They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an unfamiliar sky until he dies, his idealistic wish becomes a terrible reality.
Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem. Its monstrous alien life means Arton will risk death on a daily basis – if the camp’s oppressive regime doesn’t kill him first. But, if he survives, Kiln’s lost civilization holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it – and might just set him free.
Science fiction is not one of my preferred genres but I do like to push myself out of my comfort zone now and again so I was very intrigued by Alien Clay. That stunning cover is enough to draw you into the world that has been created within the pages of the book.
Arton Daghdev has been exiled to Kiln, an extrasolar planet that is 30 years away from Earth. I mean just the fact that it takes 30 years to get to the planet made me stop and consider how very insignificant we are in the universe. Kiln could very well be Earth many years in the future when we have damaged the planet to the point of extinction of our species.
I was surprised how easy I found it to read and I quickly built up a mental image of the camp and planet in my mind. The story is very imaginative but there are also little snippets of facts about weird and wonderful creatures that I had never heard of but found fascinating when I later researched them.
The vibrant and dangerous ecosystem of Kiln adds an almost horror element to the story that made my skin crawl at times as it is so vividly described. I loved that there is a constant scent of revolution in the air, leading to questions about who can be trusted.
Mind-blowing, eye-opening and provocative, Alien Clay is an incredibly thought-provoking and entertaining novel that may be a frightening glimpse into the future for our own planet. I'm not quite a sci-fi convert yet but this book has certainly made me more open to reading other books by Adrian Tchaikovsky and other authors in the sci-fi genre.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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