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Science fiction · Fantasy

Children of Ruin

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Long after humanity's first great star voyages, a new expedition follows a trail of old terraforming experiments to a planet where life has taken an unexpected shape. It sets two strange stories running side by side.

First published
2019
Pace
Medium
Length
Long
Pages
592
Format
Book 2 of 4 in Children of Time

Read this if you like science fiction that is curious about alien minds and how intelligence might evolve.

Skip this if you have not read Children of Time, because this builds directly on it.

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  • Death

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