The idea was to terraform a world to prepare it for human life (check, done), send in a supervirus that makes some creatures really smart (check, also done), and finally, land some Earth monkeys on it and watch them get really smart and do amazing things (whoops, nope, total disaster).
Many years later, a spaceship filled with the last humans fleeing a dying Earth arrives to the planet. The humans have been told the planet has been prepped for them, but there’s a whole alien civilization down there, and it’s not what anyone was ready for.
Children of Time is clever, fast-paced, and wildly entertaining. I had a great time reading it.
Recommendation: Read it! Strongly recommended. Good space opera fare.
Read it! and saw the ending coming but certainly, the storytelling pulled me along.
An instant classic to me, a truly amazing book! The “aliens” are absolutely fascinating and teach us humans a big lesson. Reading “The Three-Body Problem” now but after that one I will happily go back to this awesome universe to read “Children of Ruin”.
I really enjoyed this book. Children of ruin is just as good. Can’t wait for the third book.
This and Children of Ruin is on my TBR pile. The Tchaikovsky books I have read has made him my go to author.