An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky in Cambridge

Schedule

Mon Mar 30 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Waterstones | Cambridge, EN

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We are delighted to be hosting Adrian Tchaikovsky to celebrate the launch of the eagerly awaited novel Children of Strife.
About this Event

We are delighted to be hosting the launch of the eagerly awaited follow-up to Adrian Tchaikovsky's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife!
From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Strife is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time, Children of Ruin and Children of Memory. In Children of Strife we visit a far-future after earth fell, where ark ships had hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in earth’s forgotten past. We follow a ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain as they rediscover one such world, and an ark.

Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship’s intelligence are the only ones left on their ship. But what happened to those who left to explore the ark . . . and the world below?
This event will consist of 45 minutes of conversation between Adrian Tchaikovsky and a soon to be announced chairperson, followed by 15 minutes of audience questions and then a signing.
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.

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Waterstones, 22 Sidney Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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