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Alien Clay

Alien Clay

Tchaikovsky, Adrian

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Science FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0316578975
ISBN13: 9780316578974
Publisher: Orbit
Published: Sep 17 2024
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Awards: Hugo Award
From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock the secrets of a strange and dangerous planet.

A staggering, alien vision of deepest solidarity. --Esquire, Best of the Year

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there.

In the midst of a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go? If he can survive both the harsh rule of the camp commandant and the alien horrors of the world around him, then Arton has a chance at making a discovery that might just transform not only Kiln, but distant Earth as well.

[A] mind-expanding planetary romp ... Tchaikovsky continues to impress. -Publishers Weekly

A vision of extraterrestrial life that's as fascinating as it is horrifying. -BookPage

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