New Releases by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Future Is The Journey. The vastness of space, the endless ribbon of time, worlds beyond our own: humanity has always been driven to explore, to pass the horizon and enter the unknown. For too many, that drive is what ultimately destroys us. In three critically-acclaimed novellas, the "British master of science fiction" (Reactor) takes you into a mysterious artefact at the edge of the Solar system, to the very last day of time, into a world apparently born of children’s stories, with fearless – and sometimes hapless – explorers... and shows us why sometimes it’s best to stay at home. Collecting Tchaikovsky''s critically acclaimed novellas Walking to Aldebaran (2019), One Day All This Will Be Yours (2021) and And Put Away Childish Things (2023) for the first time, Terrible Worlds: Destinations gives you three glimpses of the limits of reality.

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.

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller returns to a world steeped in magic – and the Tyrant Philosophers'' campaign to bring reason, logic and ''perfection'' to it.

TERRIBLE WORLDS: RIVOLUZIONE In un futuro frammentato e feroce, l''umanità lotta per sopravvivere a mondi che sembrano decisi a schiacciarla. Dalle guerre delle grandi corporazioni ai deserti incandescenti, fino a un pianeta piegato da nuovi padroni geneticamente modificati: uomini e donne comuni diventano protagonisti di rivolte impossibili. Un soldato mandato a recuperare una potente corazza, un gruppo di giovani tecnici costretti a riparare gli impianti che tengono in vita i ricchi pronti a fuggire nello spazio, un contadino che scopre di poter sfidare gli orchi che governano con la forza del sangue. Tre destini diversi uniti dalla stessa scintilla di resistenza, tre storie legate dallo stesso filo: quando tutto sembra perduto, anche la persona più insignificante può cambiare il futuro.

Dnešek je prostě další dokonalý den na konci světa.Nikdo neví, kde byl, když kauzální válka začala. Vlastně si nemá kdo vzpomenout, a kdyby ano, nemá si na co vzpomenout; a to je celá ta věc v kostce. Byli jsme bojovníci s časem a rozbili jsme ho. To já jsem zastavil čas. Ukončil jsem boje, napravil škody, jak jen to šlo. Pak jsem přišel sem, kde je konec všeho, a dal jsem si úkol: nesmím dovolit, aby se něco tak strašného ještě někdy opakovalo. Nové odvážné dílo oceňovaného autora Adriana Tchaikovského – chytrý a vtipný příběh o cestování časem a paradoxech.

The Gods have returned to the world. Amri was a Rabbit, one of a tribe of survivors scratching out an existence in the blasted landscape of a shattered, poisoned world. The Seagull fight, the Pigeon trade and the Cockroach scavenge, but the Rabbit had one rule: If you want to see tomorrow, you run. But they didn’t run fast enough when a weapon fell from the sky and consumed their home, and now Amri is alone, in the company of a fallen god named Guy Vesten. A god who promises revenge against the three gods who turned against him, and who killed her tribe. But gods don’t die easily. Guy will need followers, like any god, and warriors to aid him in his quest. And if Amri is to find a place in the world that is to come, she may as well be standing at his right hand, as his priestess...

Hell City és el primer pas per a la colonització de Mart. A la ciutat en construcció hi treballen bioformes i humans modificats, els únics capacitats per suportar les dures condicions del planeta marcià. Malgrat les adaptacions ergonòmiques, el tedi i la falta de llum afecten en Jimmy Marten fins al punt que depèn completament de les drogues per no perdre el seny. Però una de les seves transaccions il·legals anirà de mal borràs, es veurà immers en una conspiració de dimensions inabastables i esdevindrà l''heroi involuntari capaç de canviar el rumb de la humanitat.

From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System.

On a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of Children of Time. They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . . New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists – and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud’s inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud’s dominant species. It also begins to understand them . . .

Set years before Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s all-too plausible short story navigates a world where humans are increasingly redundant. “Holring and Baselard value your contribution to our team” As one of the last non-robot employees at Holring and Baselard, Tim Stock retains a vital role in the human resources department: firing the multinational conglomerate’s remaining human workers. But the soul-crushing task eats away at Tim. As he watches the company replace his human colleagues with cheaper labor, Tim starts to question his own job security. After all, what use could robots possibly have for an HR department? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

En Rex és un bon gos. Juntament amb en Drac, la Mel i l''Abelles formen un escamot de bioformes, organismes modificats genèticament i especialitzats en l''art de la guerra, i obeeixen sense dubtar les ordres de l''Amo. Què passaria si es qüestionessin aquests mandats? Prendrien les seves pròpies decisions? Deixaria de ser en Rex un bon gos per fer el que li dicta l''instint?

From the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, this third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy depicts humanity on the brink of extinction—and reveals how one man''s discovery will save or destroy us all.

All roads lead to Underhill, where it’s always winter, and never nice. Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children’s books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids’ TV presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends in self-sabotage. His family history seems to be nothing but an impediment. An impediment... or worse. What if Underhill is real? What if it has been waiting decades for a promised child to visit? What if it isn’t delightful at all? And what if its denizens have run out of patience and are taking matters into their own hands?

JSEM SÁM. MÁM STRACH. VE TMĚ ČÍHÁ NĚCO STRAŠLIVÉHO. Jmenuji se Gary Rendell. Jsem astronaut. Když se mě jako kluka ptali, čím chci být, až vyrostu, odpovídal jsem: "Astronautem, prosím!" Snil jsem o tom, že se stanu astronautem, studoval a pracoval jsem jako astronaut. Když sonda zkoumající Oortův oblak našla podivnou mimozemskou skálu a byl vyslán mezinárodní tým vědců, aby tu záhadu letěl odhalit, stal jsem se členem posádky. Myslel jsem si, jakou mám kliku. Měl jsem ještě větší kliku, když došlo ke katastrofě, náš tým se rozdělil a zabloudil v nekonečných chladných tunelech. Já jsem nějak přežil. Teď jsem ztracený, sám a vyděšený, a ve tmě číhá něco strašlivého. Mám kliku. Takovou. Nehoráznou. Kliku.

La Terre est au plus mal... Ses derniers habitants n’ont plus qu’un seul espoir : coloniser le ''Monde de Kern'', une planète lointaine, spécialement terraformée pour l’espèce humaine. Mais sur ce ''monde vert'' paradisiaque, tout ne s’est pas déroulé comme les scientifiques s’y attendaient. Une autre espèce que celle qui était prévue, aidée par un nanovirus, s’est parfaitement adaptée à ce nouvel environnement et elle n’a pas du tout l’intention de laisser sa place. Le choc de deux civilisations aussi différentes que possible semble inévitable. Qui seront donc les héritiers de l’ancienne Terre? Qui sortira vainqueur du piège tendu par la toile du temps? Premier roman de l’auteur paru en France, Dans la toile du temps s’inscrit dans la lignée du cycle de L’Élévation de David Brin. Il nous fait découvrir l’évolution d’une civilisation radicalement autre et sa confrontation inévitable avec l''espèce humaine. Le roman a reçu le prix Arthur C. Clarke en 2016.

2024 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST, BEST FANTASY NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL ''Endlessly creative... so much invention peeking around every corner'' Patrick Ness Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky''s triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched poor and the burden of its ancient curse. What will be the spark that lights the conflagration? Despite the city''s refugees, wanderers, murderers, madmen, fanatics and thieves, the catalyst, as always, will be the Anchorwood – that dark grove of trees, that primeval remnant, that portal, when the moon is full, to strange and distant shores. Ilmar, some say, is the worst place in the world and the gateway to a thousand worse places. Ilmar, City of Long Shadows. City of Bad Decisions. City of Last Chances. ''Ilmar is vividly alive with ideas, conflicts, and a sense of its own history – a truly breathtaking fantasy city, down every street a compelling story.'' David Towsey ''A master at the height of his powers. This is epic symphonic fantasy, weaving a breakneck plot through a sumptuously dangerous world.'' Ian Green ''A wonderful twisty stew of a book with a cast of fascinating characters, set against the brilliantly realized city of Ilmar.'' Django Wexler ''A triumph of a book: wildly imaginative, immediately immersive and hypnotically compelling.'' Sharon Emmerichs

From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Children of Time comes an unparalleled narrative of alien contact and human discovery in this follow-up to Children of Ruin. Earth is failing. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carry its precious human cargo to a potential new Eden. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost.Then Liff, Holt''s granddaughter, hears whispers that the strangers in town aren''t from neighbouring farmland. That they possess unparalleled technology - and that they''ve arrived from another world . But not all questions are so easily answered, and their price may be the colony itself...Children of Memory by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies, and the unmissable follow-up to Children of Time and Children of Ruin.

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?

In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming. Maniye''s father is the Wolf clan''s chieftain, but she''s an outcast. Her mother was queen of the Tiger and these tribes have been enemies for generations. Maniye also hides a deadly secret. All can shift into their clan''s animal form, but Maniye can take on tiger and wolf shapes. She refuses to disown half her soul, so escapes, rescuing a prisoner of the Wolf clan in the process. The killer Broken Axe is set on their trail, to drag them back for retribution. Maniye''s father plots to rule the north, and controlling his daughter is crucial to his schemes. However, other tribes also prepare for strife. Strangers from the far south appear too, seeking allies in their own conflict. It''s a season for omens as priests foresee danger, and a darkness falling across the land. Some say a great war is coming, overshadowing even Wolf ambitions. A time of testing and broken laws is near, but what spark will set the world ablaze?

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man''s discovery will save or destroy us all. After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe. Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer. Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What Idris discovers there will change everything.

Ogres are bigger than you. Ogres are stronger than you. Ogres rule the world. It’s always idyllic in the village until the landlord comes to call. Because the landlord is an Ogre. And Ogres rule the world, with their size and strength and appetites. It’s always been that way. It’s the natural order of the world. And they only eat people sometimes. But when the headman’s son, Torquell, dares lift his hand against the landlord’s son, he sets himself on a path to learn the terrible truth about the Ogres, and about the dark sciences that ensured their rule.

Aux confins du Système solaire, la sonde spatiale Kaveney découvre... quelque chose — une structure fractale gigantesque dotée d’une propriété étonnante : elle semble présenter la même face quel que soit l’angle sous lequel on l’observe. Vite surnommé le Dieu-Grenouille en raison de son apparence vaguement batracienne, l’artefact fascine autant qu’il intrigue, d’autant que son origine non-humaine ne fait guère de doute. Face à l’enjeu majeur que représente pareille trouvaille, un équipage international de vingt-neuf membres est constitué. Avec pour mission, au terme d’un voyage de plusieurs dizaines d’années dans les flancs du Don Quichotte, de percer les mystères du Dieu-Grenouille. Or, ce qui attend ces ambassadeurs de l’humanité défie tous les pronostics. Toutes les merveilles. Toutes les horreurs...

Achaeos the seer has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, driven by the ghosts of the legendary Darakyon. But he has only days before this magical artifact will be lost to him forever . . . Meanwhile, the Empire''s dread forces are mustering for their next great offensive. Stenwold and followers have only a short time to gather allies, before the enemy''s soldiers march again - conquering everything in their path. If Stenwold cannot hold them back, the hated black and gold flag will fly over every city in the Lowlands before the year''s end.

The bold new work from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky - a smart, funny tale of time-travel and paradox Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day. Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we broke time. I was the one who ended it. Ended the fighting, tidied up the damage as much as I could. Then I came here, to the end of it all, and gave myself a mission: to never let it happen again.

The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace and prosperity for decades, hailed as bastions of civilization and sophistication. That peace is about to end. Far from the Lowlands, an ancient empire has been conquering city after city with its highly trained armies and sophisticated combat techniques. Now it''s set its sights on a new prize. Only the ageing Stenwold Maker ? spymaster, artificer and statesman ? can see the threat. So it falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of his people. For war will sweep across their lands, burning away everything in its path. Yet first, he must stop himself from becoming the empire''s latest victim.

In Adrian Tchaikovsky''s The Expert System''s Champion, sometimes the ones you hate are the only ones that can save you. It''s been ten years since Handry was wrenched away from his family and friends, forced to wander a world he no longer understood. But with the help of the Ancients, he has cobbled together a life, of sorts, for himself and his fellow outcasts. Wandering from village to village, welcoming the folk that the townships abandon, fighting the monsters the villagers cannot—or dare not—his ever-growing band of misfits has become the stuff of legend, a story told by parents to keep unruly children in line. But there is something new and dangerous in the world, and the beasts of the land are acting against their nature, destroying the towns they once left in peace. And for the first time in memory, the Ancients have no wisdom to offer... At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide. They thought we were safe. They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back. Lee thought she''d lost Mal, but now she''s miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal''s reappearance hasn''t gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn''t the only one with questions. Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor. Dr Khan''s research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through. "Tchaikovsky weaves a masterful tale... a suspenseful joyride through the multiverse." (Booklist)