{"product_id":"children-of-ruin-9781509865857","title":"Children of Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Ruin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewinner of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eArthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with a new cast of characters and a thrilling new narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIt has been waiting through the ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow it's time . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAeons 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd it’s been waiting for them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48487787561175,"sku":"9781509865857","price":5.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/2026-04-19T183116.398.png?v=1776612690","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/children-of-ruin-9781509865857","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}