The Doors of Eden

by Adrian Tchaikovsky Narrated by Sophie Aldred

Overview

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide.

They thought we were safe. They were wrong.

Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.

Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn't the only one with questions.

Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.

Dr Khan's research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through.

"Tchaikovsky weaves a masterful tale... a suspenseful joyride through the multiverse." (Booklist)

Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

Narrator Sophie Aldred successfully meets the many challenges of this unique sci-fi action-adventure. The story opens with Lee, who has spent years searching for alien creatures, though without much hope. But when cracks between alternative Earths allow different sentient beings to intermingle, she becomes entangled with a variety of life forms. Aldred gives each creature a unique voice reflecting its individual ability to communicate in English. She captures the suspense as different groups from our Earth and across the multiverse work either to heal the planet or to position themselves to take power. Interludes in the action explain the evolutionary history of the dominant species of the “other Edens,” and characters’ choices are complicated by romantic relationships, civic duty, and self-interest. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

07/13/2020

Tchaikovsky (Children of Ruin) examines alternate dimensions and speculative evolution in this tropey, entertaining sci-fi adventure that’s both outrageously bizarre and utterly convincing. Cryptid hunter Lee Pryor receives a call from her girlfriend, Elsinore “Mal” Mallory, four years after Mal disappeared without a trace on Bodmin moor. Meanwhile, MI5 agent Julian Sabreur receives word that theoretical mathematician Kay Amal Khan has been attacked in her flat. The last thing Julian expects to discover when he reaches the scene are Kay’s would-be abductors beaten senseless and camera footage of a woman who disappeared four years ago fleeing the building. Lee and Julian’s intricate story lines crisscross, building steady momentum and layered suspense. Things come to a head when Lee is kidnapped by a dodgy private security firm and then rescued by unknown allies who transport her through the multiverse, bringing her to join Kay, who has been recruited to save the world from a growing threat. Edifying and entertaining evolutionary histories of alternate versions of Earth are interspersed throughout, granting the reader insight into the multiverse as the cracks between dimensions widen. Thrilling action punctuates the intrigue on the way to an ending that, though convoluted, satisfies. Sci-fi readers will be pleased. Agent: Simon Kavanagh, Mic Cheetham Agency (Sept.)

From the Publisher

"Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it"—Tade Thompson, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Rosewater

"Full of sparking, speculative invention . . . The Doors of Eden is a terrific timeslip / lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle. If you liked Primeval, read this book"—Stephen Baxter

"What a ride . . . talks like big-brained science fiction and runs like a fleet-footed political thriller"—John Scalzi

"With The Doors of Eden, Tchaikovsky has created a fantastic and highly imaginative new genre: evolution SF"—Peter F. Hamilton

"Tchaikovsky weaves a masterful tale about how each version of Earth diverged during the various Epochs of its billion-year history. A frozen world computer mind, peaceful brilliant Neanderthals, family-friendly weasels out of a steampunk nightmare, gargantuan spacefaring trilobites, and even feathered dinosaurs combine for a suspenseful joyride through the multiverse."—Booklist

"Tchaikovsky's world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi and now he has made an enchanting multiverse of parallel Earths"—New Scientist

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

Narrator Sophie Aldred successfully meets the many challenges of this unique sci-fi action-adventure. The story opens with Lee, who has spent years searching for alien creatures, though without much hope. But when cracks between alternative Earths allow different sentient beings to intermingle, she becomes entangled with a variety of life forms. Aldred gives each creature a unique voice reflecting its individual ability to communicate in English. She captures the suspense as different groups from our Earth and across the multiverse work either to heal the planet or to position themselves to take power. Interludes in the action explain the evolutionary history of the dominant species of the “other Edens,” and characters’ choices are complicated by romantic relationships, civic duty, and self-interest. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177775500
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	08/18/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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