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? 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. 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. Winner - 2018 Seiun Award (Japan) - Best translated novelįinalist - Best Science Fiction 2016 - Goodreads Choice Awardsįinalist - 2017 Audie Awards in Science FictionĢ017 ALA Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook NarrationĪ page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery-and a fight to control a gargantuan power.Ī girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth.
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