Title: Sleeping Giants (The Themis Files #1)

Author: Sylvain Neuvel

Publisher: Del Rey 2016

Genre: Science Fiction

Pages: 296

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Monthly Theme - August

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?

Our book club for this month and this was right up my alley. I loved diving right into the mystery of the robot parts. And from there, we get to meet some interesting characters. The unnamed narrator is most intriguing. I wonder if we ever get to know the identity of that person. Maybe in the second or third book, but definitely not in this one. I loved attempting to unravel the mystery alongside the various members of the team. As we got to know all the members of the team, I just wanted to know more about each one, especially Kara. I can’t wait to see what happens next in the series.

The Themis Files

• #1 Sleeping Giants

• #2 Waking Gods

• #3 Only Human

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