Shroud

''Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating'' Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut They 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 Shroud''s 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 Mai''s tenuous existence is threatened by Shroud''s extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, they''ll have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible . . . * * * Praise for Shroud ''Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky'' - Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4''s The Life Scientific ''Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best'' - Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon ''This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul'' - Sue Burke, author of Semiosis ''Makes Andy Weir''s vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort'' - The Fantasy Hive

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Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating in equal measure. A gripping story of survival and human endeavour against all odds. The most thought-provoking book I've read in a long time Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky Adrian
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9781035013814
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3501381-4
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk, FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, space exploration, Science fiction: space exploration, Hard Science Fiction, Space Science, Space, planets and extraterrestrial locations, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy, SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration, Science fiction: near future