Sleeping Giants - Themis Files Book 1

**A must-read thriller for lovers of The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar**br>br>What happens when you make a discovery that changes everything?br>br>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...br>br>"We always look forward. We never look back."br>br>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. br>br>"But this thing ... it''s different. It challenges us. It rewrites history."br>br>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.br>br>"It dares us to question what we know about ourselves."br>br>But what if we were meant to find it? And what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete...?br>br>"About everything."br>br>* * *br>br>''Bursts at the seams with big ideas. A sheer blast from start to finish. I haven''t had this much fun reading in ages'' Blake Crouch, author of the Wayward Pines trilogybr>br>''A stellar debut which masterfully blends sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. So much more than the sum of its parts - a page-turner of the highest order'' Kirkus Reviewsbr>br>''Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z, this is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars'' Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising>

Product details

• Authors: Sylvain Neuvel, Neuvel Sylvain
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2017
• EAN: 9781405921886
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-2188-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Themis Files
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Superheroes, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Science fiction: Space opera, Science fiction: near-future, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic