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Children of Time

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Narrated by: Mel Hudson
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Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Who will inherit this new Earth?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

©2016 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2017 Audible Ltd Fantasy Fiction First Contact Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera Interstellar Survival Dystopian Thought-Provoking Mind-bending Solar System

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" Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human." (Patrick Ness)
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Literally stayed up all night to listen to this, I listened for over 6 hours straight. It's so good.

Love this author

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It takes a master narrator for me to empathize with a spider or a whole civilisation of them for that matter.

A unique but believable universe filled with the all too familiar human arrogance and folly. The chapters focused on the arachnids perspective are almost alien but written in such a way that leaves us rooting for them by the end of the book.

I think I'm going to spend more time listening g to this gentleman's work.

It takes a master narrator...

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Thought provoking, well read and original science fiction. Look forward to more of the same

Excellent

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I was captivated by this story from start to finish. I couldn't get enough of the mutant spiders, the way they move, what they think, and in general how they differ. The plot was full of twists, turns and mystery. The story was highly original and covered some mind bending concepts. Had a long stretch not reading much and this has really got me back into the books, bravo!

Something New

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I don't normally enjoy female performances with the exception of the wheel of time series but the performer here is spot on on all parts in my opinion.

I read the auther's Empire in black and gold and read his bio so understand somewhat his love of the insect world and the immutable Laws of nature. This book seems to encompass all of this and there is at least one reference to those books here and I felt happy to hear it so far in the book.

The story doesn't go where I expected but it did go, and I loved it. I'm a little sad that the story ended when it did but it was awesome. A must listen. well worth your credit.

A Must

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Great book for sci-fi fans. Perhaps not perfect for an arachnophobic! However it was a great take on space travel. Leaving our dead world to try and start over again how would we fare? Listen to it and decide.

Fascinating story

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Took a little while to get used to the narrator, but after a few hours I was familiar with the voices of the various character.

Absolutely brilliant book. I can’t wait to get invested in the next in this series!

Incredible.

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Mel Hudson really does a good job with the voices and the seamless flow of the story naturally leads the listener on. A majestic tale.. Well done to the author!

An exceptional piece of story telling.

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lots of fascinating what ifs in this sweeping saga of humanity and llife from Earth.

epic sci-fi saga

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A well structured narrative that could easily have got lost across the epic time scale of the story. Genuine characters and a conclusion that is satisfying without being Hollywood sugary. A real opportunity for a second volume but something's are best left alone.

An allegory for our time.

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