[yayitswei]

Could it be "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky?

(ht Claude)

[jayGlow]

it sounds more like the sequel "children of ruin" children of time primarily involves spiders.

[diggan]

> Could it be "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky?

Currently reading that one and there is no octopuses (only read half so far though) but a lot of spiders, ants and space-faring primates :)

[globular-toast]

Right. They are talking about the sequel, Children of Ruin.