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Children of time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Humanity flees a dying Earth for a terraformed planet, only to find it occupied by evolved species. A struggle for survival follows as two civilisations clash over the future of the new world.

Accession 32526 ISBN 9781447273288 Publisher Tor Books
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