{"product_id":"shards-of-earth-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781529051896","title":"Shards of Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis high-stakes space-based adventure will be perfect for those who loved Children of Time, also by Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . .\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans  such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these 'Architects' simply disappeared and Idris and his kind became obsolete.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Now, Idris and his crew have something strange, abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects - but are they really returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain it.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky:\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant science fiction' - James McAvoy on Children of Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Full of sparkling, speculative invention' - Stephen Baxter on The Doors of Eden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Shards of Earth is the first thrilling instalment in the Final Architecture trilogy - by award-winning novelist Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175525122291,"sku":"9781529051896","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529051896.jpg?v=1662075149","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/shards-of-earth-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781529051896","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}