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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
ViolenceBody HorrorDeath
Positive tags
AdventureFound FamilyMysteryHopeful Ending
Tropes
First ContactAncient Evil ReturnsLost CivilizationNon-Western SettingFellowshipHard SFUplifted SpeciesGeneration Ship
Themes
First ContactEvolutionConsciousnessLegacy of EmpireConnectionCooperation Across SpeciesScientific Discovery
Synopsis
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.
Tags
Hard Science FictionSpace OperaXenobiologyPost-Apocalyptic