Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)

Posted on 06 May 2017 by Sylvain Neuvel

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.Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand s code And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic What s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history s most perplexing discovery and figuring out what it portends for humanity But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction 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. Free Read Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) Author Sylvain Neuvel For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr You have to understand that this flies in the face of everything we know about American civilizations. Sleeping Giants is being compared to the bestseller and now successful Matt Damon film The Martian which is misleading, if not entirely inaccurate The two books stories, narrative styles, characters and overall tones are actually very different Almost all the details about this book do not resemble The Martian at all However, they do share a key similarity For me, The Martian is not a You have to understand that this flies in the face of everything we know about American civilizations. Sleeping Giants is being compared to the bestseller and now successful Matt Damon film The Martian which is misleading, if not entirely inaccurate The two books stories, narrative styles, characters and overall tones are actually very different Almost all the details about this book do not resemble The Martian at all However, they do share a key similarity For me, The Martian is not a great book because of the humour, detailed science, or its focus on survival against the odds it s a great book because it makes you feel tiny It s a breathtakingly extraordinary concept that we ar...This sci fi novel got a lot of buzz when it came out, and I see why The basic story pieces of a gigantic metal robot, thousands of years old, are discovered scattered around the earth, buried deep in the earth or under the sea Where did they come from What are they for A team is assembled in top secrecy to rebuild the robot and figure out how it works The story is told in a series of interviews reports submitted by an anonymous interviewer who is pulling most of the strings behind the p This sci fi novel got a lot of buzz when it came out, and I see why The basic story pieces of a gigantic metal robot, thousands of years old, are discovered scattered around the earth, buried deep in the earth or under the sea Where did they come from What are they fo...4.5 I need to continue this series ASAP It s been a while since I ve been this excited about a new series Lots of political intrigues, a quick read told in interviews and journal entries perfect to fight the reading slump I ve been inUpdate 2 17 18 Boy, I keep re reading this stuff and I never seem to have any problems doing so I m still having fun and it s still popcorn fun WHAT ARE THE CHANCES So why did I re read I just got the pre release of book three, Only Human It s CALLING TO ME Update 12 10 16 Just re read and what can I say I still love it Didn t really miss anything from the first time, but that certainly doesn t matter when I m just having fun Robots ROBOTS squeeeeeeeeeeeeee And now that I ve go Update 2 17 18 Boy, I keep re reading this stuff and I never seem to have any problems doing so I m still having fun and it s still popcorn fun WHAT ARE THE CHANCES So why did I re read I just got the pre release of book three, Only Human It s CALLING TO ME Update 12 10 16 Just re read and what can I say I still love it Didn t really miss anything from the first time, but that certainly doesn t matter when I m just having fun Robots ROBOTS squeeeeeeeeeeeeee And now that I ve got the ARC for the sequel, it slike double squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Old review 2 2 16 A big thank you goes to Netgalley, and I can only ask for an apology for holding off so long before reading this novel I suppose I figured that anything that would give away such a long lead time is ...I m really dumb so I didn t realize I had the first book in the series already and I read the second one but I still really enjoyed the first one even though I read it afterwards I knew what was going to happen but I still felt excited while reading and it kept my attention Also I love Kara and now I m evendepressed about the second one I didn t like this one as much as the second though for some reason even though the plot line was cool, I guess it just wasn t enough character developm I m really dumb so I didn t realize I had the first book in the series already and I read the second one but I still really enjoyed the first one even though I read it afterwards I knew what was going to happen but I still felt excited while reading and it kept my attention Also I love Kara and now I m evendepressed about the second ...1.99 Kindle sale, March 2, 2018 Man, I loved this SF novel The sequel, Waking Gods, was published at the beginning of April 2017, and the last book in this series is being published this spring.Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature I first read Sleeping Giants six months ago and was immediately sucked into its world I stayed up far too late reading it, finishing it the next day when I really should have been working History repeats itself When it came time to write this review, 1.99 Kindle sale, March 2, 2018 Man, I loved this SF novel The sequel, Waking Gods, was published at the beginning of April 2017, and the last book in this series is being published this spring.Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature I first read Sleeping Giants six months ago and was immediately sucked into its world I stayed up far too late reading it, finishing it the next day when I really should have been working History repeats itself When it came tim...Sleeping Giants is an interesting read for anyone who loves Sci Fi and mecha or giant robot in their story.This first book in Themis Files Sci Fi series by Sylvain Neuvel and it began with an 11 years old kid, Rose Franklin falling down through a rabbit holenot really but still, a hole. After she was saved, turns out that the place she fell upon was on a giant metal hand The story then fast forward to 17 years later with Rose now leading a top secret team to unravel the origin, mystery and Sleeping Giants is an interesting read for anyone who loves Sci Fi and mecha or giant robot in their story.This first book in Themis Files Sci Fi series by Sylvain Neuvel and it began with an 11 years old kid, Rose Franklin falling down through a rabbit holenot really but still, a hole. After she was saved, turns out that the place she fell upon was on a giant metal hand The story then fast forward to 17 years later with Rose now leading a top secret team to unravel the origin, mystery and purpose of the giant robot together with the enigmatic Nameless Interviewer.The story itself took place within our modern world and is filled with mostly conspiracies and politics surrounding the research on this giant robot Something to praise here is that despite the book being centered on Sci Fi, there aren t specifically tons of Science terminology that may confused...So much Deus ex Machina.In my humble opinion, this book was 320 pages of info dump The Martian style except somehowoverwhelming.Please don t get me wrong, I am not new to this kind of format Like World War Z and Illuminae Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff , the story of Sleeping Giants is told in the form of interviews conducted by a mysterious, nameless person who seems to have a lots and lots and lots of power as well as in the form of oral diary entries I loved it when it was used in WWZ and Illuminae becau In my humble opinion, this book was 320 pages of info dump The Martian style except somehowoverwhelming.Please don t get me wrong, I am not new to this kind of format Like World War Z and ...Listened to this on audio, and it does not disappoint Great cast of narrators, intriguing story, I was hooked.

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06 May 2017

Sylvain Neuvel