Alien Clay

Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. An intriguing puzzle with plenty of thrills The GuardianThey travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It s the greatest discovery in humanity s spacefaring history yet who were its builders and where did they go?Professor Arton Daghdev had always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way. His political activism sees him exiled from Earth to Kiln s extrasolar labour camp. There, he s condemned to work under an alien sky until he dies. Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem like nothing seen on Earth. The monstrous alien life interacts in surprising, sometimes shocking ways with the human body, so Arton will risk death on a daily basis. However, the camp s oppressive regime might just kill him first. If Arton can somehow escape both fates, the world of Kiln holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it, and might just set him free . . . A warning for a future we don t want . . . Highly recommended Tade Thompson Unputdownable. Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF Stephen Baxter One of our finest writers of SF right now . . . an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair James Oswald