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<p><b>'Asimov or Clarke might have written this' – Stephen Baxter, co-author of <i>The Long Earth</i></b><br><br><b>A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space – and a planet better left unexplored. Set in the same universe as <i>Children of Time</i>, this is a thrilling narrative from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky.</b><br><br>It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . .<br><br>Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time.<br><br>Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth.<br><br>But those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed.<br><br>And it has been waiting for them.<br><br><b>'Books like this are why we read science fiction' </b><b>- Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series</b><br><br><i>Children of Ruin</i> follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary <i>Children of Time, </i>winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative.</p>
<p><b>'Asimov or Clarke might have written this' – Stephen Baxter, co-author of <i>The Long Earth</i></b><br><br><b>A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space – and a planet better left unexplored. Set in the same universe as <i>Children of Time</i>, this is a thrilling narrative from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky.</b><br><br>It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . .<br><br>Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time.<br><br>Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth.<br><br>But those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed.<br><br>And it has been waiting for them.<br><br><b>'Books like this are why we read science fiction' </b><b>- Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series</b><br><br><i>Children of Ruin</i> follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary <i>Children of Time, </i>winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative.</p>