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Only Human

Themis Files Book 3

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel, read William Hope, Charlie Anson, Laurence Bouvard, Adna Sablylich, Laura Kirman, Aaron Vodovoz, Julie Rogers, Christopher Ragland, Patricia Rodrigues, Jennifer Woodward, Eric Meyers, Madeleine Rose, Lance C Fuller and featuring a cameo from the author.

We always thought the biggest threat to humanity would come from the outside.

We were wrong.

As the human race picks up the pieces of destruction left behind, a new world order emerges. New alliances are formed. Old divisions are strengthened. And, with a power struggle fuelled by the threat of mutually assured destruction, nothing is certain.

At a time when the world's nations should have been coming together, they have never been more divided.

With the human race teetering on the brink of total war, Rose, Vincent and Eva must choose sides. But doing the right thing might mean making the ultimate sacrifice.

 Adventure Fantasy Fiction First Contact Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Exploration Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Superhero Paranormal Interstellar

Critic reviews

Praise for Waking Gods
Pure, unadulterated literary escapism featuring giant killer robots and the looming end of mankind. In a word: unputdownable
Kick-ass, one-on-one robot action combines with mind-bending scientific and philosophical speculation. Series science-fiction fans will enjoy this follow-up filled with unexpected revelations and a surprise finale
A superb follow-up - we can't wait to see where Neuvel takes this story next
Praise for Sleeping Giants
A page-turner of the highest order!
This year's The Martian... if you want a captivating story with some serious sci-fi elements and dark undertones, this is it! So good and so eerie
It bursts at the seams with big ideas. This book is a sheer blast from start to finish (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy)
One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory
All stars
Most relevant
I was a little sceptical of having all those narrators but it worked great. There's large robot fighting, conventional warfare, an armed uprising, aliens, politics, a toy store, a weird Russian and aliens (again).

The ending fits the story. It covers the time line and introduces some very interesting new characters.

As alien stories go this is a must listen/read. As any story, this is a must!

Give all three a try, you shouldn't be disappointed with them.

A great finish!

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Persevered because I wanted to know what happened, but felt very much like young adult fiction. Being bashed over the head with sociology and political concepts in a very worthy way did make me cringe at times. Was left feeling satisfied with the series though.

Like being bashed over the head with politics!

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I have loved this trilogy, fantastic story telling, amazing delivery by narrators. I’ve listened to the books back to back in just a few days. Pure enjoyment, thank you Sylvain.

Loved this trilogy.

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I was worried the final book if the trilogy would stand up to the incredible first and second parts but this was as perfect a finale as I could hope to read along with the continuation of the best ensemble voice cast I've ever heard, I'm already counting the seconds to his new trilogy.

A genius and unique sci-fi masterpiece

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I loved the first two books of this series so I was eagerly awaiting the third and final instalment.

Whilst I found this book a good conclusion to the trilogy, I found the change of some of the characters voices a bit jarring. I liked the actor who portrayed rose in the first two books, and found it difficult to get used to the new actress (she was god though, just different to my ear!). The complete change to Eva (I accept there had to be a change as she was older) was a bit too far for me. She went from a highly accented (slightly annoying to be fair) character waking gods, to a annoying wired New York-esque drawl which varied through the book.

However, that being said. I still listened to it in two days so it wasn’t something that I couldn’t get past.

Great trilogy.

Great story, shame about the voices

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