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Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed ten-book Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and other novels, novellas and short stories including Children of Time (which won the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2016), and its sequel, Children of Ruin (which won the British Science Fiction Award in 2020). He lives in Leeds in the UK and his hobbies include entomology and board and role-playing games.

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Shadows of the Apt


A Fantasy series (2008 - 2014)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Empire-scale war with shifting loyalties
  • Spymaster games under mounting magical doom
  • Unlikely alliances racing to stop catastrophic rituals

Children of Time


A Science Fiction series (2015 - 2026)

Echoes of the Fall


A Fantasy series (2016 - 2018)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Shapeshifter clans ruled by rival animal spirits
  • Outsiders split between enemy bloodlines
  • Northern fantasy on the edge of war and prophecy

Tales of the Apt


A Fantasy series (2016 - 2018) co-authored by John Gwynne

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Eccentric scientists needling smug academic rivals
  • Ancient-ruin expeditions across strange fantasy frontiers
  • Skeptical assistant narrators with shaky loyalty

Dogs of War


A Science Fiction series (2017 - 2025)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Bioengineered animal soldiers wrestling with personhood
  • Brutal military sci-fi through nonhuman eyes
  • Survival stories built on outlaw alliances and radical cooperation

The Final Architecture


A Science Fiction series (2021 - 2023)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Washed-up war heroes outrunning a hostile galaxy
  • Artifact hunts amid interplanetary war and political scheming
  • Trauma-scarred characters in reality-warping cosmic horror

Elder Race


A Science Fiction series (2021 - 2026)

The Tyrant Philosophers


A Fantasy series (2022 - 2026)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Battlefield medicine with forbidden magic
  • Siege politics driven by dangerous diplomacy
  • Morally messy fantasy about conquest and impossible bargains

Terrible Worlds: Transformations


A Science Fiction series (2026 - 2026)

Standalone Fiction

Little Stacks of Science Fiction

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