Children of Time

A lot of people use the word “epic” when describing books, but very few come as close to the actual meaning of the word as Children of Time. What an incredibly sweeping story with huge emotional range too. It's also features great perspective-bending points of view and while often tense, morose, and critical of us Great Old Ones, the persistent thread of hope woven within keeps the reader turning pages just as the Gilgamesh keeps on flying. Recommended for anyone who loves a really big science fiction story and also is not an arachnophobe. Must love spiders.