Skip to content
Tropely
Theme
Only Human cover

Book guide

Only Human

by Sylvain Neuvel

Humanity faces annihilation from within and without as survivors return from an alien world to a planet already at war.

Buy or view on Amazon UK

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

About Only Human

We always thought the biggest threat to humanity would come from the outside. We were wrong . . . Ten years ago, alien robots descended to Earth killing one hundred million people. And when they retreated, they took brilliant scientist Rose Franklin and her team with them. Now, after nearly ten years on another world, Rose and the Earth Defence Corps manage to escape - only to find that a devastating new war has begun. This time, it's between humans. As the human race looks set to destroy itself, Rose and her comrades must find a way to unite Earth. The stakes couldn't be higher, as the aliens intend to finish the annihilation they started...

Reading signals

Spice
None
Darkness
Dark
Pacing
Fast

Series

The Themis Files · Book 3 of 3

Content warnings
  • war
  • mass death
  • violence
  • alien invasion
  • genocide
  • racism
  • xenophobia
  • religious bigotry

Keep your next read close.

Save books, track your reading, and find more stories shaped around your taste.