Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
In the distant future, humanity seeks to create new habitats for itself on distant planets, terraforming them and seeding them with life. Dr. Avrana Kern is heading one such project, orbiting the tentatively named "Kern's World", where the plan is to release monkeys 
infected with a nanovirus that will accelerate their evolution. Through an act of sabotage from an anti-technology group that has also destroyed much of Earth, the monkeys are never released, and the virus instead infects a species of spider, Portia labiata. The book follows the evolution of the spiders and their eventual civilisation, as well as a remnant of humanity that fled to Kern's World hoping to find paradise.
also children of ruin and children of memory, the sequels, are really good
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interesting i have some plain fine glitter i wonder if i can put that on before my top coat. i'm going to have to test that out thank you!
Np, while I have your attention can I get your opinion on gel polish. Been meaning to try it but I've no uv lamp
i have a friend with the lamp and they are so nice if you can do them right but you have to be really good about not touching the cuticle or skin and you have to be able to wrap the end of the nail in polish. If you can do those and get a good seal it's amazing!
like if you touch the cuticle or don't wrap the tip (or don't clean and scuff and dry the nail) the whole nail coating just pops right off in one piece. It's trickier then i expected but once you get it down it's so fast.
I have to trap myself to keep from messing regular nails up and i almost never succeed i just get too antsy sitting there.
ok but I do love it when I take the old polish off and can peel it
Big mood I've compromised in teaching myself how to hold a controller without messing my nails otherwise I can't last either