The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 16 books · 2008 to 2023

Adrian Tchaikovsky

FantasyScience fictionEpic and high fantasySpace operaHard science fiction

Adrian Tchaikovsky writes inventive science fiction and fantasy. Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, follows uplifted spiders evolving on a terraformed world; the Final Architecture is space opera about planet-eating Architects; Shadows of the Apt is a fantasy of insect-kinden peoples.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky books in order

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Children of Time

3 books · Set in invented worldsHard science fictionSpace opera
  1. 1Children of Time2015With Holsten MasonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Children of Ruin2019Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Children of Memory2022Buy on Amazon

The Final Architecture

3 books · Set in invented worldsSpace opera
  1. 1Shards of Earth2021With Idris TelemmierBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Eyes of the Void2022With Idris TelemmierBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Lords of Uncreation2023With Idris TelemmierBuy on Amazon

Shadows of the Apt

10 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1Empire in Black and Gold2008With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Dragonfly Falling2009With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Blood of the Mantis2009With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Salute the Dark2010With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Scarab Path2010With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Sea Watch2011With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Heirs of the Blade2011With Stenwold Maker and Cheerwell MakerBuy on Amazon
  8. 8The Air War2012With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  9. 9War Master's Gate2013With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Seal of the Worm2014With Stenwold MakerBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Children of Time

The Final Architecture

The Lowlands