Name: Alien Clay
SKU: 56240298
Price: 770.00 TWD
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Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
ISBN: 9780316578974

Type

Physical Book

Author

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Publisher

Orbit

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780316578974

Synopsis "Alien Clay"

From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock the secrets of a strange and dangerous planet. The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst of a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go? If he can survive both the harsh rule of the camp commandant and the alien horrors of the world around him, then Arton has a chance at making a discovery that might just transform not only Kiln, but distant Earth as well.

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky, born Adrian Czajkowski on June 14, 1972 in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, is a British science fiction and fantasy writer. He studied zoology and psychology at the University of Reading and worked as a legal advisor before fully committing to writing. He is known for his series "Shadows of the Apt" and for the novel "Children of Time" (2015), which earned him the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016.

Other notable works by Tchaikovsky include "Guns of the Dawn" (2016) and "Spiderlight" (2018). His work spans genres such as science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has been awarded the British Fantasy Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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