SHROUD

An utterly gripping story of survival on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.

They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back...

A commercial expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud.

Under no circumstances can a human survive Shroud’s inhospitable surface – but a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to make an emergency landing in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting for survival, the two women embark on a gruelling journey across land, sea and air in search of salvation.

But Juna and Mai's tenuous existence is threatened by Shroud’s extraordinary alien species. If they can escape, they’ll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all...

ISBN: 9781035013807
Imprint: Tor UK
Publication Date: 25 February 2025
Dimensions: 155mm x 232mm
Weight: 480g 
No. Of Pages: 448