Children of Strife - Signed First Edition

by Tchaikovsky, Adrian | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 26/03/2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom as part of The Children of Time Novels series
Hardback | 704 pages
234 x 153mm | 0g

Signed First Edition - Hardback - Publishes March 26th

They thought they’d found refuge.

But this paradise became their 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 all-too real catastrophe on board. The crew has vanished – leaving only Cato, the belligerent mantis shrimp captain, and Kern, the ship’s AI.

In searching for their fellows, Alis and Cato must venture into the darkness of the planet below. What did those ancient terraformers unleash? And could their last surviving cremate become a greater threat than the world itself?Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky‘Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building’- James McAvoy‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’- Christopher Paolini‘Magnificent’- Ian McDonaldChildren of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel w/c 24 August 2016