A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel
Captivating high-concept fiction as rich as The Man in the High Castle and as packed with thrills as Ready Player One
1945.
Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent to Germany by the OSS. Her mission- stop the Russians getting hold of Germany - and the world's - foremost rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun.
But Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And there's an even darker conflict on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old. It has engulfed and taken generations of Mia's people.
Can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end? Can Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to earth?
And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?
About the Author
Sylvain Neuvel has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago. He is an amateur robotics enthusiast and life-long fan of all things science fiction. Sleeping Giants is the first in the Themis Files series, followed by Waking Gods and Only Human.
Format: Paperback | 304 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.1 | 516g
Publication Date: 02 Mar 2021
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Imprint: Michael Joseph
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1405945532
ISBN13: 9781405945530
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including scuff marks and creasing along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. There is an indentation visible on the fore-edge of the first 35 pages in the book that looks like the top part of a thumb. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.