Title: The Atlantis Plague Pdf A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 2)
Author: A. G. Riddle
Published Date: 2013-11
Page: 440
A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting internet companies before retiring to pursue his true passion: writing fiction.His debut novel, The Atlantis Gene, is the first book in The Origin Mystery, the trilogy that has sold over two million copies in the US, has been translated into 18 languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture.His recently released fourth novel, Departure, follows the survivors of a flight that takes off in the present and crash-lands in a changed world. HarperCollins published Departure in hardcover in the fall of 2015, and 20th Century Fox is developing the novel for a feature film. Riddle grew up in a small town in North Carolina (Boiling Springs) and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. During his sophomore year of college, he started his first company with a childhood friend. He currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, who endures his various idiosyncrasies in return for being the first to read his new novels. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, on September 2, 2016.No matter where he is, or what's going on, he tries his best to set aside time every day to answer emails and messages from readers. You can reach him at: ag@agriddle.com** For a sneak peek at new novels, free stories, and more, join the email list at: agriddle.com/emailIf you don't want to miss any Riddle news, you can:Like the A.G. Riddle Facebook page: facebook.com/agriddleFollow A.G. Riddle on Twitter: twitter.com/riddlistFor more, please visit:AGRiddle.com* * *
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The Atlantis Plague is the second book in THE ORIGIN MYSTERY, a trilogy that has sold over THREE MILLION COPIES worldwide.
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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 that the Atlantis Plague does not 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 the last hope for humanity is to find a cure. 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. Her journey takes her across the barren wastelands of Europe and northern Africa, but it is 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.
SELECTED PRAISE AND PUBLISHED REVIEWS
"...reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton."
- The Guardian on PANDEMIC
"I finished the book fast because I just couldn't wait..."
- GeekDad on DEPARTURE
"Riddle (The Origin Mystery trilogy) makes an effort to keep the focus on how his characters react to each other (including to their future selves) rather than to the technological marvels that reshaped their world."
- Publisher's Weekly on DEPARTURE
"Well-constructed and tightly-wound as a fine Swiss watch- DEPARTURE has non-stop action, an engaging plot and, of course, wheels within wheels."
- Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of Outlander on DEPARTURE
ABOUT
THE ATLANTIS PLAGUE is a story of human survival and perseverance in the face of extinction. This global adventure takes readers back into the world of The Origin Mystery, which began with THE ATLANTIS GENE. THE ATLANTIS PLAGUE delivers the same kind of little-known science and history readers applauded in THE ATLANTIS GENE and deepens the core mystery so many readers are talking about. Fans of Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, Preston & Child, Robert Masello, and James Rollins are raving about the trilogy, giving it over 25,000 reviews on Amazon and nearly 100,000 ratings on GoodReads. This heart-stopping thriller is the second book in A.G. Riddle's Origin Mystery Trilogy, which is now complete.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A.G. Riddle's novels have sold over three million copies and been published around the world in twenty languages. Several movie studios have optioned his work, including Twentieth Century Fox (Departure) and CBS Films (The Origin Mystery). When he's not writing, he can be found reading a book, mountain biking, or chasing his two-year-old daughter around the house yelling, "Stop! What do you have in your mouth?"
Plot advancement, dealing with the plague, not as good as the first book This second book in the trilogy covers humanity's desperate attempts to deal with the plague released by the Immari in the first novel. The disease is transmitted via a completely new (and strange) mechanism that bypasses all traditional quarantine and containment measures. The Immari have taken over the southern hemisphere and are continuing in their efforts to dominate the entire world and build an army capable of defeating the Atlanteans. Northern-hemisphere countries have a treatment, known as Orchid, that staves off death but does not provide a permanent cure.Dorian Sloane has been resurrected in the Atlantean facility in the Antarctic and is in touch with a mysterious Atlantean named Ares who has an unknown agenda. David Vale has been resurrected in northern Africa and is masquerading as an Immari colonel. Kate Warner begins at an Orchid facility in southern Spain near Gibraltar and makes her way south toward Africa. Dr. Arthur Janus is an unknown with ties to an elite research team that created Orchid and has the best chance of coming up with a cure for the plague. At the end, we find that he is much, much more important than we knew.Some pieces of the Atlantean mystery are revealed during this novel. Both Kate and Dorian discover that their time (as children) in the Atlantean resurrection tubes has changed them significantly, made them immune to the plague, and given them fleeting Atlantean memories.I didn't find it as interesting as the first book, but then, the second book in a trilogy tends to be more about plot advancement. So this isn't unexpected.An Action Thriller This is a great book, if mainly what you want is action, violence, killing, but very little character development. Strong, quick acting David is in love with Kate, a geneticist scientist, looking for a cure for autism. They both think they are working to make humanity better, but things are not as they seem. Martin, is Kate's guardian who raised her and works for the organization that has funded her research, but she is really being used for another purpose. More comes to light when she is kidnapped. David rescues her heroically and spectacularly, and this is how they meet. More action occurs, and contact is made with the beings on the ships, and Kate begins to have flashbacks to another life and time. I will have to read the third book, even though I thought there was too much being captured, then being rescued, amongst the world falling apart while this plague designates the entire population, before the purpose of the Atlantis gene was revealed. I think the story line was quite good, but a little less action, and a little more character development would have improved it greatly.Trying to be more than it is... Finished the third book of the Atlantis trilogy... umm. I am left with somewhat ambiguous feelings.Normally I enjoy this kind of galaxy- and time-spanning romp, but somehow in this case... it just did not quite work for me. Something to do with the pace of the narration, after starting out in a quite measured pace and rooted in hard fact and science, it is almost as though it veers off course in the second and third installment, with the plot becoming overloaded and scatty. In the end I was struggling to bring all the threads together – and to be honest was not really trying any more.On the plus side I found the characters had depth to them and are likable/ unlikable. Though actually, thinking about it again, the main characters are so tenacious and somehow survive through the whole trilogy, which cannot be said for the rest of the global population, that you end up feeling that the whole thing is a bit too improbable and constructed.
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