Book description
Tchaikovsky's latest descent into the void delivers cosmic horror wrapped in the silk of evolutionary nightmare. Children of Strife doesn't merely continue the saga-it excavates deeper into the bone-marrow of what it means to be human when humanity itself becomes the alien.
The mantis shrimp captain's clicking mandibles serve as our guide through this particular circle of scientific hell, where the remnants of Earth's final diaspora collide with something far more ancient and hungry. Alis awakens to find her ship a tomb, her crew vanished like whispers swallowed by vacuum. What waits below on that rediscovered world isn't salvation-it's the reckoning humanity has been fleeing since the first ark launched.
Tchaikovsky wields his zoological background like a scalpel, dissecting the social hierarchies of his arthropod characters while building tension that gnaws at your peripheral vision. The spiders' alien logic becomes increasingly unsettling as their true capabilities surface, and the human survivors cling to their dwindling relevance like moths to dying light.
This isn't space opera for the optimistic. It's a funeral march through the ruins of progress, narrated by voices that may not be entirely trustworthy. The author's stage-fighting training shows in the brutal economy of his action sequences-every word strikes with precision, leaving readers breathless in the wreckage.
Children of Strife transforms the series into something genuinely terrifying: a meditation on obsolescence where every character wonders if they're the last of their kind. The answer, when it comes, chills deeper than any cosmic void.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience