{"product_id":"shards-of-earth-by-adrian-tchaikovsky","title":"Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClarke Award, Shards of Earth is the first high-octane, far-future space adventure in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture trilogy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans ­such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen these ‘Architects’ simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects – but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy as they search for answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor they now possess something of incalculable value – and many would kill to obtain it . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback \u003cbr\u003ePublication: 17 Mar 2022, Tor \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529051902\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 576 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003epages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57762789917054,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781529051902.jpg?v=1785320792","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/shards-of-earth-by-adrian-tchaikovsky","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}