What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?
Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award.
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity's fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy's greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.
The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.
Idris spent decades running from the last war's horrors. Yet as an Intermediary, altered to navigate deep space, he's one of humanity's only weapons. He's therefore forced back into action. With a handful of allies, Idris must find something - anything - to stop the Architects' pitiless advance. But to do so, he must return to the nightmare of unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What he discovers there will change everything.
'One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction' - Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal Noise
Readers love Eyes of the Void:
'The writing is pacy, the science superb, and the characters complex and hugely engaging'
'A rollercoaster, couldn't put it down'
'He captures the intricacy and scale of a fully formed universe with style and pace'
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A thoughtful, sweeping space adventure -- <i>SFX Magazine</i> on <i>Shards of Earth</i> A rip-roaring space opera featuring starship battles, genetically enhanced superhumans and multiple weird and wonderful aliens . . . I can't wait to read the next one -- <i>New Scientist</i> on <i>Shards of Earth</i> Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers -- Gareth L. Powell, author of the Embers of War series, on <i>Children of Ruin</i> Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent -- Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on <i>Shards of Earth</i> He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas -- Patrick Ness, author of <i>The Knife of Never Letting Go</i> and <i>A Monster Calls</i>, on <i>Shards of Earth</i> Adrian Tchaikovsky turns the HP Lovecraft dial to 11 -- <i>The Times</i>, Best Science Fiction Books 2021, on <i>Shards of Earth</i> Tchaikovsky has consolidated his position as the finest purveyor of high-quality space opera around . . . deft and clever, expansive and readable, all informed by Tchaikovsky's superbly baroque imaginative fecundity -- <i>The Guardian</i>, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books 2021, on <i>Shards of Earth</i> One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction -- Christopher Paolini, author of <i>To Sleep in a Sea of Stars</i> and <i>Fractal Noise</i>
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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978-1-5290-5196-4 (9781529051964)
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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.
