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Also of direct sf interest is Ironclad ( 2017), an example of class-conscious Military SF in an impoverished Near Future UK, a soldier must attempt to rescue an elite officer, who has been accustomed to ride within his apparently invulnerable Mecha – not available to the lower orders – and to be able to think of War as a game played in the shambles of post-Brexit Britain. The Dogs of War sequence beginning with Dogs of War ( 2017), set primarily on Near Future Mars, unpacks dramas of class war and power politics, of a sort not unfamiliar to this sf venue the series features Genetically Engineered animals, and at least one sympathetic Cyborg. Children of Time won the Arthur C Clarke Award the loose sequel is Children of Ruin ( 2019), set in another solar system whose two habitable worlds respectively house a similarly uplifted octopus-descended civilization and enigmatic Alien life this won a BSFA Award as best novel. Space Opera action, and hints of a devious Forerunner civilization, fuel the remainder of the tale, in which it is discovered that a human-initiated Uplift experiment has gone awry, with spiders (rather than monkeys as intended) having been uplifted to sentience and Intelligence. The story traces a colonizing expedition to neighbouring star systems, at least one of which provides a too-convenient pre- Terraformed planet, apparently available for the taking.

Tchaikovsky became of notable sf interest for Children of Time ( 2015), set in a Far Future universe in which the home planet Earth is dying, though soon left.

The epic fantasy appearance of the series is modified, though not entirely transformed, by the fact that all the races in the long unfolding tale are insectile, or have at the very least insect-like characteristics, which intuitively befits the Steampunk aura of some of the worldbuilding. Working name of UK author Adrian Czajkowski (1972- ) who until recently has been best known for his long fantasy series, the Shadows of the Apt sequence beginning with Empire in Black and Gold ( 2008).

One day all this will be yours adrian tchaikovsky