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<div dir="auto">I read Children of Ruin last month. I haven't finished Children of Time (though I should finish it tomorrow). Children of Ruin is it’s own story. Some characters from Children of Time do appear in Children of Ruin, but not until later in the story. I didn’t have any issues understanding Children of Ruin without reading Children of Time first. </div>

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<div name="messageReplySection">On May 9, 2021, 5:09 PM -0400, Chip Hitchcock <cjhi@newcastle2.com>, wrote:<br />

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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">the question on <i>Children of Ruin</i> reminds me to ask: was there a reason the proposer suggested a book which is not the first in a series (or worse, duology)? Can anyone who has already read both comment on how safe/sane/... it is to just read this one without reading <i>Children of Time</i>? These are both monster books; I'm torn between falling-into-the-middle-with-no-idea-wtf-is-going-on and committing a large chunk of time to playing catchup.<br /></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">/CHip</span></div>

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