SHROUD
'Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating'
- Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut
They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .
An utterly gripping story of first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.
New for this edition: The short story 'Sins of the Children', the fascinating prequel to Shroud.
An expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation.
They name the moon Shroud. But they never mean to go there . . . until a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to crash-land on its inhospitable surface in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting to survive, the two women embark on a gruelling journey in search of salvation. But Juna and Mai's tenuous existence is threatened by Shroud's extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, they'll have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible . . .
Praise for Shroud
'Evokes an unrelatable extraterrestrial world . . . keeps you guessing throughout' - SFX, 5 Review
'Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky' - Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific
'Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best' - Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon
'This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul' - Sue Burke, author of Semiosis
'Makes Andy Weir's vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort' - The Fantasy Hive
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
TCHAIKOVSKY ADRIAN
Adrian Czajkowski, quien firma sus libros con la grafía Adrian Tchaikovsky, nació en Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, y luego se trasladó a Reading para estudiar psicología y zoología. Por razones que ni él mismo comprende, posteriormente se dedicó al derecho y ha trabajado como ejecutivo legal tanto en Reading como en Leeds, donde reside actualmente. Casado, es un entusiasta actor de rol y actor aficionado ocasional, se ha formado en lucha escénica y no tiene mascotas exóticas ni peligrosas, salvo posiblemente su hijo. Es autor de las aclamadas series "Sombras del Apto", "Ecos de la Caída" y de varias novelas independientes, entre ellas "Hijos del Tiempo", ganadora del Premio Arthur C. Clarke del 30. Aniversario a la Mejor Novela de Ciencia Ficción.
