Adrian Tchaikovsky Books In Order
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Empire in Black and Gold | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dragonfly Falling | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Blood of the Mantis | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Salute the Dark | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Scarab Path | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Sea Watch | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Heirs of the Blade | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Air War | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
War Master's Gate | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Seal of the Worm | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Children of Time Books
Children of Time | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Children of Ruin | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Children of Memory | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Dogs of War Books
Dogs of War | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bear Head | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Echoes of the Fall Books
The Tiger and the Wolf | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Bear and the Serpent | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Hyena and the Hawk | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Expert System Books
The Expert System's Brother | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Expert System’s Champion | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Final Architecture Books
Shards of Earth | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Eyes of the Void | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lords of Uncreation | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Tales of the Apt Books
Grimdark Magazine: Issue #1 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Spoils of War | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
A Time for Grief | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
For Love of Distant Shores | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Scent of Tears | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of The Tyrant Philosophers Books
City of Last Chances | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
House of Open Wounds | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Days of Shattered Faith | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of After The War Books
Redemption's Blade | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Salvation's Fire | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Tales of Catt and Fisher | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Made Things Books
Precious Little Things | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Made Things | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Imaginings Books
Colder Greyer Stones | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Last and First Contacts | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Stories from the Northern Road | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Objects in Dreams | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Microcosmos | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Feast and Famine | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Twember | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Strange Visitors | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Saint Rebor | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Sleeps With Angels | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Light Warden | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Mementoes | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Terrible Worlds: Destinations Books
Walking to Aldebaran | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
One Day All This Will Be Yours | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
And Put Away Childish Things | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Terrible Worlds: Revolutions Books
Ironclads | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Firewalkers | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ogres | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Guns of the Dawn | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spiderlight | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cage of Souls | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Doors of Eden | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
All the Shards of Earth | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elder Race | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Day of Ascension | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Alien Clay | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Service Model | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Saturation Point | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Shroud | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Family Business | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Low Energy Economy | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Long and Hungry Road | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Terrible Worlds: Revolutions | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Books
Publication Order of Monstrous Little Voices Books
Coral Bones | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Course of True Love | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Unkindest Cut | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Even in the Cannon's Mouth | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
On the Twelfth Night | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales from Shakespeare's Fantasy World | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of The Afterblight Chronicles Books
Publication Order of Inferno! Books
Inferno! Volume 1 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inferno! Volume 2 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inferno! Volume 3 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inferno! Volume 4 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inferno! Volume 5 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Inferno! Volume 6 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Emperor’s Finest | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Solaris Rising Anthology Books
Solaris Rising | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 1.5 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Solaris Rising 3 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Legends Books
Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British novel writer who writes in the science fiction fantasy genre. Born Adrian CzajkowsKi in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, Tchaikovsky went on to study Psychology and Zoology at the University of Reading. He later undertook legal studies and is currently a Legal Executive with the Leeds based Commercial Dispute Department of Black Solicitors.
After a frustrating fifteen years of trying to get a book published, he finally got Tor Books to publish his first book Empire in Black and Gold in 2008. However, it was until the publication of the Shadows of the Apt series that Tchaikovsky became a household name in the fantasy science fiction genre.
Born Czajkowski, he asserts that he adopted the name Tchaikovsky as his author name since it was evident that his real name would have been quite difficult for British and American readers to pronounce and spell. This is not an uncommon practice in the UK and American publishing industries as many publishers advise authors with hard to pronounce names to change to Americanized versions to drive sales. After the publication of his first book in the UK, he decided to stick with the name, publishing his German and American editions under his pen name. Though he had wanted his Polish editions to be under Czajkowski, this was not to be so.
His novel Children of Time published in 2015 went on to win the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Fiction. For the Shadows of the Apt series, he got a nomination for the British Fantasy Society Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award.
A Summary of Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt series) by Adrian Tchaikovksy
Nearly two decades earlier Stenwold had witnessed the invasion of his city Myna by the brutal Wasp Empire in a quest for global domination.
After the experience, he believes that it is his responsibility to try to educate his hometown’s people of the threat posed by the evil Wasp Empire. His efforts are mainly in vain, as his townsmen in Collegium do not believe that the Empire poses any threat to their city. With the Empire now setting its eyes on the city, and its armies and spies crawling all over the land, the city has never been at a greater risk of annihilation.
Meanwhile, his efforts at educating the townspeople have not been all in vain, as he has managed to convince a handful of young people such as his niece Che and the enigmatic Tynisa to join in the resistance againt the Wasp army advance. When the Wasps violently attack his home, he decides to send his team to the Frontline under fire from the invading army. The team flies and gets to the Frontline city of Helleron just in time to face the incoming Wasp army.
Che and Stenwold are known as Bettle-Kinden and are just one of the various human races that draw their inspiration and power from their totem insect. The different human race allies have different totem insects ranging from Ant, Spider, and Mantis all of which have particular powers and skills.
The most skilled and powerful of the totem warriors is Tisamon of the Mantis-kinden clan. Many other totem tribes join the alliance over the weeks leading to the war. As the war takes its toll on the land and the people, it comes to Stenwold’s attention that the Wasps intend to march on the his position on the newly completed railway between Collegium and Helleron to destroy the kinden army in one fell swoop. He gathers his young warriors and prepares for a final fight that he now knows will be in the Lowlands.
The Empire in Black and Gold is one of the best fantasy, science fiction ever to come from a British author. Tchaikovsky’s expertly weaves a story that is action packed and full of tension in a world that takes shape really nicely. The world of the different insect totem tribes and their different skills, motivations and attributes provide a refreshing and fascinating flavor for fantasy fiction. The focus on the development of Stenwold Maker’s character and personality as juxtaposed against the strong willed members of his team makes for some interesting reading
A Summary of Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt series) by Adrian Tchaikovksy
Adrian Tchaikovksy’s second book in the Shadow of the Apt series, Dragonfly Falling continues with the telling of the adventures of Stenwold and his team of Totho, Salma, Tybisa, Tisamon, Che and others as they battle the evil Wasp Empire. Totho and Salma set out to spy on the advancing Wasp army as it prepares to attack the city of Tark – an Ant-kinden colony. In the meantime, Major Thalric is on a revenge mission after his recent fall from grace. He seeks to kill Stenwold Maker and hasten the destruction of The Lowlands and Collegium. As the Wasps advance, the Emperor is seemingly distracted by a romantic affair.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s packs the story with action packed and thrilling fight scenes that make for a remarkable story. Nonetheless, while there is relative peace in the Lowlands and Collegium, some people are not convinced that this will last and prefer a return to the old ways. Uctebri, a Mosquito Kinden is the most rabid defender of the old ways and fights for the return to the traditional ways of moral and racial absolutism. Even Stenwold the supposed moral custodian of the progressive kindens is shown as a racist as he forbids his niece from marrying outside her race. While he is bringing the Kindens together, Stenwold still expects the people he is bringing together to not intermarry, since he still believes in racial purity and old age biases towards the different races in the alliance.
The second book continues to develop the characters introduced in book one of the series. New characters such as Uctebri a kind of vampire kinden and Drephos the Imperial auxiliary artificer and the Emperor’s story arc give the book more flavor. Adrian Tchaikovsky greatly expands the world by introducing more kindens and analyzing their ways to drive the story forward.
Dragonfly Falling is a more accomplished book that The Empire in Black and Gold in that it offers better characterization and plot development. Adrian Tchaikovsky’s second book portrays his growth as a writer in that he undertakes in-depth thematic development while continuing to maintain the excitement and thrill of the first book.
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