Hungry ants that want to reconstruct the world in their own image. Occult investigations into private clubs. A philosopher’s attachment to his beloved pet. A new definition of battlefield archaeology.What the homunculi do when the wizard’s away. A trans-dimensional theatre troupe. Murder by flower-arrangement. The infectious consequences of a fairytale wedding.A magician conjures Sherlock Holmes. What happens when the mining robots mine, but not for you. The ultimate polycu...

Humanity is overrated.**The tenth anniversary edition of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s critically acclaimed Children of Time – an epic story of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.Contains the short story ‘Bearable’ exclusive to this edition.**Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a ...

The highly anticipated sequel to the Hugo Award–nominated Elder Race, by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.On a planet where stories govern identity, where science and magic are merely a point of view, a fallen princess, a reluctant wizard, and a precocious child must unravel the past to shape the future.Betrayal, ancient myths, and a clash of worlds converge in this spellbinding tale of courage, friendship, and self-discovery from on...

Tales of the Apt is a companion series to the best-selling decalogy Shadows of the Apt (Tor UK), gathering together short stories from disparate places and supplementing them with a wealth of new tales written especially for the series. Together, they combine to provide a different perspective, an alternative history that parallels and unfolds alongside the familiar one, filling in the gaps and revealing intriguing backstories for many established...

**"A Ursula Le Guin-like grace... Ten out of 10." —New York TimesIn Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.**Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she’s an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still get...

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed, The Last Dangerous Visions was ...

* ARTHUR C. CLARKE AND BSFA AWARD WINNING AUTHOR *'A fast-paced, thrilling story for fans of science fiction with a dash of horror' - LIBRARY JOURNAL'A deliciously creepy, dark chiller that lingers long after its final twist' - SCIFINOW'For lovers of books like My Heart is A Chainsaw' - MAGIC SHELF CONTROLELENA MENDES THOUGHT SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT 'OLD...

‘Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating’– Tim Peake, British ESA astronautThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .An utterly gripping story of first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.New for this edition: The short story ‘Sins of the Children’, the fascinating prequel to Shroud

A special edition of Shoreline of Infinity published in partnership with the Edinburgh International Science Festival in 2018 on the theme of sustainability.Featuring stories abd poems gathered together for the first time.Can SciFi Save Us? – Jane YolenA Cure for Homesickness – Anne CharnockWinter in the Vivarium – Tim MajorCharlie, A Projecting Prestidigitator – Megan NeumannCharlie's Ant – Adrian TchaikovskyPigeon – Guy StewartCan...

Philip Marlowe meets Redwall in this superior adult noir tale, where all the characters are animals, fighting for survival in the city underneath the humans.In the solar cities of the future, the humans relax in the sun and the animals work in the shadows. Genetically engineered Little Helpers, serving humanity—unseen, unheard.Meet Skotch. Raccoon, PI—yours for a few buttons as long as the job isn't too illegal, whatever that means.

**In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming. The first in the Echoes of the Fall series, The Tiger and the Wolf is an epic fantasy novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.‘Addictively brilliant’ – John Gwynne, author of Malice**Maniye hides a deadly secret. Her father is the chieftan of the Wolf clan, whose members can shift into wolves. Her mother was the queen of the Tiger clan, whose members can take the form of a tiger. Maniye can become both.

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller returns to a world steeped in magic – and the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason, logic and 'perfection' to it.As the Palleseen's campaign to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world rages on, Eres Ffenegh – “the City on the Back of a Crab” – is the next state slated for conquest. But its citizens won't give up sovereignty easily.The siege has dragged into...