Children of Strife
By Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Release Date: 2026-03-17
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky.
After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to rediscover one such world, and an ark.
Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship’s intelligence are the only ones left on their ship.
But what happened to those who left to explore the ark ... and the world below?
Children of Strife is the extraordinary next volume set in the Children of Time universe, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars.
Reviews
23rd Century Schizoid Nodan
4By d8thQuite a nice read, yet the Children are confused, petulant. Some of the divine psychology is just plain hard to follow. Long conversations among certified crazies. Never thought the shrimp of the hour would play such an important part in populating the universe.
