Book #67 Origin

Origin by Dan Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

All art, architecture, locations, science and religious organisations in this novel are real

Always a good start...

Where did we come from? Where are we going? Questions that continue to frustrate brilliant minds. Evolution or creation? Rapid progress made with the development of AI. "Singularity" - the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and the two fuse into one. Could this happen? When the miracles of religion will have an increasingly difficult time competing with the miracles of technology.

Edmond Kirsch, a friend and former student of Professor Robert Langdon (AKA Tom Hanks for his fans!) is an atheist whose predictions and stunning inventions have made him a controversial figure, a thorn in the side of established religions worldwide. Kirsch has invited Langdon and several hundred other guests to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that 'will change the face of science forever'

The event is blown apart and in the blink of an eye Langdon finds his life under threat and is forced into a desperate bid to escape with the museum's director, Ambra Vidal, who just happens to be betrothed to Prince Julian, a king in waiting... They need to find the key to unlocking Kirsch's revelation, a world-shaking truth that religious factions are determined to prevent.

For those who have read Inferno there is a lot of deja-vu here. A similar approach to a plot that resonates with breathtaking research by Dan Brown.

Will there be a Robert Langdon #6? I really don't see where Brown can go with this now. For me, this is the final chapter in a great series. But I might be wrong.....

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