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      For the First Time, Again

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      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 kno...

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      Product ID:9781405945578
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:For the First Time, Again
      Authors:Author: Sylvain Neuvel
      Page Count:384
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Science fiction, Thriller / suspense, War & combat fiction, Science fiction
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      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

      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 species
      and 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


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-10-12

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      Weight274 g
      Dimensions188 × 199 × 28 mm