Children of Ruin

Children of Time #2

by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mel Hudson (Narrator)

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Long ago, Earth's terraforming program sent ships out to build new homes for humanity among the stars and made an unexpected discovery: a planet with life. But the scientists were unaware that the alien ecosystem was more developed than the primitive life forms originally discovered.

Now, thousands of years later, the Portiids and their humans have sent an exploration vessel following fragmentary radio signals. They discover a system in crisis, warring factions trying to recover from an apocalyptic catastrophe arising from what the early terraformers awoke all those years before.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, Space Opera, Aliens, Fantasy, Space

565 pages, Audible Audio

First published May 14, 2019

About the author

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.