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Eyes of the Void

The Final Architects Trilogy #2 / 3 ✓
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Eyes of the Void (The Final Architects Trilogy #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  ★ 8.66 / 3
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The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.

After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.

Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade.

What Idris discovers there will change everything.

Also known as Shards of Earth Book 2.
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Category: Science Fiction, Space Opera
Release date: November 22, 2022 (Orbit)

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky

In the realm of speculative fiction, where the boundaries between science and imagination blur, Adrian Tchaikovsky writes with the precision of a biologist and the curiosity of a philosopher. Known for weaving evolutionary theory into alien worlds and giving sentience to the most unexpected of creatures, he crafts stories that challenge not just what it means to be human—but what it means to be alive.

Tchaikovsky’s breakout novel, Children of Time, didn’t just introduce readers to a distant planet populated by hyper-intelligent spiders—it redefined what readers expect from space opera. Bold, cerebral, and emotionally resonant, the book went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award, with its sequel Children of Ruin deepening the saga’s exploration of consciousness, cooperation, and survival. In 2023, the Children of Time series earned the Hugo Award for Best Series, a fitting recognition for stories that dare to look evolution in the eye and ask: what if?

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But his fascination with complex ecosystems and alien intelligences didn’t begin on the page. Born in Lincolnshire and trained in zoology and psychology, Tchaikovsky brings a scientific lens to his storytelling that few in the genre can match. His early background—before turning to writing full-time—includes years practicing law, stage combat training, and tabletop gaming, all of which echo in the structure, pacing, and immersive worldbuilding of his novels.

Whether exploring dystopian landscapes, unraveling genetic legacies, or building entire civilizations from the point of view of insects and cephalopods, Tchaikovsky’s fiction never loses sight of the human thread—our instincts, our flaws, our relentless need to reach beyond the stars.

Asked once why so many of his stories feature spiders, he replied with characteristic candor: “They’re alien enough to be unsettling, but familiar enough to be us.” That balance—between the foreign and the familiar—is at the heart of his work, and why readers keep coming back, eager to see what strange future he’ll unearth next.

The Final Architects Trilogy

The Final Architects Trilogy consists of three books — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Shards of Earth (The Final Architects Trilogy #1)
  ★ 8.26 / 4
Eyes of the Void (The Final Architects Trilogy #2)
  ★ 8.66 / 3
Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architects Trilogy #3)
  ★ 8.66 / 3


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