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A History of What Comes Next
- Author
- Sylvain Neuvel
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 4 March 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Imagine everything you thought you knew about human progress was wrong. What would you do?
Mia is not sure what she is, but she isn't human. Smarter, stronger than her peers, all she knows are the rules: there can never be three for too long; always run, never fight.
When she finds herself in Germany, 1945, she must turn the Nazi's most trusted scientist with an offer: abandon the crumbling Nazi party, escape Germany with your life, come to work for the Americans building rockets.
But someone is watching her work. An enemy who's smarter, stronger, decidedly not human and prepared to do anything to retrieve something ancient that was long lost.
If only she had any idea what it was . . .
© Sylvain Neuvel 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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It's fascinating to see how Neuvel weaves together fact and fiction . . . a blast. Seriously clever
SFX
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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
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A dark and ambitious book. Neuvel is forging ahead
SFX Magazine
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Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this
Publishers Weekly
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Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end
Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
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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
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Highly crafted and unique
Library Journal
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A blast. Seriously clever fun
SFX
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A stellar debut which masterfully blends sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. So much more than the sum of its parts - a page-turner of the highest order
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Details
- Author
- Sylvain Neuvel
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781405945776
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Alternative history fiction, Second World War fiction, Science fiction: military, Warfare and defence
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Imagine everything you thought you knew about human progress was wrong. What would you do?Mia is not sure what she is, but she isn't human. Smarter, stronger than her peers, all she knows are the rules: there can never be three for too long; always run, never fight. When she finds herself in Germany, 1945, she must turn the Nazi's most trusted scientist with an offer: abandon the crumbling Nazi party, escape Germany with your life, come to work for the Americans building rockets. But someone is watching her work. An enemy who's smarter, stronger, decidedly not human and prepared to do anything to retrieve something ancient that was long lost. If only she had any idea what it was . . .© Sylvain Neuvel 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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