Blood of the Mantis is the third novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky's richly imagined Shadows of the Apt series, following Dragonfly Falling. Stenwold must rally his allies for battle against the Empire, even as it seeks a dangerous artifact of enormous power. A dread ritual casts a deadly shadow .

Blood of the Mantis - Shadows of the Apt

Il y a plusieurs milliers d'années, la Terre a envoyé de nombreuses équipes dans l'espace en vue de terraformer de nouveaux mondes et de donner un futur à l'humanité. Arrivés à proximité d'une de ces planètes, les scientifiques à bord du vaisseau de terraformation baptisé l'Egéen découvrent, contre toute attente, qu'elle abrite déjà une forme de vie. Vont-ils surseoir à l'exécution de leur mission ou, envers et contre tout, rendre la planète habitable pour l'homme alors que la Terre n'a plus donné signe de vie depuis bien longtemps ? L'un d'entre eux, Disra Senkovi, est convaincu que des poulpes qu'il a élevés à la conscience pourront les aider à accomplir leur tâche au mieux. Et peu importent les conséquences. D'une inventivité rare et déployant tous ses talents de conteur, Adrian Tchaikovsky parvient à donner une suite brillante à Dans la toile du temps (prix Arthur C. Clarke 2016).

Dans les profondeurs du temps

Aux confins du système solaire, la sonde spatiale Kaveney découvre... quelque chose - une structure fractale gigantesque dotée d'une propriété étonnante : elle semble présenter la même face quel que soit l'angle sous lequel on l'observe. Vite surnommé le Dieu-Grenouille en raison de son apparence vaguement batracienne, l'artefact fascine autant qu'il intrigue, d'autant que son origine non-humaine ne fait guère de doute. Face à l'enjeu majeur que représente pareille trouvaille, un équipage international de vingt-neuf membres est constitué. Avec pour mission, au terme d'un voyage de plusieurs dizaines d'années dans les flancs du Don Quichotte, de percer les mystères du Dieu-Grenouille. Or, ce qui attend ces ambassadeurs de l'humanité défie tous les pronostics. Toutes les merveilles. Toutes les horreurs...

Sur la route d'Aldébaran

B>Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel./b>b>Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet./b>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?b>'Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human.' - Patrick Ness, author of /b>b>A Monster Calls./b>

CHILDREN OF TIME

From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin. They dreamed of a new home. They woke to a nightmare. On Imir, Captain Holt founded a new colony on an empty world. In the process, he created hope and a new future for humanity. But, generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and equipment fails, strangers appear in a town where everyone knows their neighbour. Now the inexplicable lurks in the woods and the community fears that it's being observed - that they're not alone. They'd be right, as explorers from the stars have arrived in secret to help this lost outpost. Confident of their superior technology, and overseen by the all-knowing construct of Doctor Avrana Kern, they begin to study their long-lost cousins from Earth. Yet the planet hides deeper mysteries. It seems the visitors aren't the only watchers. And when the starfarers discover the scale of their mistake, it will be far too late to escape. Children of Memory by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies.

CHILDREN OF MEMORY

The Hyena and the Hawk is the conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky's epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following The Bear and the Serpent.'A classically brilliant fantasy writer' - Paul CornellThe unmaking of the world has begun. From the depths of the darkest myths, the soulless Plague People have returned. Their pale-walled camps obliterate villages, just as the terror they bring with them destroys minds. In their wake, nothing is left of the true people: not their places, not their ways. The Plague People will remake the world as though they had never been. The heroes and leaders of the true people - Maniye, Loud Thunder, Hesprec and Asman - will each fight the Plague People in their own ways. They will seek allies, gather armies and lead the charge. But a thousand swords or ten thousand spears will not suffice to turn back this enemy. The end is at hand for everything the true people know .

The Hyena and the Hawk

The Bear and the Serpent is the second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky's epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following The Tiger and the Wolf.'Addictively brilliant' - John Gwynne on The Tiger and the WolfAs the south is in turmoil, an old terror emerges in the north .

The Bear and the Serpent

Beyond the familiar tropes of knights and castles, elves and dragons, there is a whole world of possibilities for fantasy literature. This anthology collects fantasy stories whose inspiration lies beyond the traditional medieval European basis. It brings exciting new stories and overlooked voices into the fantasy genre. This volume contains stories set in imaginative other-worlds where society can take many different patterns. Stories by: Tanith Lee, Neil Williamson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Phenderson Djeli Clark, Meghan Hutchins, Tom Fletcher, Melissa Mead, and more A girl stows-away on a ship battling to obtain scarce water in a world where the seas are made of lava. As dark forces destroy his city, a man has visions of a different life in a peaceful world. Which is the dream and which reality? Can an island woman negotiate a dangerous deal with death mages to silence the volcano that threatens her people? A shaman's young assistant is poisoned for discovering a dangerous secret. An investigator tries to decipher the message from assassins who use very aggressive flower arranging. Includes stories set in the worlds of Tanith Lee's Tales from the Flat Earth, Neil Williamson's The Moon King, and Tom Fletcher's Gleam. Enjoy nineteen stories of fantasy, adventure, and magic set in unique lands beyond the edge of the known world.

Myriad Lands: Vol 2, Beyond the Edge - Myriad Lands, #2

Dragonfly Falling is the second book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. Every hero must be tested .

Blood of the Mantis - Shadows of the Apt

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