“There I was, this tiny little thing at the bottom of the hole, lying on my back in the palm of a giant metal hand.”
Little Rose is riding her new bicycle when she falls into a large square hole. The hole itself is strange, with complex carvings that emit a green glow, however the strangest thing about it is viewed by the firemen who come to Rose’s rescue. What they see is a young girl lying in a giant metal hand. Almost two decades later, there are no answers to explain this discovery and one of the people at the center of the current investigation is Rose herself who has gone on to become a physicist and to lead the secret team that is uncovering the mystery and putting the puzzle pieces together. Whatever the answers are, it is obvious that the team is on the verge of something historic with unknown repercussions.
Told through mostly an interview format, Sleeping Giants is a page-turning novel that looks at our place in not only our world but the universe, and the meaning behind a discovery that has the potential to be used for peace and destruction. Initially I was unsure how the interview format would work throughout an entire novel, however I found it was done very well and the story had my full attention from the start. The author does an excellent job of using a no-name, anonymous figure to administer the questions and take us through the timeline of events, while also being an active participant in what is happening. While the format works, I would have liked more log entries from individual characters, along with newspaper clips showing the outside view and take on certain events that occur throughout.
I would recommend Sleeping Giants to fans of science-fiction and feel it is best enjoyed by going into it with limited preconceptions. It is a story that looks at the big picture and provides an excellent foundation for what is sure to be an intriguing series. Oh that ending!
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