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ALIEN CLAY

ALIEN CLAY

ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY

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Publisher:
PANMACMILLAN
Year of publication:
2024
Subject:
Science fiction
ISBN:
978-1-0350-1375-3
Pages:
400
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Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there.In the midst a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go? If he can survive both the harsh rule of the camp commandant and the alien horrors of the world around him, then Arton has a chance at making a discovery that might just transform not only Kiln but distant Earth as well.Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky:'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building' - James McAvoy'One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction' - Christopher Paolini'Tchaikovsky's world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi' - New Scientist

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