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Published Apr 2016
320 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History
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An inventive debut in the tradition of World War Z and The Martian, told in interviews, journal entries, transcripts, and news articles, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by a quest for truth - and a fight for control of earthshaking power.
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. 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.
Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved - its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected.
But some can never stop searching for answers.
"Starred Review. This stellar debut novel ... masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. ... A page-turner of the highest order." - Kirkus
"Starred Review. Reminiscent of Max Brooks's World War Z, the story's format effectively builds suspense using debriefings and news articles after the fact. Great characters such as prickly pilot Kara Resnik keep the tale grounded, and readers gradually get a picture, complete with the anonymous interviewer as he pulls strings to keep the project afloat and world tensions under control. A remarkable debut. - Library Journal
"Far from being a clone of the Transformers, this intriguing tale is entirely worthy of an adult audience. " - Publishers Weekly
"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 bursts at the seams with big ideas and the questions they spawn ... but all that really matters is that this book is a sheer blast from start to finish. I haven't had this much fun reading in ages." - Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy
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Sylvain Neuvel is a linguist and translator based in Montreal. He is at work on an R2-D2 replica and his next novel.
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