Children of Strife

New out March 17, 2026

Children of Strife

Adrian Tchaikovsky

First published 2026Original language EN

8.18.1 / 10
Score out of 10123 ratingsConfidence 46%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
679
Pages
about 12 h
Reading time

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After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to 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?

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Reading order · Children of Time Series

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Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2015 to 2026 · Best-rated volume: Children of Time
  1. Children of Time
    Children of Time2015 · 2,012 ratingsStart here
    8.58.5 / 10
  2. Children of Ruin
    Children of Ruin2019 · 838 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10
  3. Children of Memory
    Children of Memory2023 · 485 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  4. Children of Strife
    Children of Strife2026 · 123 ratingsThis book
    8.18.1 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.3 across 123 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 46% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.3123 100%

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