Origin by Dan Brown - Book Review

Origin – The Story

Dan Brown the author of one of the most popular novels The Da Vinci Code came up with his new novel on October 3, 2017. The novel dubbed Origin is a sci-fi mystery thriller and fifth installation in Dan’s Robert Langdon series. As the novel opens up, the readers are introduced with Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology and religious iconology at Harvard, who has arrived Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to attend an event hosted by one of his students Edmond Kirsch. Kirsch is a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist who have made a name around the globe for his high-tech inventions and audacious predictions. In the evening, Kirsch is about to reveal a discovery that is said to have the potential to change the face of science forever. The discovery is believed to answer the two of the fundamental questions of human existence.

As the evening unfolds in Bilbao Langdon and hundreds of visitors find themselves captivated by a presentation that appeals quite original. The entire event and excitement of the visitors turn into a chaos when Kirsch’s most awaited discovery disappears or is lost. The mystery of the discovery captivates the mind of readers as they turn pages of the book on the look for the answer as what the discovery was about and who steals it.

Amid all the hunting and finding Langdon struggles to escape Bilbao with Ambra Vidal, director of the museum who worked closely with Kirsch for the event. As the two elopes and evades running from an enemy of Kirsch. The novel moves back and forth from Kirsch to Langdon in the search of the discovery.

Origin in Headlines:

The Guardian –“Origin by Dan Brown – a Nostradamus for our muddled times… Machines with synthetic brains pose a danger to mankind in Brown’s latest dotty apocalyptic thriller.”

Hindustan Times: “Robert Langdon makes sense of the chaos in Dan Brown’s Origin.”

Penguin: “The paradoxical interplay between science and religion is central to the plot of Origin. This is a topic that's always fascinated Dan - perhaps not surprisingly for the son of a church organist and a maths teacher!”

The Telegraph: “Light on action, heavy on historical factoids”.

About The Author:

Daniel Gerhard Brown alias Dan Brown is an America writer and producer notably known for his masterpieces Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and Inferno. His The Da Vinci Code is one of the most popular fictions read across the globe. The writer, by default, is known for amazing work. But, his literature or fictions have often been condemned by critics as they call plots of Dan’s novels lose and grumpy. As a storyteller, he stands at no good place, but when looked from the perspective of the communicator, he does have a style to express. In his latest novel, Dan impeccably explains as what is happening in front of the protagonist and takes momently words to make the readers understand the importance of each episode. Reading the book, at times you may feel as if you have thrown out and may find hard to get back to the world you were first introduced to. While some chapters will so engross you that you may be actually feel everything happing in the novel. In short, you may feel like watching a seven dimension movie at home. The book, Origin, is a masterpiece in itself and is ranked among the must to read and have books by readrzorner.

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