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Origin (2017)

by Dan Brown

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Series: Robert Langdon (5)

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
 
Bilbao, Spain
 
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement??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 whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon??s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence.
     As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch??s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee 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 a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain??s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch??s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
 
Origin is stunningly inventive??Dan Brown's most brilliant a
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This is my first and probably my last Dan brown novel. ( )
  Tower_Bob | Mar 16, 2024 |
Mystery
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
Slow start but, classic Brown penchant for topical detail. ( )
  Huba.Library | Feb 6, 2024 |
For me out of all the Robert Langdon books, this one is one of the best. ( )
  Heidimag | Jan 18, 2024 |
So I am a bad friend, my best friends birthday was October 5th and I had it linked it to the release of this book. I am one of those people who truly looks forward to Dan Brown novels and inhales them in a day or so. This one does not disappoint. The locations are beautifully described, the story line is true to Dan Brown books, short chapters that keep you turning pages, an of course an ending YOU DONT SEE COMING! ( )
  b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 |
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
 
Bilbao, Spain
 
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement??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 whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon??s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence.
     As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch??s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee 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 a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain??s Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch??s shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.
 
Origin is stunningly inventive??Dan Brown's most brilliant a

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Harvardský ikonograf profesor Robert Langdon príde do Guggenheimovho múzea moderného umenia v Bilbau, aby sa zúčastnil na odhalení objavu, ktorý „naveky zmení tvár vedy“. Podujatie usporiadal štyridsaťročný miliardár a futurista Edmond Kirsch, ktorý sa vďaka svojim ohurujúcim ultramoderným vynálezom a odvážnym predpovediam preslávil po celom svete. Kirsch, ktorý pred dvoma desaťročiami patril k prvým Langdonovým študentom na Harvarde, sa chystá zverejniť prelomový vedecký objav, ktorý zodpovie dve zo základných otázok ľudskej existencie.
Langdona a stovky hostí uchváti originálna prezentácia, oveľa kontroverznejšia, ako Langdon čakal. Dokonale zorganizovaný večer sa však v okamihu zmení na chaos a hrozí, že Kirschov vzácny objav sa navždy stratí. Langdon sa ocitne v bezprostrednom ohrození a musí z Bilbaa utiecť. Sprevádza ho Ambra Vidalová, elegantná riaditeľka múzea, ktorá Kirschovi pomohla provokatívny večer pripraviť. Vydajú sa do Barcelony, aby našli záhadné heslo, ktorým odhalia Kirschovo tajomstvo.
Pri pátraní v temných vodách utajených dejín a radikálneho náboženstva sa Langdon s Vidalovou musia skrývať pred nepriateľom, ktorého všadeprítomná moc zjavne pramení v španielskom kráľovskom paláci a ktorý sa nezastaví pred ničím, aby Edmonda Kirscha umlčal. Na ceste vyznačenej moderným umením a tajuplnými symbolmi odhalia Langdon a Vidalová stopy, ktoré ich nakoniec dovedú až ku Kirschovmu nečakanému objavu... a šokujúcej pravde, čo nám tak dlho unikala.
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