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A History of What Comes Next

bySylvain Neuvel

The captivating speculative fiction perfect for fans of The Eternals

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1945.

Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent to Germany by the OSS. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany - and the world's - foremost rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun.

But Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And there's an even darker conflict on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old. It has engulfed and taken generations of Mia's people.

Can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end?

Can Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to earth?

And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?

It's fascinating to see how Neuvel weaves together fact and fiction . . . a blast. Seriously clever

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About Sylvain Neuvel

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.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405945530
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 213g
  • Price: £9.99
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