Elder Race

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'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 the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) and although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it). But Elder Nyr isn't a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, for his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon . . . Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky 'Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation' - Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima 'Tchaikovsky is the break-out star of contemporary British SF' - The Guardian 'Tchaikovsky's world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi' - New Scientist

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Few contemporary writers have Adrian Tchaikovskys range, excelling at chunky far-future hard SF as well as high-fantasy epics * The 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 fiction -- Christopher Paolini
Tchaikovsky is writing modern classics and you should start reading them as soon as possible -- Tade Thompson
Tchaikovskys world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi * New Scientist *

Author Bio

Adrian 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, and Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, while And Put Away Childish Things won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction.