Synopsis
‘An Ursula Le Guin-like grace . . . Ten out of ten’
New York Times
Science fiction meets fantasy in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Elder Race. A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must break all the rules to save the planet from an unbeatable foe.
Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.
But a demon is terrorizing...
Details
10 October 2024400 pages
9781035071265Imprint: Tor
Reviews
Few contemporary writers have Adrian Tchaikovsky’s range, excelling at chunky far-future hard SF as well as high-fantasy epicsThe Guardian
Adrian Tchaikovsky: king of the spiders, master worldbuilder, and asker of intriguing questions. His books are packed with thought-provoking ideas (as well as lots of spiders; did I mention the spiders?). One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fictionChristopher Paolini
Tchaikovsky is writing modern classics and you should start reading them as soon as possibleTade Thompson
Tchaikovsky’s world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fiNew Scientist
