Sorry, Star Wars sequel trilogy: The finest space operas of the 21st century played out on the page. Adrian Tchaikovsky's Hugo-nominated Final Architecture trilogy raised the bar on modern sci-fi epics. And now it's getting a prequel in the form of a new graphic novel, Salvation's Child, for which Polygon is able to share an exclusive excerpt.

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