Shroud

Name: Shroud
Price: 9.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (5369 reviews)
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Thriller Science Fiction

4.6 (5,369)

4.6 stars from 5,369 reviews. One of the highest rated Thriller books we track.

460 pages~7.7 hr readPublished by OrbitPublished 2025-01-01

$9.99At peak price

Last checked: Jun 29, 2026

Price history: $2.99 – $9.99

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Perfect for you if...

You love hard science fiction that treats alien intelligence as truly alien, not humanoid with makeup.
You enjoyed Children of Time and want Tchaikovsky to go deeper into communication across species barriers.
You're after survival fiction where the real threat isn't just environment or resources, but understanding what wants to understand you.

Maybe not for you if...

You need fast-paced action from page one. This builds tension methodically through exploration and discovery.
You want clear heroic victories. Tchaikovsky leaves you uncertain about whether contact with Shroud's intelligence is salvation or compromise.
You prefer romance or character drama as the emotional core. This is fundamentally about humanity meeting something genuinely other.

About this book

On a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival—but the darkness may have plans of its own. A commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black yet alive with radio activity. Named Shroud, this high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen world is hostile to human life but attractive for exploitation. A catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to make an emergency landing on Shroud's surface in a barely adequate vehicle, cutting them off from their ship with dwindling time. As they undertake a grueling journey across the moon's land, sea, and air, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. In turn, that species begins to understand them.

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$2.99 – $9.99

Price has dropped 3 times over the last 20 months. Goes on sale roughly every 57 days. Typically stays discounted for 126 days.

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Currently #960 in the Kindle store — a top-1,000 bestseller.

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Currently 4.6★ from 5,369 reviews

Gaining approximately 340 new reviews per month. Reader interest is accelerating. Rating has dipped slightly from 4.7 to 4.6.

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