Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Can an academic condemned by an authoritarian world government discover who or what build the ruins on an alien world before the voracious local life eats him alive?

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Gods and Gamemasters by Rosaria Munda

Last year, someone asked for a review of this, but as it was not yet released, I could not review it. I could see evidence that it was forthcoming in January 2025. Now, however, I see a mention on goodreads but nowhere else. Not sure what's up.