Shroud

SKU: 9781035013791
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shroud

SKU: 9781035013791
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Hardback·Ages 18+·Space Opera
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Tense, atmospheric, claustrophobic
⚡ Pace
Medium, tense
🖤 Vibes
Hostile moon, first contact, survival
👑 Themes
Survival, communication, isolation, humanity
🧠 Mind Game
Intelligent, immersive
🔥 Hook
Two scientists crash on a hostile moon and must use every tool at their disposal to survive.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of Andy Weir, Peter Watts, Alastair Reynolds
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who love tense sci-fi survival stories with alien mysteries
After two scientists crash on a hostile moon, they must use every tool at their disposal to survive. Shroud is a tense, atmospheric voyage into the unknown from sci-fi master and Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky. They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back... New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists--and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud's inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud, they'll face a crew only interested in profiteering from this extraordinary world. They'll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all.

Book details

Format
Hardback
Reading age
18+
Pages
448
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Published
1 February 2025
Language
English
ISBN
9781035013791

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