Alien Clay

Tchaikovsky, Adrian

ISBN 10: 1035013746 / ISBN 13: 9781035013746

Published by Pan Macmillan / Tor, 2024

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© 2024: A stand-alone novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky. 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed by author to the dedicated 'signed by' title page:- Synopsis: They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind. On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It's the greatest discovery in humanity's spacefaring history - yet who were its builders and where did they go? Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way. His political activism sees him exiled from Earth' to Kiln's extrasolar labour camp. There he's condemned to work under an alien sky until he dies. Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem like nothing seen on Earth. The monstrous alien life interacts in surprising, sometimes shocking ways with the human body, so Arton will risk death on a daily basis. However, the camp's oppressive regime might just kill him first. If Arton can somehow escape both fates, the world of Kiln holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it, and might just set him free:- Review(s): "Unputdownable. Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF" - Stephen Baxter / "Serves as a warning for a future we don't want. Highly recommended" - Tade Thompon / "One of the finest writers of SF right now. An excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair" - James Oswald / "Adrian's firing on all cylinders in this one" - Ian McDonald:- (original cost £22.00).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alien Clay
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan / Tor
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035013746
• ISBN 13: 9781035013746
• Binding: Hardback: 9½" x 6¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Neil Lang
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New: A new, unread book
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Weight: 0.63 kilograms
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author 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.

‘A warning for a future we don’t want . . . Highly recommended’ – Tade Thompson

‘An excellent story told with Adrian’s trademark skill and flair’ – James Oswald

‘An intriguing puzzle with plenty of thrills’ – The Guardian