Children of Time

Frankly, this blew me away. The story is fabulously nuanced, with your allegiances varying wildly from page to page (the final stages can give you whiplash). The thought that has obviously gone into imagining the culture and development of Kern's World is incredible. Needless to say, before this, I would have assumed you were nuts if you had suggested that a spider's sacrifice could bring tears to my eyes. This has gone straight onto my “recommend” list.