Sleeping Giants

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Themis Files #1

by Sylvain Neuvel

A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power.

1 in stock

Description

Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. The people looking down see something far stranger…

“We always look forward. We never look back.”

That girl grows up to be Dr. Rose Franklyn, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered. An enormous, ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal, which predates all human civilisation on the continent.

“But this thing … it’s different. It challenges us. It rewrites history.”

An object whose origins and purpose are perhaps the greatest mystery humanity has ever faced. Solving the secret of where it came from – and how many more parts may be out there – could change life as we know it.

“It dares us to question what we know about ourselves.”

But what if we were meant to find it? And what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete…?

“About everything.”

Additional information

Book Condition

Used – Good

Cover

Paperback

Size

376 pages, 13×20 cm

Published

March 30, 2017 by Penguin / First published April 26, 2016

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Awards

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2017),
Sunburst Award Nominee for Adult (2017),
Compton Crook Award Nominee (2017),
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2016)