
A History of What Comes Next
The captivating speculative fiction perfect for fans of The Eternals
Sylvain Neuvel(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 25. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4059-4553-0 (ISBN)
Description
The gripping new speculative fiction as rich as The Man in the High Castle and as packed with thrills as Ready Player One
'Alt-history with a difference' GUARDIAN
'There's real cleverness at work here' THE TIMES
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.
_________
Germany, 1945.
Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent by the OSS to find Wernher von Braun. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany's - and the world's - foremost rocket scientist.
Von Braun is suspicious. And so he should be.
For Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And helping the Allies win the Second World War is only one part of her plan.
Because there's an even darker conflict taking place on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old that has engulfed and taken generations of Mia's people.
Can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end? Will Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to Earth?
And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?
_________
'Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this' Publishers Weekly
'Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end' Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
'Highly crafted and unique' Library Journal
'Alt-history with a difference' GUARDIAN
'There's real cleverness at work here' THE TIMES
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Take them to the stars.
_________
Germany, 1945.
Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent by the OSS to find Wernher von Braun. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany's - and the world's - foremost rocket scientist.
Von Braun is suspicious. And so he should be.
For Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And helping the Allies win the Second World War is only one part of her plan.
Because there's an even darker conflict taking place on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old that has engulfed and taken generations of Mia's people.
Can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end? Will Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to Earth?
And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?
_________
'Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this' Publishers Weekly
'Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end' Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
'Highly crafted and unique' Library Journal
Reviews / Votes
It's fascinating to see how Neuvel weaves together fact and fiction . . . a blast. Seriously clever * SFX * An alt-history with a difference. Traces the true story of the development of rocket science but adds an alien-conspiracy-theory edge in the shape of a fictional team of mother-daughter clones. Along with the problems faced by women trying to change the world (or at least get men to listen to them), they are threatened by a mysterious 'Tracker' who has spent centuries trying to kill them. Good fun * Guardian * A dark and ambitious book. Neuvel is forging ahead * SFX Magazine * Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this * Publishers Weekly * Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end -- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of <i>The Oppenheimer Alternative</i> There's real cleverness at work here. Mia, bent on getting humanity sufficiently technologically developed so that they can leave Earth, makes some dodgy-sounding moral choices as she works towards humanity's salvation * The Times * Highly crafted and unique * Library Journal * A blast. Seriously clever fun * SFX *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4059-4553-0 (9781405945530)
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Sylvain Neuvel has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago. He is an amateur robotics enthusiast and lifelong fan of all things science fiction. He is the author of two critically-acclaimed series: Themis Files novels: Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods and Only Human, and Take Them To the Stars: A History of What Comes Next, and Until the Last of Me. He lives in Montreal.