Neuvel Sylvain – Knihkupectví Petrkov

For the First Time, Again

Knihkupectví Petrkov — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000

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

For the First Time, Again

Knihkupectví Petrkov — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Against the backdrop of authentic historical events, Sylvain Neuvel concludes his acclaimed Take Them to the Stars series with a biting satire on the role of authority in all its guises, bringing us a truly breathtaking science fiction trilogy that spans the ages.When you don’t know The Rules it’s hard to stay safe.After a traumatic incident, Aster finds that her blood work comes back with some unusual readings. Unsurprising, as she’s the last of an alien race called the Kibsu, though she doesn’t know it.She becomes the focus of a hunt, with her mortal enemies, the Trackers, on one side, and the American government on the other. But help has come from a most unexpected quarter.Whoever finds her first, it won’t be good news for Aster.Or for the world!