Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Adrian Tchaikovsky is an award-winning and highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author with works published at home in the UK and internationally.
Find Adrian as @Aptshadow on Bluesky
Adrian Tchaikovsky is an award-winning and highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author with works published at home in the UK and internationally.
Find Adrian as @Aptshadow on Bluesky
Ahead of the release of Children of Strife on 26th March comes the news that Rowan, Rook, and Decard, the game developers responsible for a range of incredible games including Spire, Heart, Eat the Reich and the game adaptation of DIE, will be adapting Children of Time for the gaming table.
Adrian says: “I’ve been a keen gamer for decades, and the idea of having one of my books made into a tabletop game has always been an ambition. Children of Time is a particularly tricky prospect, though, given the book’s timescale and different perspectives. When RRD came to me with an interest in the project, it turned out they’d recently acquired the Legacy: Life Among the Ruins system. Not only was this something I was already fond of, but it’s explicitly designed for a game that takes place over multiple different time periods, making it perfect for the setting. I’ve had a look at the work RRD have done so far, and they’re creating something really quite special. I’m really looking forwards to being able to reveal more details and see the finished product.”
Exciting Award News!
Portia House was full of rejoicing today as Adrian won two awards in the 2025 Goonhammer Book Awards!
"Recently the Warhammer site, Goonhammer, held a poll for favourite Warhammer reads of 2025, and I’m delighted to find that my novel, Starseer’s Ruin, came out well! Not only did it come out top in the Age of Sigmar category (Warhammer’s main fantasy setting) but by a very narrow margin I also came away with their Best Writer category. I’ve been writing for Black Library for a while – in fact the only outside franchise I’ve written for. Getting this nod from BL readers definitely makes me feel that I’ve arrived as part of a longstanding tradition full of exceptional authors. Thank you!”
Newly Released
Pretenders to the Throne of God
Signing at Goldboro Books
It was lovely to see the new hardback Pretenders to the Throne of God (Head of Zeus/AdAstra) with its glorious cover in person. Adrian signed all these books at Goldsboro Books, London so if you have a one on order, there's a good chance it's right here in these pictures!
Green City Wars
A new Adrian Tchaikovsky novel
UK Cover Reveal
In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals. Private Investigator, Scotch, a genetically engineered racoon races to expose a deadly conspiracy – before it tears his whole world apart!
Green City Wars is a solarpunk noir science fiction novel filled with crime and mystery. It's a dynamic action-filled story guaranteed to have you guessing right until the end.
Released into the wild on 25 June 2026
Film deal announced for Saturation Point
Exciting news as Universal Pictures announces it will be developing Adrian's novella Saturation Point (2024 Winner of the British Science Fiction Award) for the big screen.
The deal includes script writer, Minnie Schedeen, and will be produced in collaboration between Cynthia Erivo and Solome Williams (Edith's Daughter) and Michael Bay and Brad Fuller (Platinum Dunes) with the executive producer being Alex Ginno.
Adrian says, "I'm absolutely over the moon that this has come about. I feel that Saturation Point is one of my most grounded and film-able works and I'm intrigued to see how the project develops."
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