Thrilling, terrifying and fascinatingstrongTim Peake, British ESA astronautThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .An utterly gripping story of first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.New for this paperback edition: Includes the short story Sins of the Children, the fascinating prequel to Shroud.An expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They name it Shroud.Under no circumstances can a human survive on Shrouds inhospitable surface but a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to crash-land in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting to survive, the two women embark on a gruelling journey in search of salvation. But Juna and Mais tenuous existence is threatened by Shrouds extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, theyll have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible . . . Praise for ShroudClever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio s The Life ScientificCrunchy, conceptual SF at its best Richard Morgan, author of Altered CarbonThis is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul Sue Burke, author of SemiosisMakes Andy Weirs vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort The Fantasy Hive
