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Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a scfi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence in A History of What Comes Next.<\/p>\n

Always run, never fight.
\nPreserve the knowledge.
\nSurvive at all costs.
\nTake them to the stars.<\/p>\n

Over 99 identical generations, Mia\u2019s family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, and secure the future of the space race.<\/p>\n

But Mia\u2019s family is not the only group pushing the levers of history: an even more ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

A darkly satirical first contact thriller, as seen through the eyes of the women who make progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them…<\/p>\n

Representation Includes<\/h4>\n

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• WLW main character (Mia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Content Warnings<\/div>

  racism & racial slurs, antisemitism, homophobia, suicide, miscarriage, blood & gore depiction, body horror, forced institutionalisation, description of conversion therapy, grief & loss depiction, sexual harassment (allusions of rape and coercion), death of a child, death of a parent, genocide, gun violence, torture, car accident, animal death <\/div>