Origin - Dan Brown

Origin

By Dan Brown

  • Release Date: 2017-10-03
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 7,693 Ratings

Description

THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS

“Fans of The Da Vinci Code rejoice! Professor Robert Langdon is again solving the mysteries of the universe.” —People

“A life-or-death adventure.” —Entertainment Weekly

Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist, and one of Langdon’s first students.

But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch’s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced to flee. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch. They travel to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret.

Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme re­ligion, Langdon and Vidal must evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace. They uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch’s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.

Look for more Robert Langdon novels:
The Da Vinci Code
The Lost Symbol
Inferno
The Secret of Secrets

Reviews

  • Origin

    4
    By NoBrainerToMe
    To earn 5 stars you should be close to perfection. Brown was not in this story. He failed to take a closer religious perspective. His tendency towards atheism stood out. His disdain for the Catholic Church was prominent. Time matters when it comes to Creation. 6 days in God’s time is billions of years. Obviously if we lived on Mercury days would be much shorter and on Jupiter much longer. Earth is perfect when you consider that it is a perfect distance to the sun and our moon controls our tides perfectly. Humans would not exist were it not true. Most species were created separately. Man did not evolve from apes. The Holy Spirit is separate from our minds and body. If you’ve had a near death experience you may have noticed it. While homosexuality is a problem in most religions but why point it out in the Catholic Church? His take on AI was fascinating. While it was a very good book, wish he would have been more objective in his thought process.
  • Causes one to stop and think

    4
    By MJ>R
    The tying in of Miller and Urey’s experiment to the need of the universe to spread energy was intriguing. I was left with one question thou; If life evolves because in each step it is becoming better at dissipating heat, does the next step in evolution proposed in the book continue that improvement?
  • Not as good as DC or Inferno

    3
    By great content, poor production
    The plot was not as interesting, and the setting in Spain wasn’t as interesting as the other Langdon novels. There wasn’t nearly as much puzzle solving for Langdon as the other books. The content was good though.
  • More of the same

    3
    By wilumd
    Meh
  • Dan brown actually pulls it off!!!

    5
    By The white orb
    After all the thriller books, packed with an unbelievable account of ancient art, and ceremony……. He actually blew all those out the water with his book ‘Original.’ Refuse to give any details away, but I promise you this……….. it is worth reading, best book I have ever read; and 100 percent relative to our modern times!!!!
  • Rip off

    1
    By Audra42
    I bought this book but it won’t load past page 53. 😒
  • Couldn’t put it down!

    5
    By Allana P.
    I am a huge fan of Dan Brown’s and this book had me captivated from beginning to end.
  • Origin

    5
    By Jakenor
    Brown captures the truths and myth’s of religion and science in a profound telling that the world could benefit from reading. Well written, accessibility to todays wonders and yesterday’s beliefs.
  • boring!

    1
    By Hitrosh
    repeated paragraphs over and over and over forever …
  • Fun Book to Read

    4
    By EnterpriseCycling
    Excellent read. I love all the places Brown takes you in his novels.