<b>The astonishing sequel to <i>Children of Time</i>, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.</b><br>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.<br>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.<br>But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed.<br>And it's been waiting for them.For more from Adrian Tchaikovsky, check out:<br><i>Children of Time</i><br>