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Sylvain Neuvel imagined piloting a giant robot when he was growing up. And while the dream of stepping into the cockpit of a building-sized mech may still be out of reach, he’s done the next best thing: written a book series about giant, alien robots called The Themis Files, which is set to conclude next year with Only Human.

The series is set in a world that — initially — is more or less like ours, until a scientist named Rose Franklin discovers a giant, glowing metal arm buried deep underground in the first installment of the series, Sleeping Giants. The book and its sequel, Waking Gods is told through a series of documents, interviews, and reports, rather than a straightforward narrative. It’s a style similar to stories like World...

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