Children of Strife

eBook

English language

Published by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-58746-4

(1 review)

From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Strife is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time, Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.

In this epic adventure, we visit a far-future after earth fell, where ark ships had hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in earth’s forgotten past. We follow a ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain as they 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 …

From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Strife is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time, Children of Ruin and Children of Memory.

In this epic adventure, we visit a far-future after earth fell, where ark ships had hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in earth’s forgotten past. We follow a ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain as they 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.

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enne📚 reviewed Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time)

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4 stars

I quite liked this fourth book in the Children of Time series. I personally found the first book to be the strongest and then the next two to be enjoyable but not as tight. This fourth book works so well as a capstone to bring everything back together and tell a grippy story at the same time.

Structurally, I really enjoy the three different timelines being interspersed here. The characters and worldbuilding in each bit are all intriguing, and even though they all layer on top of each other, I don't feel like having these multiple perspectives of the same place across time takes away from the tension, either.

What really shines for me in this book are the characters. I love the squabbling five gods. I love Alis and Cato and their band of misfits. I love a tale about an unexpected captain on a generation ship to the …

I quite liked this fourth book in the Children of Time series. I personally found the first book to be the strongest and then the next two to be enjoyable but not as tight. This fourth book works so well as a capstone to bring everything back together and tell a grippy story at the same time.

Structurally, I really enjoy the three different timelines being interspersed here. The characters and worldbuilding in each bit are all intriguing, and even though they all layer on top of each other, I don't feel like having these multiple perspectives of the same place across time takes away from the tension, either.

What really shines for me in this book are the characters. I love the squabbling five gods. I love Alis and Cato and their band of misfits. I love a tale about an unexpected captain on a generation ship to the stars, fleeing a broken earth.

I didn't know what to expect from a surprise fourth book, but this was way more fun than I could have guessed.

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