Sleeping Giants

At some point months ago I listened to a book-related podcast that basically said, “Read this as soon as it's published.” And it grabs quickly too. A young girl rides her new bike into the woods and falls into a large hole in ground. She's found and is okay, but she's sitting in the palm of a giant metal hand that carbon dates as older than thousands of years. It's in a shaft surrounded by glowing runes of unknown origin. The story is largely told in a series of interviews. But don't let that put you off, it was a very fast read with several good surprises and was just plain wicked cool and lots of fun. First of a trilogy called The Themis Files.