Children of Ruin

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509865861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new 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. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction' Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)

Children of Time

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316452491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
Winner of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series! Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

The Bones of Ruin

Author: Sarah Raughley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534453563
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
"An African tightrope walker who cannot die gets involved with a mysterious society that's convinced the world is ending and is drafted into the fight-to-the-death Tournament of Freaks, where she learns the terrible truth of who and what she really is"--

Daughters of Ruin

Author: K. D. Castner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481436651
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
As a war begins, four princesses of enemy kingdoms who were raised as sisters must decide where their loyalties lie: to their kingdoms, or to each other.

Guns of the Dawn

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0230770053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673

Book Description
Guns of the Dawn is a pacey, gripping fantasy of war and magic, from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author, Adrian Tchaikovsky. ‘One of the best books I've ever read’ – Peter Newman, author of The Vagrant The first casualty of war is truth . . . First, Denland’s revolutionaries assassinated their king, launching a wave of bloodshed after generations of peace. Next they clashed with Lascanne, their royalist neighbour, pitching war-machines against warlocks in a fiercely fought conflict. Genteel Emily Marshwic watched as the hostilities stole her family’s young men. But then came the call for yet more Lascanne soldiers in a ravaged kingdom with none left to give. Emily must join the ranks of conscripted women and march toward the front lines. With barely enough training to hold a musket, Emily braves the savage reality of warfare. But she begins to doubt her country's cause, and those doubts become critical. For her choices will determine her own future and that of two nations locked in battle. ‘An engrossing story, beautifully told’ – SFX ‘Moving, gripping and wonderfully paced’ – The Bookbag

The Scar

Author: Sergey Dyachenko
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765367907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Book Description
"Originally published as IIIPAM in 1997 by ACT in Moscow"--Title page verso.

How to Ruin Your Child in 7 Easy Steps

Author: Patrick Quinn
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434709329
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this “how not-to parent” resource takes a fresh look at how the Seven Deadly Sins are the root of most modern parenting problems. Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick Quinn and Ken Roach show how well-meaning parents can ruin their children’s lives in seven easy steps (wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, gluttony, and pride). Quinn and Roach then offer a fresh counter-approach—laying a seven-fold foundation for lasting significance so parents can help rescue their children’s heart ... and future.

Redemption's Blade

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1786181517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347

Book Description

Creatures of Want and Ruin

Author: Molly Tanzer
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 1328710254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
This sequel to Creatures of Will and Temper picks up in 1927 Long Island, where Ellie West fishes by day and sells moonshine by night to the citizens of her home town. But after Ellie's father joins a church whose parishioners possess supernatural powers and a violent hatred for immigrants, Ellie finds she doesn't know her beloved island, or her father, as well as she thought.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Author: Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619635208
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 739

Book Description
Sarah J. Maas hit the New York Times SERIES list at #1 with A Court of Wings and Ruin!