“As high-concept as it is, Sleeping Giants is a thriller through and through. “Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z, Sleeping Giants is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars.” -Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising

SLEEPING GIANTS | WAKING GODS | ONLY HUMAN A page-turner of the highest order.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)ĭon’t miss any of The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel: masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. Reminiscent of Max Brooks’s World War Z, the story’s format effectively builds suspense.” - Library Journal (debut of the month) I can’t stop thinking about it.” - Chicago Review of Books But the most surprising thing about the book may just be how compelling the central characters are in the midst of these larger-than-life concepts. “Neuvel weaves a complex tapestry with ancient machinery buried in the Earth, shadow governments, and geopolitical conflicts. One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory, a smart demonstration of how science fiction can honor its traditions and reverse-engineer them at the same time.” -NPR But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction? What’s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history’s most perplexing discovery-and figuring out what it portends for humanity. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic. Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. Its carbon dating defies belief military reports are redacted theories are floated, then rejected.īut some can never stop searching for answers. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved-its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand.

She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. 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.Ī girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth.

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