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Children of Ruin: Children of Time Book 2

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Narrated by: Mel Hudson
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Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It is set in the same universe, with a new cast of characters and a thrilling narrative.

It has been waiting through the ages.

Now it's time . . .

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.

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.

But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed.

And it’s been waiting for them.

 First Contact Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera
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Children of Time was amazing but this is on another level. Chaikovsky is flirting with hard science fiction. Loved it.

Wow

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I thought the first book was incredible and the second book couldn’t measure up. I was wrong. This series gets better and better. Thank you Adrian!

Gets better and better

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This whole series is great! Intriguing story with really good narration. I've listened to the first two books back to back and am now starting on the third.

Great series

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I’ve liked other stories from this author but found this one too annoying to finish. I couldn’t connect with any characters. Certainly imaginative but ultimately boring. Stopped with 8 hours left to go.

Imaginative but Boring

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