Alien Clay

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What to expect

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .

Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter – from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky.

‘Unputdownable’ – Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima

Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an unfamiliar sky until he dies, his idealistic wish becomes a terrible reality.

Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem. Its monstrous alien life means Arton will risk death on a daily basis – if the camp’s oppressive regime doesn’t kill him first. But, if he survives, Kiln’s lost civilization holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it – and might just set him free.

This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between Ben Allen and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

‘Heart-in-the-mouth fantastic’ – New Scientist

‘Restlessly brainy and utterly involving’ – Daily Mail

‘The perfect gateway into what makes Tchaikovsky great’ – SciFiNow

Critics Review

‘This is what it's like to be sentenced to Transportation in a fictional futuristic world . . . The regularity with which Tchaikovsky delivers great books is astounding. Highly recommended
Tade Thompson, author of Rosewater
Alien Clay is convincing, compelling on human and cosmic levels, and unputdownable. With work like this, Adrian Tchaikovsky is fast becoming the voice of his generation in British SF
Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima
One of our finest writers of SF right now . . . an excellent story told with Adrian's trademark skill and flair
James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series
A hell prison on a hell planet with a thrilling, important message: only connect. Adrian's firing on all cylinders in this one
Ian McDonald, author of New Moon
Is Tchaikovsky propping up the science fiction industry single-handedly? He is so prolific and reliably excellent that I think he might be
New Scientist
Restlessly brainy and utterly involving, Alien Clay is as morally engaged as 1984 and as immersive as Avatar
Daily Mail
[Adrian Tchaikovsky] has created a wonderfully strange new world as the basis for an intriguing puzzle with plenty of thrills
Guardian
Imaginative, horrifying and always amusing, it's the perfect gateway into what makes Tchaikovsky great.
SciFiNow
[A] brilliant, gripping standalone novel, which reconstitutes numerous familiar SF tropes to create something thought-provoking, unexpected and at times unsettlingly weird
SFX Magazine, 5* Review

User Reviews

Book 4.7
Narration 5.0
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Narrativa com conceitos interessantes e imaginativos. Leitura recomendada.
ALJT 29/10/2025
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Erna K. 31/05/2024
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Another masterpiece from Adrian
dzuray 15/05/2024

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