Take Them to the Stars – serie

The thrilling second instalment in the TAKE THEM TO THE STARS series - a secret history of our world like no other . . .'Introspective, lyrical and with a growing sense of menace running under it all' THE TIMESPerfect for fans of The Man in the High Castle and The Eternals___________The First Rule is the most important: 'Always run, never fight'.For 3000 years Mia's family has shaped Earth's history to push humanity to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices along the way.And now, in the year of 1968, Mia finds herself about to help launch the first people into space. She can't take them to the stars, not quite yet. But with her adversary almost upon her, and with the future of the planet at stake, one thing is becoming clearer:Obeying the First Rule is no longer an option.For the first time since her line's first generation, Mia will have to choose to stand her ground.But the overwhelming odds mean that she risks not only her bloodline, but also the future of the human race . . .___________Fast and darkly satirical, Until the Last of Me is the thrilling alternate history of the 1960s space race in which the struggle isn't to be the first to the stars - but the last one standing.Praise for Sylvain Neuvel'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 . . . Good fun' Guardian'Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this' Publishers Weekly

Discover history's biggest secret . . .For millennia an unbroken line of alien mothers and daughters have secretly been shepherding human technology towards the stars.Twelve-year-old Aster is the last of this line.But the loss of her mother in early life means she knows nothing of her alien heritage - believing she is just an ordinary young girl.Not only is she about to discover how wrong she is - but she'll also learn she's not the only alien on Earth: others are here to stop her.Yet with revelation comes recovery.Now Aster has a purpose.Her life, the future of her speciesand that of all life on Earth is at stake.She's history's biggest secret.But can she save the future?'Alt-history with a difference' GUARDIAN'There's real cleverness at work here' THE TIMES

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 TIMESAlways 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