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Alien Clay
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between Ben Allen and Adrian Tchaikovsky.
‘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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- Anna Cherkasova
- 17-05-2024
this is so good
This book is all that I love: alien planet full of life, resourceful humans and great storytelling. Reader was amazing as well! Would recommend
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- stv9007
- 05-05-2024
an actual good book
classic Tchaikovsky just as good as any of his past work. there's so much rubbish in the genre I desperately need him.
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- Kindle Customer
- 31-03-2024
So juicy. Brain says nom
AT has been one of my favourite authors for years now. I have thoroughly enjoyed most of his books but not loved them all. At first I thought this would be a simple mix of ideas he's explored before, in e.g. cage of souls and the children of time series. However it turned out to have many delights all of its own. I was completely drawn in by the idea of Kiln ecology and the wonderful prose (I think he's particularly good at the narrator monologue) and settled in for a slightly old fashioned sci fi adventure that soothed my frustratingly itchy brain for many hours. Kudos to the performance which didn't try to do too much with it, but the pitch perfect delivery let the story shine. Lovely voice to listen to
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