{"product_id":"9781035057801","title":"Children of Strife","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey thought they'd found refuge. But paradise became a prison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling science-fiction adventure from the master of the genre, Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillennia ago, a maverick terraforming team played God with a distant planet. Now, generations later, scientist Alis wakes to a nightmare while orbiting this same world. Her research vessel discovered the abandoned outpost, but her crew has met with disaster - leaving her stranded with only Cato, the belligerent mantis-shrimp captain, and Kern, the ship's AI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttempting to rescue a missing shipmate, Alis and Cato must descend into the wilderness of the planet below. But the ancient terraformers left something terrifying behind. What horrors did they unleash? And could their last surviving crewmate become a greater threat than the world itself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe journey that began with \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e reaches a new, terrifying frontier in \u003ci\u003eChildren of Strife\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e has a fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off . . . Very much recommended'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Peter F. Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- James McAvoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Patrick Ness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exemplar of classic widescreen science fiction'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003csub\u003eChildren of Strife \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csub\u003ewas a\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003csub\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csub\u003ebestseller w\/c 30\/03\/2026.\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tchaikovsky, Adrian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56856846532994,"sku":"9781035057801","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781035057801.jpg?v=1787143449","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035057801","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}