Adrian Tchaikovsky · novel-series
Children of Time books in order
A far-future science-fiction series about humanity, uplifted spiders, terraforming, and the survival of civilizations across worlds and generations.
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- 1 Children of Time
Book 1 · novel · 2015
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home…
- 2 Children of Ruin
Book 2 · novel · 2019
'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same…
- 3 Children of Memory
Book 3 · novel · 2022
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.
- 4 Children of Strife
Book 4 · novel · 2026
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…
