Adrian Tchaikovsky's novel Shroud is a gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet. It follows two women, Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne, who are forced to make an emergency landing on Shroud, a pitch-black moon with deadly conditions. As they travel across land, sea, and air, they begin to understand the alien species and the impossible and translate the incredible.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2025
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

‘Thrilling,terrifying and fascinating – Tim Peake,British ESA astronaut They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . . An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky,author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time . 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 Shrouds 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 as they travel,Juna and Mai begin to understand Shrouds unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud,theyll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is,if they make it back at all . . . * * * Praise for Shroud ‘Clever,vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky – Jim Al-Khalili,presenter of BBC Radio 4s The Life Scientific ‘Crunchy,conceptual SF at its best – Richard Morgan,author of Altered Carbon ‘This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul – Sue Burke,author of Semiosis ‘Makes Andy Weirs vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort – The Fantasy Hive ‘Thrilling,terrifying and fascinating – Tim Peake,British ESA astronaut They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . . An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky,author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time . 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 Shrouds 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 as they travel,Juna and Mai begin to understand Shrouds unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud,theyll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is,if they make it back at all .

Shroud

An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. 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 Shrouds 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 as they travel, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shrouds unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud, theyll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all . . .

Praise for Shroud

Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky – Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radios The Life Scientific

Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best – Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon

This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul – Sue Burke, author of Semiosis

Makes Andy Weirs vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort – The Fantasy Hive

Shroud

An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time. 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 Shrouds 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 as they travel, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shrouds unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud, theyll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all . . .

Praise for Shroud

Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky – Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radios The Life Scientific

Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best – Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon

This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul – Sue Burke, author of Semiosis

Makes Andy Weirs vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort – The Fantasy Hive

Weight: 636g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035013791