Children of Time
Readers rate it 4.3 (2K on Hardcover)
608 pages · Released Jun 1, 2015 · Tor
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Children of Time is a complex, ambitious science fiction novel that explores themes of evolution, survival, and what it means to be human—but it is fundamentally an adult book. While it contains no graphic sexual content or heavy profanity, it deals with philosophical and emotional weight beyond typical middle-grade fiction, including warfare, extinction, and the moral ambiguity of different species' claims to survival. The pacing and character complexity will challenge younger teens, though older teens with strong science fiction experience may find it rewarding.
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The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoc... The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New monsters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilisations are on a collision course and must fight to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?
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- Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Life on other planets
- Habitable planets
- Fiction, science fiction, general
- Planets
- End of the world
- Dystopias
- Survival
- Human-alien encounters
- speculative evolution
- Diverse Characters
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ISBN 9781447273288 · Tor