’re a hardcore fan of bizarre space sagas, it has the elements. There are thousands of reviews that are stellar – you’ll have no trouble finding a detailed synopsis elsewhere. But, briefly – Children of Time is pure Sci-Fi. The book starts immediately in deep space, the terraforming of a planet, and sabotage. Following the sabotage, a lone survivor releases a nano virus that populates the terraformed planet with creatures of advanced intelligence. Did I mention the spiders are big. Really big? They have a war with ants.