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Children of Time

Children of Time

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  • Author：Adrian Tchaikovsky
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WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH？

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth， desperate to find a new home。 Following their ancestors' star maps， they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life。

But all is not right in this new Eden。 The planet is not waiting for them， pristine and unoccupied。 New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare。 Now two civilizations are on a collision course and must fight to survive。 As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance， who are the true heirs of this new Earth？

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Reviews

rickie fleming ，

ExcellentBrilliant depiction of alien life progressing through millennia， as human survivors struggle to find a new planet to live on。

Sheila Hooper ，

This was my first science fiction book I have ever read。 I found it hard to understand in places and found it to be drawn out。

Ben Yaxley ，

Its enthralling at the start， and then the plot grinds to a halt and meandes for the next few hundred pages。 I mean just get to the fuckin ant planet already。 And this aint joyful meandering。 The human bickering is childish and the spider politics ham fisted。 With the language so dull， it runs on the strength of the bug science alone。 75% through and I gave up。This'd be a good book if it were a few hundred pages shorter。 Its enthralling at the start， and then the plot grinds to a halt and meandes for the next few hundred pages。 I mean just get to the fuckin ant planet already。 And this aint joyful meandering。 The human bickering is childish and the spider politics ham fisted。 With the language so dull， it runs on the strength of the bug science alone。 75% through and I gave up。This'd be a good book if it were a few hundred pages shorter。 。。。more

Rick H ，

For me good sci-fi creates world（s） made real in nifty details that pass a basic ya I can imagine that happening authenticity。 This book nails it and I was on #teamspider from the get go。 Cool use of time， evolution and immortality as themes。 My only quibble was the virus’ name。 Dude like all viruses are nano…

Ruud Fray ，

From 9 to 5 or even less。 I was thrilled when I started to read this book。 Brilliant ideas， fascinating story etc。 but then。。。。。。 from page 122 on， such a disappointment。 Suddenly muteneers appear and oh yes， they all wear guns like in a western B movie。 They all are just stupid and one dimensial。 No long life for them though。 Spiders/ants kill them， bad luck， but very illogically some are executed。 One would think human life is valuable， they are part of the remnants of humanity， but no: bang！ From 9 to 5 or even less。 I was thrilled when I started to read this book。 Brilliant ideas， fascinating story etc。 but then。。。。。。 from page 122 on， such a disappointment。 Suddenly muteneers appear and oh yes， they all wear guns like in a western B movie。 They all are just stupid and one dimensial。 No long life for them though。 Spiders/ants kill them， bad luck， but very illogically some are executed。 One would think human life is valuable， they are part of the remnants of humanity， but no: bang！ There they go。 It's getting worse。 Guyen got made and made himself part of the spaceship， no， he wants to be the spaceship。 The ship is infested by his weird acting followers。 They remind me of the walking dead or the like。 Yeah， sure， the captain appears to be vulnerable for mental unbalance。 That's all？ No， Kern's gone mad as well and calls herself God。 Pfffff， all very far-fetched and no logic whatsoever。 Yes I will continue reading; I want to know hom it ends， but I will skip （a lot of） pages。 。。。more

Wayne Barrett ，

Best work of fiction I've read so far this year。This book hooked me from the beginning， and never let go。 There is a lot of patience needed to get through this 600 page block， after all， much of it concerns evolution， and it took quite a bit of patience to get me from swinging in trees to where I am now。 （confession--evolution is still trying to work out the rough edges on me。 After playing music last night and enjoying some alcoholic spirits， there might be some video circulating of me swinging Best work of fiction I've read so far this year。This book hooked me from the beginning， and never let go。 There is a lot of patience needed to get through this 600 page block， after all， much of it concerns evolution， and it took quite a bit of patience to get me from swinging in trees to where I am now。 （confession--evolution is still trying to work out the rough edges on me。 After playing music last night and enjoying some alcoholic spirits， there might be some video circulating of me swinging from a lamppost， naked， with one flip-flop on， and my guitar strapped to my back。）I see a lot of my friends have already read this novel， but if you have not， and you are a sci-fi fan， this book should go on top of your stack。 Unless you are 12， have no patience， or are obsessed with your Goodreads book count， take the time to enjoy this one。 There is a powerful beginning， interesting middle that pulls you in to the story， and a great ending。 Speaking of the ending; if I might try one more time to convince， I thought I knew of at least two scenarios that would take place at the conclusion of the story， and I was wrong。 The ending caught me completely off guard， and just helped put the exclamation mark on my opinion of the book。 Great novel！ 。。。more

Luisa ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I cried when that one spider died5/5 stars

Alex Vasilenko ，

Author found a way to keep an action for the whole 600 pages。 Once started reading， it was hard to stop。

Amitava Das ，

Excellent SF space adventure set deep into the future but with philosophical and sociological parallels that are brilliant in their insight to present human generation。 Exhilarating to the end。 Portia - the name will now be etched permanently in my mind。

Angela ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really don't like spiders so even by the end I just can't root for the spiders to win。 I wouldn't be able to get over the ew， must-squish factor。I could definitely see it happening in the far future that humanity is still split between between factions， in this case those who want to advance and terraform other worlds and those who want to be Earth centric。 No surprise that a final， devastating war happens that humanity barely survives。Meanwhile， Dr。 Kern escapes in a sentry pod after a hijack I really don't like spiders so even by the end I just can't root for the spiders to win。 I wouldn't be able to get over the ew， must-squish factor。I could definitely see it happening in the far future that humanity is still split between between factions， in this case those who want to advance and terraform other worlds and those who want to be Earth centric。 No surprise that a final， devastating war happens that humanity barely survives。Meanwhile， Dr。 Kern escapes in a sentry pod after a hijack suicide of her ship。 She manages to launch the nanovirus， but her monkeys （apes） crash and burn。 Instead， thousands of years later， insects and mainly spiders have evolved and have their own space-faring civilization。Every other chapter alternates between spiders and humans， and each chapter time skips quite a bit。 Since generations of spiders pass， we meet different versions of spiders named Portia， Fabian， Bianca， and Viola。After an ice age on Earth ended and uncovered a toxic climate， the last remnants of humanity launch on ark ships。 Holston， a "classicist" who has studied the "Old Empire" （Dr。 Kern's pre-nuclear fallout society） and knows how to read their language， along with commander Guyen， security Karst， chief engineer Lain （and Holston's lover）， and medical/science Vitas are Key Crew of the Gilgamesh。 They wake after 2000 years as they approach Kern's World。 Kern （in her sentry pod） defend the planet and tell them to go to another terraformed world。 They do， find it completely covered in gray fungus， but they scrap all old tech they find。 Guyen goes crazy after finding an Upload machine， starts an Aniara-style cult on the ship， and tries to upload his consciousness to the Gilgamesh ship。 Lain and Holston barely stop him。 More years pass， Lain is near death but they're nearly back to Kern's World。The humans think in Prisoner's dilemma terms。。。 they attack since their other options of being betrayed would be an even worse loss。 The spiders think in terms of "how can this be useful" and create their own mammal-nanovirus that basically reengineers human genetics to not think of spiders as spiders， but instead as their children。The book ends with Helena （Holston and Lain's great-great-great granddaughter） and a Portia in a human-spider hybrid ship setting out to answer a signal from what seems like another terraformed planet。Extremely imaginative storytelling about the spider culture， technology， lifestyles。 How they harnessed the ants and basically made them into tech （hope those ants aren't too sentient。。。）。 It's kind of messed up in the end that the spiders genetically modified humanity。 But at the same time， humanity genetically modified them to evolve。 To which I'd argue but the spiders would still be spiders if we hadn't！ To which you could say but humanity was so close to annihilating itself again， we constantly war against our own factions， all the spiders did was modify us to stop doing that。 That sounds pretty awesome imo。 Is it bad that both species' futures seem to now be forever blended， reliant on each other？ How long will that last？ 。。。more

Laura ，

I loved the premise of the book， but it started way too slow。 DNFing at 15% because it can’t keep my interest。

nina ，

dnf at 85 %this book had so much potential。 genuinely so much。 but i don't think the idea was depicted well。for the first eighty pages， i was completely confused。 i did not understand a single thing ; did not know what was going on， did not know where were the people heading and did not know what portia exactly is and what was she doing。 i even thought about dnfing it then and there， but i pushed through it and continued reading。 the rest of the book was alright， though for the majority of it， i dnf at 85 %this book had so much potential。 genuinely so much。 but i don't think the idea was depicted well。for the first eighty pages， i was completely confused。 i did not understand a single thing ; did not know what was going on， did not know where were the people heading and did not know what portia exactly is and what was she doing。 i even thought about dnfing it then and there， but i pushed through it and continued reading。 the rest of the book was alright， though for the majority of it， i was completely lost， not understanding anything。 in my opinion， characters were undeveloped， the plot too and there were just so many words and phrases that i could not understand for the life of me。chapters with portia and other spiders were so boring and dull， i even skipped a few。though i did really like parts with holsten and everyone else， they were quite interesting and not quite the classical "in space then heading down to earth again after centuries" 。overall my opinions are kind of split and i don't know exactly what to think。 i won't be finishing the duology， however i do think this book was alright。 would i recommend it ？ maybe， but not to everyone。 。。。more

Josie Breen ，

i can’t believe i’m crying over spiders

Jasper Oostveen ，

A long time ago in a galaxy far， far away。。。 Okay， that is a bit cheesy， but the bulk of this novel does actually feel like that， even though it takes place in Earth's far distant future， over a timespan of tens of thousands of years。 In short: This is one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read。The story starts from the perspective of Dr。 Avrana Kern， a scientist — hundreds or thousands of years in the future from now — on a human mission to terraform planets in other stellar system A long time ago in a galaxy far， far away。。。 Okay， that is a bit cheesy， but the bulk of this novel does actually feel like that， even though it takes place in Earth's far distant future， over a timespan of tens of thousands of years。 In short: This is one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read。The story starts from the perspective of Dr。 Avrana Kern， a scientist — hundreds or thousands of years in the future from now — on a human mission to terraform planets in other stellar systems。 World throughout the universe have already been terraformed by scientists to become much like earth， including vegetation， animals and oxygen， and her job is to land a shuttle of monkeys on the planet and then infect them with a virus that will accelerate their evolution so that they evolve into modern humans in merely a couple hundred years。 However， humanity is betrayed and the shuttle of monkeys burns in the atmosphere。 The virus still lands on the planet， and infects。。。 another animal。Tens of thousands of years later， the earth is dying， or perhaps dead already， as a consequence of human nuclear war。 Classicist Holsten Mason is part of the key crew on one of the last ark starships that spread out to colonize those planets that have been terraformed， hoping that they will be hospitable to live on。 First they encounter the uploaded conscience of Dr。 Kern， telling them — forcefully， by way of lasers and computer viruses — to stay the f*** away from her planet and her children。 Throughout hundreds of years， Mason is woken up and put back into cryo-sleep four or five times， but there is no other world for humans to live on。 In the end， humanity will have to go back to the green planet with the highly evolved animal species to fight for the right to live there。。。 But who deserves to claim this planet？First of all， I cannot believe this is Tchaikovsky's first attempt at science fiction。 The sheer ingenuity of the story of evolution over several ages; and telling the story from the perspective of evolving animals; these things show true innovation and creativity。 （view spoiler）[They are hunting spiders， by the way。 The four main spiders are Portia， Fabian， Bianca and Viola， and hundreds of generations of their offpring bearing the same names。 （hide spoiler）] The novel is filled with references and allusions to Classical literature， classic poems and novels， etc。 In fact， almost every chapter title is a citation or title of a past work that is apt for the situation in the chapter。 It gives the entire book a very literary feeling， more so than most science fiction I have read。 Moreover， the balance between tense action scenes， thoughtful world-building， and character growth is spot-on。 There was not a dull chapter in this book。 The last 100 pages or so， the final space confrontation between the species， constitute one of the most exciting battles I have read， and challenges the reader to ponder that perhaps — or probably — we are not the most worthy sentient species that will ever rule over the universe， or even over our planet。。。 。。。more

K。J。 Charles ，

I have been avoiding this because spiders。 More fool me。 This is an incredible （spider-filled） book， with brilliant imaginative sweep， terrible inexorable logic， spiders， incredibly high stakes， a fascinating look at alien minds， a depressing look at human ones， and a highly satisfying bit of play with gender roles and sexism。 And spiders。 So many spiders。 Aargh， spider。 In fact possibly what's most impressive about this book is that by the end， despite SPIDERS， I was actually rooting for the ei I have been avoiding this because spiders。 More fool me。 This is an incredible （spider-filled） book， with brilliant imaginative sweep， terrible inexorable logic， spiders， incredibly high stakes， a fascinating look at alien minds， a depressing look at human ones， and a highly satisfying bit of play with gender roles and sexism。 And spiders。 So many spiders。 Aargh， spider。 In fact possibly what's most impressive about this book is that by the end， despite SPIDERS， I was actually rooting for the eight-eyed horror machines。 Absolutely fantastic read， exactly what SF should be。 I went straight out and bought the sequel even though that has *also* got spiders in it。 And I'm reading it now and after that we won't mention the S word again， okay。 。。。more

Pete Miles ，

Enjoyable epicThis book is reasonably well written and manages to create an interesting setting。 The story / concepts feel both broadly familiar， and relatively unpredictable in terms of how things will turn out。 By around half way， I started finding the chapters strictly alternating between the two parts of the story， an unimaginative structure。 It felt a bit lazy。 It feels weirdly paced at times， but then it does cover many centuries！ There are some interesting ideas， written well enough for t Enjoyable epicThis book is reasonably well written and manages to create an interesting setting。 The story / concepts feel both broadly familiar， and relatively unpredictable in terms of how things will turn out。 By around half way， I started finding the chapters strictly alternating between the two parts of the story， an unimaginative structure。 It felt a bit lazy。 It feels weirdly paced at times， but then it does cover many centuries！ There are some interesting ideas， written well enough for the reader to be able to imagine such scenarios， however ridiculous。 The main human characters are broadly drawn， but sufficient to carry the plot。 I enjoyed the idea of people ageing differently， due to them spending different periods in suspension。 The possibilities with that are considerable for other stories。 You could have characters older than their parents 。。。。。and some very strange dynamics。 Overall I enjoyed this book。 It's big in scope without becoming impersonal space opera。 It's not great， but it's good。。。。and a lot better than many poorly written sci-fi novels。 Worth reading。 。。。more

Dalia Sara ，

It was a really strange kind of sci-fi。 I enjoyed it nonetheless。

Mary ，

Not 5 stars as it was a bit too long; I found myself skimming the arachnid chapters in the 2nd half of the book。 But a solid 4 for world-building， character names， and spaceship name。 Viola， Fabian， Portia and Bianca all appear in Shakespeare's plays， and Gilgamesh was the legendary/mythological Sumerian king who sought the key to immortal life。 Very apt in this context！ Also， this novel raises many philosophical questions， about what it means to be human， the nature of sentience， and humanity's Not 5 stars as it was a bit too long; I found myself skimming the arachnid chapters in the 2nd half of the book。 But a solid 4 for world-building， character names， and spaceship name。 Viola， Fabian， Portia and Bianca all appear in Shakespeare's plays， and Gilgamesh was the legendary/mythological Sumerian king who sought the key to immortal life。 Very apt in this context！ Also， this novel raises many philosophical questions， about what it means to be human， the nature of sentience， and humanity's fatal weaknesses of hunger for power and use of violence。 The epilogue sets up for sequels， which now I may have to read。 。。。more

Henrycarpenter ，

The author clearly loves arthropods。 I subsequently found out that he wrote an entire series of books on a fantasy universe in which each race of people have the personalities of different types of insects and arachnids。 So he clearly thought about how to contrive a war of species survival between humans and arthropods。 The sheer fact that spiders and humans would be on an equal footing like this just isn't plausible， but for the sake of the story， let's forgive it and move on。 I found Kern to b The author clearly loves arthropods。 I subsequently found out that he wrote an entire series of books on a fantasy universe in which each race of people have the personalities of different types of insects and arachnids。 So he clearly thought about how to contrive a war of species survival between humans and arthropods。 The sheer fact that spiders and humans would be on an equal footing like this just isn't plausible， but for the sake of the story， let's forgive it and move on。 I found Kern to be snobbish and condescending， repeatedly referring to humans as monkeys， and her whole behaviour throughout the book reeks of treason to her entire species。 The author doesn't portray her as an antagonist though， or even misguided， just neutral。 I found Children of Time to be an utterly enjoyable epic that took me on a voyage throughout millenia of a particularly bleak possible future。Pros: -The well-explored personalities of Karst， Holsten， Lain， and Guyen。-The inventive worldbuilding of the spider civilisation and how their technology differs from ours。Some of the developments onboard the Gilgamesh were very interesting。- The author forcing his universe to only have Slower Than Light space travel places a more realistic limitation on the plot than more lazy authors would have， who use FTL。Cons: -Each chapter does not begin by saying what year it is。 I would appreciate something like "Chapter 1， 5000 AD， Chapter 2， 6000 AD" or what have you。-Kern is collossaly arrogant， but the author tries to make her seem reasonable。-The scenes focussing on the spiders are written in the present tense， with dialogue done in italics instead of speech marks。 I understand that there's an important plot reason for this latter detail， but I found it jarring nonetheless。-The calamity that befalls Earth in Holsten's time isn't explored well。 Is it another ice age？ pollution？ plague？-The horrendous length！ 600 pages！Overall I give this four stars because of the sheer wow-factor of the plot， and the cons， while numerous， don't carry enough weighting to derail the book completely。 。。。more

Daniel ，

This is added to the select few mind-blowing sci-fi books I've read。 Sometimes when looking for sci-fi I want something far-future， or incredibly alien as the base。 Where the author explains something so unfamiliar and alien in language that I can understand。 This ticks many of those boxes， except that the alien is spiders。 No way to sugar coat it， intelligent spiders with a spider culture and spider technology。 Even with that interesting part it adds some background elements that there could be This is added to the select few mind-blowing sci-fi books I've read。 Sometimes when looking for sci-fi I want something far-future， or incredibly alien as the base。 Where the author explains something so unfamiliar and alien in language that I can understand。 This ticks many of those boxes， except that the alien is spiders。 No way to sugar coat it， intelligent spiders with a spider culture and spider technology。 Even with that interesting part it adds some background elements that there could be other intelligent critters roaming around that have their own issues as they evolve with their advanced intelligence。 The one thing I both enjoyed and was frustrated by was the alternating chapters between spider and mankind。 While I liked that the gap between the two narratives overlapped at various points of the books， you kind of always want to know more about the spiders。 But often breaking up the discoveries of the ways spider society operated with the familiar and sometimes unimpressive ways humans （barely） ran theirs was needed to build up the anticipation。 Also the fact that There there was always the tone that these two species were fated to be reunited - and human's tendency to instinctively smash critters - it was a good way to get us to somewhat sympathize with the human condition， considering Adrian spent a lot of time getting humans to sympathize with the Spider Condition。Overall a great book， can't wait to tackle the next in the series。 。。。more

David Sunderland ，

War。 Plague。 Mutiny。 Religion。 Discovery。 Evolution。 Social upheaval。 Children of Time has it all and is easily one of the finest works of fiction I've ever read。 This was one of those books that I just could not put down。 I stayed up way too late on multiple occasions because I just HAD to know how the saga would unfold。 The sci-fi concepts unearthed by Tchaikovsky are unlike anything I have every encountered and left me filled with a sense of wonder。 This is one of those books that I forever r War。 Plague。 Mutiny。 Religion。 Discovery。 Evolution。 Social upheaval。 Children of Time has it all and is easily one of the finest works of fiction I've ever read。 This was one of those books that I just could not put down。 I stayed up way too late on multiple occasions because I just HAD to know how the saga would unfold。 The sci-fi concepts unearthed by Tchaikovsky are unlike anything I have every encountered and left me filled with a sense of wonder。 This is one of those books that I forever revel in the novelty of the presentation。 Tchaikovsky frames a great deal of fascinating questions in a new light， using a different species to highlight the fundamental human condition。 Showing a species that grapples with social change that runs contrary to millennia of ingrained conditioning。 I love the idea that every new "society" - even a society built by a different species on a faraway planet - will still grapple with a sense of understanding and a need to find and place meaning in their every day lives。 The rise of a "religion" and the competing schools of thought that challenge the status quo。 All of these components make for remarkable storytelling。 *spoilers*I loved the way the spider characters changed from one generation to the next but kept the same names。 It was so interesting to watch the evolution through the generations， feeling like you knew each of the characters， even though they were all different。 Also， super intelligent rapidly evolving spiders！？！？ Such a fascinating choice to choose a species that is fundamentally so horrifying to humans， it makes the story even more enjoyable。 I also love how Tchaikovsky tries not to ascribe human qualities to these characters， carefully detailing the ways in which their environment and biological makeup frame their worldview。 。。。more

Kevl4r ，

10/10

Courtney ，

Spiders！ In space！Pro-tip: bring your kindle to Disneyland with you and then you can read in line。

Sarah ，

Lots of good things about this book。 Good ideas but by a quarter the way through I was wishing the author had gone on a creative writing course and cut out a lot of the boring detail。 I had to skim through a lot of the book and nearly abandoned it completely。 However I got interested by the humans again around the middle [SPOILER ALERT] when they got to the second star。 And then was bored stiff by the battles and then very disappointed by what I felt was a cop-out ending in the last couple of ch Lots of good things about this book。 Good ideas but by a quarter the way through I was wishing the author had gone on a creative writing course and cut out a lot of the boring detail。 I had to skim through a lot of the book and nearly abandoned it completely。 However I got interested by the humans again around the middle [SPOILER ALERT] when they got to the second star。 And then was bored stiff by the battles and then very disappointed by what I felt was a cop-out ending in the last couple of chapters。 However I will try another of his books - The Expert System's Brother - which is a reasonable 167 pages and not a monstrous 600 pages。A good thing is that I have gone through my 'to read' list and deleted anything with more than 450 pages！ 。。。more

Heidi Vedder ，

Got sidetracked with some other books and folks are waiting for it at the library so will check out again in the future - I liked what I read so far

Paing ，

Battle of survival。 When earth is dying humans left plant and now after a thousand of years in freezing mode because of which they didn't age now awake to habitat a planet， which is already habitat by another biological creature。 The book is mainly from the point of human and that creature on the planet。 The point of view of creature， shows how they evolved from a spider to their whole cities over a generation， keeping those same characters from the start， but just their philosophy keeping forwa Battle of survival。 When earth is dying humans left plant and now after a thousand of years in freezing mode because of which they didn't age now awake to habitat a planet， which is already habitat by another biological creature。 The book is mainly from the point of human and that creature on the planet。 The point of view of creature， shows how they evolved from a spider to their whole cities over a generation， keeping those same characters from the start， but just their philosophy keeping forward， not them as a whole。 This whole approach in this book's put forth brilliantly。 While reading， you never get off the road， and always excited to what happens next。 In the battle of survival， the final war takes place beautifully， the 100 pages makes this book's reading worth。4* 。。。more

Caleb ，

This might be my new favorite scifi book。 It lies at the intersection of what I liked about Foundation and what I liked about A Mote in God's Eye and Speaker for the Dead。 Great story and characters， and the book stays high quality all the way to the end。The audiobook narration was also good。 This might be my new favorite scifi book。 It lies at the intersection of what I liked about Foundation and what I liked about A Mote in God's Eye and Speaker for the Dead。 Great story and characters， and the book stays high quality all the way to the end。The audiobook narration was also good。 。。。more

Svetlana Angelova ，

I was not prepared for sentient spiders。 Also Holsten is such a boring character。

Dubby The ，

This was a very good book。 Super creative， fun and interesting read。Sometimes the author would use an overly complicated word for something， and that was I little irritating， but if this is my only critique， then I guess he did a lovely job writing the book。I would recommend this even if you are an arachnophobe like myself because the new perspective the spiders bring is part of what makes this so great。9。8/10P。S。 I am aware this is not how fractions work。

Hazel ，

An excellent story！ A fearsome adventure！ The author has drilled down into the most basic fears， failures， and triumphs of humans and spiders and created a truly interesting story about hubris， monumental & continuous failure， and evolution。 I'm so glad there is a second book！ An excellent story！ A fearsome adventure！ The author has drilled down into the most basic fears， failures， and triumphs of humans and spiders and created a truly interesting story about hubris， monumental & continuous failure， and evolution。 I'm so glad there is a second book！ 。。。more

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