{"product_id":"bxos6-children-of-ruin-9781509865857","title":"Children Of Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''Asimov or Clarke might have written this'' – Stephen Baxter, co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Long Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space – and a planet better left unexplored. Set in the same universe as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, this is a thrilling narrative from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has been waiting through the ages. Now it''s time . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeons 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd it has been waiting for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''Books like this are why we read science fiction''\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Ruin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Adrian Tchaikovsky''s extraordinary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewinner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378962759886,"sku":"9781509865857","price":39.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781509865857_a.png?v=1771483070","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxos6-children-of-ruin-9781509865857","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}