For the First Time, Again av Sylvain Neuvel

<p><b>Discover history''s biggest secret . . .<br></b><br>For millennia an unbroken line of alien mothers and daughters have secretly been shepherding human technology towards the stars.<br><br>Twelve-year-old Aster is the last of this line.<br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Yet with revelation comes recovery.<br>Now Aster has a purpose.<br>Her life, the future of her species<br>and that of all life on Earth is at stake.<br><br>She''s history''s biggest secret.<br>But can she save the future?<br><br><b>''Alt-history with a difference''</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>''There''s real cleverness at work here'' </b><i>THE TIMES</i></p>