Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel - ISBN: 9781405921886
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Ancient giant robot parts discovered, humanity faces ultimate unknown.

Sleeping Giants

Themis Files Book 1

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    18 April 2017

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Summary

If you loved The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar- this is a must-read thriller for you.

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…

That girl grows up to be Dr Rose Franklin, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discover…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405921886
ISBN-10:1405921889
Author:Sylvain Neuvel
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:18 April 2017
Weight:269g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 26mm
Series:Themis Files
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Critics Review

It bursts at the seams with big ideas. This book is a sheer blast from start to finish. I haven’t had this much fun reading in ages

As high-concept as it is, Sleeping Giants is a thriller through and through… . One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory * NPR *This stellar debut novel … masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction… . A page-turner of the highest order * Kirkus Reviews *This year’s The Martian * Buzzfeed Summer Reads *It bursts at the seams with big ideas. This book is a sheer blast from start to finish. I haven’t had this much fun reading in ages * Blake Crouch *

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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