Shards Of Earth

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529051919

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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. Shards of Earth is the first high-octane, far-future space adventure in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture trilogy. 'One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction' – Christopher Paolini The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these ‘Architects’ simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects – but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy as they search for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, and many would kill to obtain it. Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent' – Stephen Baxter on Shards of Earth 'He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas' – Patrick Ness ‘Brilliant science fiction’ – James McAvoy on Children of Time

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Tor UK
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781760986346

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Shards of Earth: The Final Architecture Book 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

This high-stakes space-based adventure will be perfect for those who loved Children of Time, also by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these ‘Architects’ simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects – but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain it. Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky: ‘Brilliant science fiction’ – James McAvoy on Children of Time ‘Full of sparkling, speculative invention’ – Stephen Baxter on The Doors of Eden Shards of Earth is the first thrilling instalment in the Final Architecture trilogy - by award-winning novelist Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447273318

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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel. Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed 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? Continue the far-reaching space opera with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory. 'Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human.' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250197559

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The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

Bestselling British master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky brings readers a new, mind-expanding science fantasia in The Expert System's Brother After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn’t understand, searching for meaning. He soon discovers that the life he thought he knew is far stranger than he could even possibly imagine. Can an unlikely saviour provide the answers to the questions he barely comprehends? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509865864

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Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

'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)

Author : Beth Revis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101604076

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Shades of Earth by Beth Revis Pdf

The final book in the New York Times bestselling trilogy, perfect for fans of Battlestar Galactica and Prometheus! FUELED BY LIES. RULED BY CHAOS. ALMOST HOME. Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh—to build a home—on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all? Godspeed's former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're going to stay, they'll have to fight. Amy and Elder must race to discover who—or what—else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed—friends, family, life on Earth—will have been for nothing.

Author : Judith Merril
Publisher : New York : Dell Publishing Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UCAL:$B451142

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Daughters of Earth by Judith Merril Pdf

Author : Alastair Reynolds
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575088313

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Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds Pdf

BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history ... out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society. One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel. Eunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards ...

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Tor
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1529051908

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Shards of Earth: the Final Architecture Book 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

The first high-octane installment in the Final Architecture Trilogy, from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky.The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery...Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these 'Architects' simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete.Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects - but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy as they search for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, and many would kill to obtain it.Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky:"Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent."Stephen Baxter on Shards of Earth "He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas."Patrick Ness"Brilliant science fiction."James McAvoy on Children of Time "One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction."Christopher Paolini

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0316705845

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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared--and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects--but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1637990227

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The Final Architecture Trilogy Set by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, Lords of Uncreation) by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066138578

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Fragments of Earth Lore: Sketches & Addresses Geological and Geographical by James Geikie Pdf

Fragments of Earth Lore: Sketches & Addresses Geological and Geographical is a work by James Geikie. Essentially a collection of articles, it deals chiefly with the history of Glacial times and the origin of surface-features in meticulous detail.

Author : Alex Kirko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 107588974X

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Shards of Earth by Alex Kirko Pdf

One by one colonies on the edge of the Milky Way are turned into dark husks as Old Earth stalks from planet to planet, devouring all life. Terra Nox is next, and a covert agent from Old Earth is already making strides to ripen it for the harvest. Some know the truth and are trying to prepare defenses, but first they need to win a civil war. Blake Drummond leads a team made up of mech infiltrators and the Ascended--humans modified to be virtually immortal--to sabotage key enemy facilities and end the war in time. Yet there are forces fighting him, both the Old Earth agent and his former partner Tara Linheld, now turned counterintelligence. And with every day, Old Earth draws closer. Get Shards of Earth today to join Blake on his adventure.

Author : John Frazier Bonner
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781615798421

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Fragments of the Earth's Geology Or in the Beginning God by John Frazier Bonner Pdf

One Final Push is a dynamite devotional book full of inspirational poetry, testimonies, and other spirit filled writings. This book will encourage you and cause your faith to soar higher as it reveals the loving and patient heart of our Heavenly Father. You will want to draw closer to God and to know Him by His Spirit in a greater way. One Final Push is a prophetic book for this hour and will reveal strategic ways in how to remain joyful and steadfast as the church prepares for its One Final Push! Vanessa Bonner is an ordained minister and teacher of God's Word. She and husband, Ronald are founders of Families for Christ Ministry in Chocowinity, North Carolina. They have three grown children and three grandchildren. She is the author of the best-selling book, Help God I'm Single but I Don't Want to Be.

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497608993

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Shards of Space by Robert Sheckley Pdf

The classic sci-fi story collection features eleven tales of outer space adventure from one of the genre’s greatest talents—“a precursor to Douglas Adams” (The New York Times). In “Fool’s Mate,” a stalemate in deep space is broken by a crazy man and a set of fake orders. A new longevity drug may lead to an untimely end for its inventor in “Forever.” And in “Prospector’s Special,” a lone explorer searches the deserts of Venus in search of unfathomable treasure. In these and eight other stories, Robert Sheckley reaffirms his reputation as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in science fiction. Shards of Space also includes “The Girls and Nugent Miller,” “Meeting of the Minds,” “Potential,” “Subsistence Level,” “The Slow Season,” “Alone at Last,” “The Sweeper of Loray,” and “The Special Exhibit.”