Children of Time
2015 • 600 pages

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The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life.
But all is not right in this new Eden. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New monsters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilisations are on a collision course and must fight to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?


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#1 in Children of Time

Children of Time is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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Children of Time
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Children of Ruin
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Spider gender politics for the win baby!

Love the book. I havent read much sci-fi so I dont have much to compare it. That aside, its well written, beautiful concept and pulled me into it right off the bat. The pacing around the end of was a bit weird tho. Can't wait to read the next

March 16, 2024

I don't read about the books prior to reading them, in this case I wish I had. I don't like spiders, granted now I may look at them differently. Book was great, the end was meh

November 11, 2019

I confess I couldn't care less about the humans in this story or their struggles, but I never thought I'd ever care so much about spiders.

February 10, 2021

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