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Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Narrated by: Ben Allen
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Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .

On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did they go?

Professor Arton Daghdev had always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way. His political activism sees him exiled from Earth to Kiln’s extrasolar labour camp. There, he’s condemned to work under an alien sky until he dies.

Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem like nothing seen on Earth. The monstrous alien life interacts in surprising, sometimes shocking ways with the human body, so Arton will risk death on a daily basis. However, the camp’s oppressive regime might just kill him first. If Arton can somehow escape both fates, the world of Kiln holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it, and might just set him free . . .

This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between Ben Allen and Adrian Tchaikovsky.





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Critic Reviews

‘A warning for a future we don’t want . . . Highly recommended’ – Tade Thompson

‘Unputdownable. Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF’ – Stephen Baxter

‘One of our finest writers of SF right now . . . an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair’ – James Oswald
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An imagination that stretches beyond. I loved the full circle insinuation that the mandate would become impossible when the Kilned earthlings return.

wow

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fabulous story and science fiction, very relatable characters. very good narration. well worth the credit, best Adrian Tchaikovsky novel for a while.
up there with children of time.

wonderful si-fi and narration

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well narrated book. the storyline was difficult to comprehend at first but started to flow excitedly once the had to walk back to the camp. thoroughly enjoyable.

an interesting concept

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Loved how it had me thinking along side the story - especially exploring alien life and different ways things could come about

Interesting exploration of alien life

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I simply didn’t have the perserverance to get past halfway. My wife said that I needed to push on but moving at this granular pace was eating away at my stores of patience.

World building to the extreme.

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Under researched. Repetitive. Plot takes a long time to do very much. This is not his best work.

Repetitive. Not his best.

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