Adrian Tchaikovsky Children of Strife Hardcover Book

God is dead. His creations are hungry. They thought they&rsquod found refuge. But their paradise became a prison. Centuries ago, a maverick terraforming team played God with a distant planet. Out of their vanity and spite, something terrible and unexpected arose. Generations later, tormented scientist Alis is among the crew of the research vessel that rediscovers this lost outpost. But Alis wakes from nightmares of her own making to an alltooreal catastrophe on board. The rest of the crew has vanished &ndash leaving only Cato, the belligerent mantisshrimp captain, and Kern, the ship&rsquos AI. Searching for their lost fellows, Alis and Cato must venture into the darkness of the planet below. What did those ancient terraformers unleash? And will their last surviving crewmate become a greater threat than the world itself?The journey that began with Children of Time reaches a new, terrifying frontier. Praise for the Children of Time series&#39I cannot recommend it enough&#39&ndash New York Times&lsquoOne of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction&rsquo Christopher Paolini&lsquoBrilliant science fiction and farout worldbuilding&rsquo James McAvoy&lsquoMagnificent . . . Books like these are why we read science fiction&rsquo Ian McDonald | Adrian Tchaikovsky Children of Strife Hardcover Book