But when the rest of the world discovers the plan, paranoia, fear and greed run rampant, pushing humankind to the brink of world war. When other body parts are discovered throughout the country-and the world-Franklin’s formidable task is to somehow secretly unearth all parts, covertly remove them from their locations and transport them to an underground facility in Denver. The head of the project is no other than the South Dakota girl who fell into the hand-now grown and an acclaimed physicist. Years later, after the project is demilitarized, the University of Chicago takes over the research. The government gets involved, but after failing to glean any military or technological secrets from the alien artifact, the hand eventually goes into storage.
The story begins in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where a young girl named Rose Franklin falls into a huge hole and literally lands in the palm of a giant metal hand. This stellar debut novel-revolving around a top-secret project to assemble the ancient body parts of a giant humanoid relic buried throughout the world by aliens-masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction.
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