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Twenty‑six years ago, a girl from South Dakota falls through the earth and wakes up inside a colossal metal hand. A decade later, she has risen to become a top physicist directing a research team that seeks to decipher the hand’s nature, provenance, and implications for humanity. Today, with the remaining components of the giant robot assembled, the team confronts new questions. As they review their findings, a second, even more formidable robotic entity appears above downtown London, threatening to outpace the researcher's agency and alter the course of civilization.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Sylvain Neuvel
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