Children of Ruin
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4.2 • 771 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time.
Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth.
But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed.
Customer Reviews
A worthy sequel…
Packed with science and zoological details that make for fun, engaging readings, this sequel takes a darker tone. A little more homage to Ridley Scott’s“Alien” and Kubrick’s “2001” than direct relationship to the playful first book in the series - but still original and unique in its own right.
It’s a worthy sequel, adding new layers of complexity to the evolutionary heritage of humanity. However, at times, the author intentionally obfuscates the narrative, it seems in an attempt to imitate the scattered thought process of its main protagonists. Not as densely original as the first, but a perfectly enjoyable second serving.
Spiders, Mollusks and Humans, Oh My
Where to begin? We got three sentient species, two or three computer operating systems and several eras; the present, the past and the real far back past. And here’s the thing, save for the history, you will be transported into the minds, memories, thought processes and emotions of each and every one! I do not have PhD. in any of those things. This is a wonderful but very involved and complicated story.
Less humanity but more science.
This sequel lacks the tighter pacing and human characters of its predecessor, and in many ways feels like other science fiction sequels: it’s there for fans that want to see more of the original’s ideas, but for the people interested in a good story it comes up lacking in polish.
Still, the leaps and bounds made by the setting’s technology and civilizations is pretty cool! It’s hard to imagine where the next one will go.