It’s the first book in the Themis Files trilogy. 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.The novel “Sleeping Giants” by Sylvain Neuvel was published for the first time in 2016. 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. Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. Its carbon dating defies belief military reports are redacted theories are floated, then rejected.īut some can never stop searching for answers. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved-its origins, architects, and purpose unknown.
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. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. ( )Ī girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I'm left with several questions at the end and I am incredibly infuriated by these questions, but in the best way-I'll be thinking about this book for a while.ĭefinitely looking forward to more books by Neuvel. Neuval did an incredible job of weaving him/her in while making him have a very distinct personality. This made the story fascinating and I was perpetually trying to figure out who the interviewer was and what his/her role in the politics was. I adored the way it was told, and the style of the interviewer. The characters were well thought out and played their roles quite well. I enjoyed the behind the scenes look we got into how military operations might work and into the mentality of certain soldiers. The commentary on today's governance was incredibly intriguing, especially that on the US Army and on the president's office. Seeing the priorities of the governments and how their intelligence networks operated was cool, and there was a scene in a very remote part of Asia that was very deftly thought out. I felt like all of this was realistic and I could envision this happening in real life. A few countries became involved, and the tensions were intriguing. I loved the politics of this book and how well thought they were. Specific details were rare but pointed and proved fascinating-the significance of Kung Pao chicken, for instance, is something I'm still wondering about. It was told through reports and interviews which made it a lot of fun because I had to imagine how the characters were interacting with one another and their body language. Though initially I was hesitant about the style, I was quickly pulled into this book. This was an exciting and realistic book with a lot of intriguing dynamics.
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