The Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there
-- LEC Book ReviewsSuper world-building, great characters and extreme inventiveness
-- Fantasy Book CriticBreathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
-- Gareth L. Powell on Children of RuinA joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human
-- Patrick Ness on Children of TimeThe Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there
-- LEC Book ReviewsSuper world-building, great characters and extreme inventiveness
-- Fantasy Book CriticBreathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
-- Gareth L. Powell on Children of RuinA joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human
-- Patrick Ness on Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He’s also studied stage-fighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and table-top games.
Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award, Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel and The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
The Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there
-- LEC Book ReviewsSuper world-building, great characters and extreme inventiveness
-- Fantasy Book CriticBreathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
-- Gareth L. Powell on Children of RuinA joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human
-- Patrick Ness on Children of TimeThe Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there
-- LEC Book ReviewsSuper world-building, great characters and extreme inventiveness
-- Fantasy Book CriticBreathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
-- Gareth L. Powell on Children of RuinA joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human
-- Patrick Ness on Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He’s also studied stage-fighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and table-top games.
Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award, Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel and The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
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