Description
| Product ID: | 9781035013746 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Alien Clay |
| Subtitle: | A mind-bending journey into the unknown from this acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award winner |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Science fiction: space opera, Space opera, Father's Day |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating When xeno-biologist Arton Daghdev is exiled to an alien planet, he journeys through a dangerous and hostile wilderness. Yet on his expedition, he uncovers lost alien ruins – and the mysterious builders who abandoned them. Alien Clay is a page-turning standalone adventure from master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky. <p><b><i>Alien Clay</i> is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.</b><br><br><b>‘An intriguing puzzle with plenty of thrills’ – <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . </b><br><br>On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did they go?<br><br>Professor Arton Daghdev had always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way. His political activism sees him exiled from Earth to Kiln’s extrasolar labour camp. There, he’s condemned to work under an alien sky until he dies.<br><br>Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem like nothing seen on Earth. The monstrous alien life interacts in surprising, sometimes shocking ways with the human body, so Arton will risk death on a daily basis. However, the camp’s oppressive regime might just kill him first. If Arton can somehow escape both fates, the world of Kiln holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it, and might just set him free . . .<br><br><b>‘A warning for a future we don’t want . . . Highly recommended’ – Tade Thompson<br><br>‘Unputdownable. Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF’ – Stephen Baxter<br><br>‘One of our finest writers of SF right now . . . an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair’ – James Oswald</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-28 |