A Beautiful Family

They thought theyd found refuge. But this paradise became their prison.Centuries ago, a maverick terraforming team played God with a distant planet. Out of their vanity and spite, something terrible and unexpected arose. Generations later, tormented scientist Alis is among the crew of the research vessel that rediscovers this lost outpost. But Alis wakes from nightmares of her own making to an all-too-real catastrophe on board. The rest of the crew has vanished leaving only Cato, the belligerent mantis-shrimp captain, and Kern, the ships AI. Searching for their lost fellows, Alis and Cato must venture into the darkness of the planet below. What did those ancient terraformers unleash? And will their last surviving crewmate become a greater threat than the world itself?The journey that began with Children of Time reaches a new, terrifying frontier in Children of Strife, from the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring epic adventure, first contact and the nature of intelligence among the stars. * * *Praise for the series: Children of Time has a fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off . . . Very much recommended Peter F. HamiltonBrilliant science fiction and far-out world building James McAvoyA joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human Patrick Ness’An exemplar of classic widescreen science fiction New ScientistChildren of Strife was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 30/03/2026.

Product Information

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 26/03/2026
Pagination: 704 pages
Series: The Children of Time Novels
Imprint: Tor
Published By: PAN MACMILLAN

Book Classification: Space opera
Dimensions: 164 x 241 x 61
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781035057788