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A PANDEMIC 70,000 YEARS IN THE MAKING...WILL CHANGE HUMANITY...FOREVER.__________________________________________________________________In Marbella, Spain, Dr. Kate Warner awakens to a horrifying reality: the human race stands on the brink of extinction. A pandemic unlike any before it has swept the globe. Nearly a billion people are dead--and those the Atlantis Plague doesn't kill, it transforms at the genetic level. A few rapidly evolve. The remainder devolve.As the world slips into chaos, radical solutions emerge. Industrialized nations offer a miracle drug, Orchid, which they mass produce and distribute to refugee camps around the world. But Orchid is merely a way to buy time. It treats the symptoms of the plague but never cures the disease.Immari International offers a different approach: do nothing. Let the plague run its course. The Immari envision a world populated by the genetically superior survivors--a new human race, ready to fulfill its destiny.With control of the world population hanging in the balance, the Orchid Alliance and the Immari descend into open warfare. Now humanity's last hope is to find a cure, and Kate alone holds the key to unraveling the mystery surrounding the Atlantis Plague. The answer may lie in understanding pivotal events in human history--events when the human genome mysteriously changed. Kate's journey takes her across the barren wastelands of Europe and northern Africa, but it's her research into the past that takes her where she never expected to go. She soon discovers that the history of human evolution is not what it seems--and setting it right may require a sacrifice she never imagined.__________________________________________________________________"The human race must remain as one. All other roads lead to ruin."- The Orchid Alliance"Evolution is inevitable. Only fools fight fate."- Immari International
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3 primary booksThe Origin Mystery is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by A.G. Riddle.
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This is the best book of the series. I especially enjoyed the way the author was able to weave ancient history into the story - and the discussion between the characters as they pieced everything together.
Despite this being a fast-paced adventure, which usually falls into my wheelhouse, I just didn't enjoy this story. The characters were all just “blah,” both protagonists and villains alike.
Also, this one was just too hard to suspend disbelief regarding the scenarios and explanations involved. Just couldn't get into it, but plowed through it to get the finish. Not going to move forward to book three.