A History of What Comes Next
the captivating speculative fiction perfect for fans of the eternals
$23.97
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2022
Summary
A History of What Comes Next: When Rockets Meet Destiny
- Mia, a nineteen-year-old operative with extraordinary secrets, is deployed to war-torn Germany by the OSS. Her mission: prevent Wernher von Braun, the world’s leading rocket scientist, from falling into Russian hands.
But Mia is unlike anyone they’ve encountered. Beneath her human facade lies a heritage intertwined with an ancient, hidden conflict that has spanned millennia, consuming generations of her peo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405945530 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405945532 |
| Author: | Sylvain Neuvel |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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It’s fascinating to see how Neuvel weaves together fact and fiction … a blast. Seriously clever
It’s fascinating to see how Neuvel weaves together fact and fiction … a blast. Seriously clever * SFX *An alt-history with a difference. Traces the true story of the development of rocket science but adds an alien-conspiracy-theory edge in the shape of a fictional team of mother-daughter clones. Along with the problems faced by women trying to change the world (or at least get men to listen to them), they are threatened by a mysterious ‘Tracker’ who has spent centuries trying to kill them. Good fun * Guardian *A dark and ambitious book. Neuvel is forging ahead * SFX Magazine *Wry narration, wired action … Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this * Publishers Weekly *
Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end
– Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer AlternativeThere’s real cleverness at work here. Mia, bent on getting humanity sufficiently technologically developed so that they can leave Earth, makes some dodgy-sounding moral choices as she works towards humanity’s salvation * The Times *Highly crafted and unique * Library Journal *A blast. Seriously clever fun * SFX *About The Author
Sylvain Neuvel
Sylvain Neuvel has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago. He is an amateur robotics enthusiast and lifelong fan of all things science fiction. He is the author of two critically-acclaimed series: The Themis Files novels: Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods and Only Human, and Take Them To the Stars: A History of What Comes Next, and Until the Last of Me. He lives in Montreal.
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