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Children of Strife

Children of Strife

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Series: Children of Time #4

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A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky.

After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth's forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to rediscover one such world, and an ark.

Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship's intelligence are the only ones left on their ship.

But what happened to those who left to explore the ark ... and the world below?

Children of Strife  is the extraordinary next volume set in the Children of Time universe, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars.

Book Details

Publisher: Orbit

First Published: March 17, 2026

Pages:

  • Hardcover: 496

ISBN:

  • Hardcover: 9780316598965

Physical Information:

  • Hardcover: 1.53" H x 9.5" L x 6.25" W
About the Author

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Elder Race, Doors of Eden, Spiderlight and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.

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