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Alien Clay

By Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky. 'Unputdownable' - Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind... Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person.... Read More
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When dissident 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 a master of science fiction.

When xeno-biologist Arton Daghdev is exiled to a 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.

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Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky.

'Unputdownable' - Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind...

Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an unfamiliar sky until he dies, his idealistic wish becomes a terrible reality.

Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem. Its monstrous alien life means Arton will risk death on a daily basis - if the camp's oppressive regime doesn't kill him first. But, if he survives, Kiln's lost civilization holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it - and might just set him free.

'Heart-in-the-mouth fantastic' - New Scientist

'Restlessly brainy and utterly involving' - Daily Mail

'The perfect gateway into what makes Tchaikovsky great' - SciFiNow

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035013760

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 276g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, and headed off to university in Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself, he subsequently ended up in law. Adrian has since worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds and now writes full time. He also lives in Leeds, with his wife and son. Adrian is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor. He has also trained in stage-fighting and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind - possibly excepting his son. Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel - and Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. This was in the award's thirtieth anniversary year.

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