

I’ve been slowly reading through his fantasy epic, the Shadows of the Apt all year. Over the past few years, I’ve read through many of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s books. But not all is as it seems, and the price of the strangers’ help may be the colony itself.

They possess unparalleled knowledge and thrilling technology – and they’ve arrived from another world to help humanity’s colonies. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.Įarth failed.
