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Adrian Tchaikovsky

(b.1972)

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son.

He is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and several stand-alone novels, including Children of Time, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

Awards: BSFA (2024), BFA (2017), Clarke (2016) see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

New and upcoming books

June 2024

Service Model

July 2024

Saturation Point

December 2024

Days of Shattered Faith
(Tyrant Philosophers, book 3)

February 2025

Shroud

Series

Shadows of the Apt
   1. Empire in Black and Gold (2008)
   2. Dragonfly Falling (2009)
   3. Blood of the Mantis (2009)
   4. Salute the Dark (2010)
   5. The Scarab Path (2010)
   6. The Sea Watch (2011)
   7. Heirs of the Blade (2011)
   8. The Air War (2012)
   9. War Master's Gate (2013)
   10. Seal of the Worm (2014)

Children of Time
   1. Children of Time (2015)
   2. Children of Ruin (2019)
   3. Children of Memory (2022)

Echoes of the Fall
   1. The Tiger and the Wolf (2016)
   2. The Bear and the Serpent (2017)
   3. The Hyena and the Hawk (2018)

Tales of the Apt
   1. Spoils of War (2016)
   2. A Time for Grief (2017)
   3. For Love of Distant Shores (2018)
   4. The Scent of Tears (2018) (with John Gwynne, Frances Hardinge, Joff Leader, Tom Lloyd, Juliet E McKenna, Keris McDonald, Peter Newman, Justina Robson and David Tallerman)

Dogs of War
1. Dogs of War (2017)
2. Bear Head (2021)

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions
   1. Ironclads (2017)
   2. Firewalkers (2020)
   3. Ogres (2022)
   Terrible Worlds: Revolutions (2023)

Expert System's Brother
1. The Expert System's Brother (2018)
2. The Expert System's Champion (2021)

Made Things
0.5. Precious Little Things (2019)
1. Made Things (2019)

Terrible Worlds: Destinations
   1. Walking to Aldebaran (2019)
   2. One Day All This Will Be Yours (2021)
   3. And Put Away Childish Things (2023)

Final Architecture Trilogy
   1. Shards of Earth (2021)
   2. Eyes of the Void (2022)
   3. Lords of Uncreation (2023)

Tyrant Philosophers
   1. City of Last Chances (2022)
   2. House of Open Wounds (2023)
   3. Days of Shattered Faith (2024)

Novels

   Guns of the Dawn (2015)
   Spiderlight (2016)
   Cage of Souls (2019)
   The Doors of Eden (2020)
   Elder Race (2021)
   Alien Clay (2024)
   Service Model (2024)
   Saturation Point (2024)
   Shroud (2025)

Collections

The Private Life of Elder Things (2016) (with Adam Gauntlett and Keris McDonald)

Novellas and Short Stories

Reading Between the Lines (2013) (with Janine Ashbless)
The House on the Old Cliffs (2021)

Series contributed to

Imaginings
6. Feast and Famine (2013)

Afterblight Chronicles
15. The Bloody Deluge (2014)

Monstrous Little Voices
4. Even in the Cannon's Mouth (2016)
Monstrous Little Voices (2016) (with others)

After The War
1. Redemption's Blade (2018)

Warhammer 40,000
   Inferno! Volume 6 (2021) (with others)
   Inferno! A Warhammer 40,000 Collection (2021) (with others)
   Day of Ascension (2022)
   The Long and Hungry Road (2023)

Warhammer : Age of Sigmar
Conquest Unbound (2022) (with others)
Web of Ruin (2023)

Books containing stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Best of British Science Fiction 2023 (2024)
(Best of British Science Fiction)
edited by
Donna Scott

The Utopia of Us (2024)
edited by
Teika Marija Smits

The Digital Aesthete (2023)
Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI
edited by
Alex Shvartsman

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Awards

	2024 BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction : And Put Away Childish Things
	2022 BSFA Award for Best Novel : City of Last Chances
	2021 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History : The Doors of Eden
	2021 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Shards of Earth
	2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Children of Ruin
	2017 British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel : The Tiger and the Wolf
	2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award : Children of Time

Award nominations

	2024 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Lords of Uncreation
	2024 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : City of Last Chances
	2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Eyes of the Void
	2023 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ogres
	2023 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ogres
	2023 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Children of Memory
	2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ogres
	2023 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Ogres
	2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction (shortlist) : Elder Race
	2022 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shards of Earth
	2022 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Elder Race
	2022 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shards of Earth
	2020 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : The Doors of Eden
	2020 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Doors of Eden
	2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Cage of Souls
	2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Guns of the Dawn
	2014 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Family Business

Adrian Tchaikovsky recommends

Vigilance (2024)
(Fractal, book 3)
Allen Stroud
"Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn."

The Mercy of Gods (2024)
(Captive's War, book 1)
James S A Corey
"A fast-paced, intelligent book. Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre."

Extremophile (2024)
Ian Green
"Absolute dirty-nailed cutting-edge biopunk. A world you can taste like a film of grime on the tongue. Phenomenally imaginative."

The Fireborne Blade (2024)
(Fireborne Blade, book 1)
Charlotte Bond
"A monstrously clever gem, chilling, dark and full of character."

Three Eight One (2024)
Aliya Whiteley
"Intense and consuming writing, constantly challenging expectations."

A Woman of the Sword (2023)
Anna Smith-Spark
"No other writer manages to combine such raw and visceral storytelling with so exquisite a style. A fierce and compelling story of love, life and loss."

Descendant Machine (2023)
(Stars and Bones, book 2)
Gareth L Powell
"A fast-paced and incisive story from one of the best British SF writers."

Nothing but the Rain (2023)
Naomi Salman
"A weird, moving, and utterly chilling story of human loss, fear, and the unknown."

Infinity Gate (2023)
(Pandominion, book 1)
M R Carey
"A fascinating window onto a dangerous and multifaceted universe."

Hel's Eight (2023)
(Factus Sequence, book 2)
Stark Holborn
"A real brutal tour de force, pulse pounding action and eye-opening ideas."

How High We Go in the Dark (2022)
Sequoia Nagamatsu
"A powerfully moving and thought provoking read. At times sublime, strange and deeply human."

Phoenix Extravagant (2020)
Yoon Ha Lee
"Fiercely original."

God of Night (2020)
(God Fragments, book 4)
Tom Lloyd
"Deftly drawn characters in an intriguing, action-filled world."

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (2020)
(Fractalverse, book 1)
Christopher Paolini
"A powerful piece of SF, with intelligent writing and big ideas."

By Force Alone (2020)
(Anti-Matter of Britain Quartet, book 1)
Lavie Tidhar
"A twisted Arthur retelling mixing the historical and the magical with a very modern eye. Brutal and vicious, funny, Peaky Blinders of the Round Table."

The Bone Ships (2019)
(Tide Child Trilogy, book 1)
RJ Barker
"The Bone Ships is excellent. Aside from the standout writing, it's one of the most interesting and original fantasy worlds I've seen in years."

The Beasts In The Arena (2019)
(Romanitas)
Sophia McDougall
"this is a magnificent series."

The Ruthless (2019)
(Deathless , book 2)
Peter Newman
"Original and engrossing."

Beneath the World, a Sea (2019)
Chris Beckett
"A disturbing descent into a surreal world, written with a deft hand."

Hidden Sun (2018)
(Shadowlands Duology, book 1)
Jaine Fenn
"A fascinating and finely written exploration of the human and the alien."

War Criminals (2018)
(Bastard Legion, book 3)
Gavin G Smith
"Fluid, fast and excellently written."

Lost Gods (2018)
(Lost Gods , book 1)
Micah Yongo
"Yongo invigorates the epic fantasy genre with his original and accomplished voice in the striking and throroughly enjoyable Lost Gods."

City of Lies (2018)
(Poison Wars, book 1)
Sam Hawke
"An enormously enjoyable read, one of the best new fantasies I’ve seen in a long time."

One Way (2018)
(Frank Kitteridge, book 1)
S J Morden
"An intense, gripping sci-fi thriller."

The Bitter Twins (2018)
(Winnowing Flame Trilogy, book 2)
Jen Williams
"Absolutely phenomenal fantasy."

Semiosis (2018)
(Semiosis Duology, book 1)
Sue Burke
"This is top class SF, intelligent and engaging and I loved every moment of it."

A Man of Shadows (2017)
(Nyquist Mysteries, book 1)
Jeff Noon
"A disturbing and bizarre journey by one of the great masters of weird fiction."

The Never King (2017)
James Abbott
"Engaging heroic fantasy in the vein of Gemmell and Gwynne."

Rosewater (2016)
(Wormwood Trilogy, book 1)
Tade Thompson
"A magnificent tour de force, skilfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas."

The Guns of Ivrea (2016)
(Tale of Valdur, book 1)
Clifford Beal
"Fast-paced, intelligent fantasy action. A fascinating tale of intrigue, magic and war."

The Mirror Empire (2014)
(Worldbreaker Saga, book 1)
Kameron Hurley
"The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters."

The Queen of the Tearling (2014)
(Queen of the Tearling, book 1)
Erika Johansen
"A fast-paced and original fantasy, written with a confident and accomplished style, with plenty of intrigue and mystery."

The Shadow of Black Wings (2012)
(Year of the Dragon, book 1)
James Calbraith
"Fast paced and full of energy."

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