02-01-2024, 02:29 PM
(02-01-2024, 11:07 AM)Greg Wrote: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I thought this was going to be book 3 of the Child series but it turned out to be a completely different series.
A group of aliens called the Architects are back to send the universe. They are called the architects because they remake planets into wild and different shapes. One of their first targets was earth. But a group of altered humans was able to fend off their attacks and the Architects vanished. Now, one of the remaining altered humans who works as a pilot on a salvage ship finds another ship that might show signs the Architects are back. Suddenly, the pilot is wanted by all the different races in the galaxy for his knowledge.
The book was great fun. Tchaikovsky gives in to his penchant for weird life forms but they all really work in the book. The whole universe feels like an actual universe. I'm waiting on book two.
I just finished the trilogy and enjoyed it. Top shelf space-opera.
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