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Sleeping Giants

by Sylvain Neuvel

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Themis Files #1

Why Read This?

You'll be left pondering the implications of first contact and the ethics of scientific discovery long after the final page.

Synopsis

A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square-shaped 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 - the object's origins, architects, and purpose unknown. 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 relic they seek. What's clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unravelling history's most perplexing discovery-and finally figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction?

At a Glance

3.82 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
Romance Pacingmedium burn
Energymedium

Mood

mysterioussuspensefulthought-provokingintenseeerie

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.82 ★

Page Count

320 pages

Published

2016

Primary Genre

Sci-fi

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Full Cast

Narrator

full cast

Narrator Count

Full Cast

Mood & Vibe

Mood

Writing Style

analyticalepistolaryconversationalthought-provoking

Story Pacing

medium

Emotional Weight

moderate

Energy Required

medium

Vibes

A tense, epistolary sci-fi thriller that feels like reading classified government files about a world-changing alien discovery.

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Spice Level 3

Spice Style

rough / aggressive styletension / anticipation focus

Getting Steamy

None

Bringing the Heat

None
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World & Setting

World Type

space/sci-fi

Primary Setting

bunker / base / compound

Fantasy Creatures

Reading Context

Emotional Payoff

Best Time of Year

anytime

When & Where to Read

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