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Children of Time
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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Children of Time
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Publisher's Summary
Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Who will inherit this new Earth?
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life.
But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.
Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?
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- Trent
- 23-08-2017
Brilliant, thought provoking.
I loved the concept, the 2 different storylines happening side by side of humans and spiders and the struggles they both went through driven by the most basic of instincts of all living things, trying to survive.
The ending caught me by surprise and what a way to wrap up the story. Excellent book
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- Jase
- 11-08-2017
This really makes you think
It took me a little while to get the story. But before long I was hooked. It is a believable story in a weird way. I was getting concerned on how it would end as the author has you sympathetic to both sides plight. But the ending was great. I really enjoyed it.
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- Damian N. Hart
- 17-05-2021
What a fascinating story!
The 2 stories over such a long time period were awesome, especially the story of the other species - so alien, but making sense. I totally believed their culture. Excellent narrator.
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- Sam
- 24-01-2018
Fresh new take on extraterrestrial life
Loved setting and concept but struggled to finish as the build-up was long a the climax was delayed. However, it did leave me eager to listen to the next book 😊
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- Anonymous User
- 02-03-2018
It gets better at the end.
I struggled with it in the beginning. but the story gets better as it progresses and the ending is a suprise.
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- A Clark
- 29-10-2021
A detailed sci-fi spanning many lifetimes
amazing concept, but very detailed and need to be paying attention to the timeline!
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- Bruce MacDonald
- 21-04-2018
Excellent post-apocalyptic sci fi
Some really great ideas and wonderful story telling. Quite different from anything I've read before, but very good.
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- Michal Rames
- 09-09-2018
The perfect audiobook material.
The linear storyline makes it really easy to follow while the elaborate ideas and somewhat realistic circumstances result in pleasurable experience.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-05-2020
Mostly good, a little bad.
Loved the idea and overall loved the book. The author really captured the destructive tendencies of humanity and the impact that has all over a galaxy. My only real complaint is that at the times the book was slow; not boring - but slow. In parts it seemed like nothing was actually happening to forward the plot, a lot of background and secondary information. A lot to dredge through - maybe a lot of it will pay off in the next book. A detailed and lengthy story, which at times felt excessive but overall a bloody good read if you're into the genre. Will definetely be reading/listening to the next one.
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- James Prendergast
- 14-03-2018
Great immersive story and a satisfying ending
Was surprised to recognise the narrator as Mel Hudson from 'Hudson & Pepperdine' fame. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but she did a good job, although some of the character voices were a little indistinguishable. The story has suspense, a good cast of characters and an interesting theme without too much exposition. At some points I found myself thinking that the author's universe had a few logical inconsistencies only for the author to address them quite elegantly. Excellent Sci-fi
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