{"product_id":"elder-race-8728","title":"Elder Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Adrian Tchaikovsky's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eElder Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A Ursula Le Guin-like grace... Ten out of 10.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Elder Nyr isn't a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, and his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Adrian Tchaikovsky \u003c\/b\u003eis a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as \u003ci\u003eElder Race\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoors of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpiderlight \u003c\/i\u003eand many others. \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time \u003c\/i\u003eand its series has won the Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards. In 2024, he was inducted into the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame, and he has been nominated for the Hugo Award six times between 2023 and 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrian Tchaikovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52850225676573,"sku":"9781250768728","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/view_archive_4456f400-09e1-4811-be08-deb547676757.jpg?v=1788382207","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/elder-race-8728","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}