A code hidden in the human genome will reveal the ultimate secret of human existence. And could hold humanity’s only hope of survival.* * Genome is the second and final book in A.G. Riddle’s bestselling series, The Extinction Files. * *In 2003, the first human genome was sequenced. It was a breakthrough of historic proportions, but only one scientist knows the full truth of what lies buried in … one scientist knows the full truth of what lies buried in our DNA. That secret will change everything we thought we knew about our past. And our future.
Dr. Paul Kraus has spent his career searching for what he calls humanity’s lost tribes–human ancestors who have gone extinct. When Kraus compares the DNA samples of the lost tribes with our own, he discovers a pattern of changes. A code. He believes he knows what the code is, but the technology doesn’t exist to fully decode it. To protect the secret, Kraus hides his work and disappears.
For years, the secret remains buried. When Kraus dies mysteriously, his work is lost forever.
Now the technology exists to finally unravel the code buried in the human genome. The race to find Kraus’s research has begun, and one group will do anything to find it.
Dr. Peyton Shaw and her mother have obtained part of Kraus’s research–and a cryptic message that could lead to the remaining pieces. They soon learn that finding those pieces may be more dangerous than anyone imagined. But there’s no choice. His work is the key to stopping a global conspiracy–and an event that will change humanity forever.
The ultimate secret, buried in the human genome, will change our very understanding of what it means to be human. For Peyton, finding it may come at an incredible price. She must weigh the lives of strangers against those she loves: Desmond Hughes and her mother. With time running out, Peyton makes a fateful choice–one that can never be undone.
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ABOUT GENOME
GENOME is the second novel in A.G. Riddle’s new series, THE EXTINCTION FILES (a two-book series that is now complete). The first book in the series, PANDEMIC, takes readers inside the CDC and WHO response to a deadly outbreak and a conspiracy that stretches across time and the globe. GENOME completes the mystery with a fast-paced global thrill ride to find a mysterious code buried in the human genome. The series is the product of almost three years of research and features the real-life science and history blended with fiction that readers have come to know and love in Riddle’s past novels. Published by Canyon Road, THE EXTINCTION FILES has been lauded by fans of Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, Preston & Child, Robert Masello, and James Rollins, giving the series over 3,000 reviews on Amazon and nearly 15,000 ratings on GoodReads.
About A.G. Riddle
A.G. Riddle’s debut novel, The Atlantis Gene, became a global phenomenon. It is the first novel in a trilogy that has sold over two million copies, has been translated into 23 languages, and is in development to become a major motion picture.
His fourth novel, Departure, follows a group of survivors of a plane crash who find themselves in a changed world. After A.G. Riddle self-published the novel, Twentieth Century Fox optioned the book for a feature film and HarperVoyager (an imprint of HarperCollins) acquired it and published it in hardcover and paperback.
His new series, The Extinction Files, is his first release in almost three years. The product of extensive research, the two-book series returns to some of the author’s favorite topics: genetics, infectious diseases, and human origins.
Gerry grew up in a small town in North Carolina, and currently resides in Raleigh.
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Genome (The Extinction Files Book 2) Kindle Edition
by A.G. Riddle
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“The entire world was at their mercy. These people, whoever they were, had conquered the human race. Not with guns or airplanes or battleships, but with science so advanced it looked like magic.”
Rule number one for a good night’s sleep: Never start an A.G. Riddle novel later than 4:00 PM. Otherwise you will be up all night long.
The story picks up as the our heroes and villains race, at breakneck speeds, to find Rendition in order to activate it. Nothing is what it seems or is it.
As usual, AG Riddle wraps real hard science and theory into a fast-paced plot and combines it with amazingly complex and rich characters – be it Desmond and his long lost, damaged brother Conner, the mastermind Yuri, Peyton and her mother or Avery – every action they take matches what we know of them.
Riddle does an excellent job, mostly, with is female characters. They are intelligent, ruthless and charming as the male. There are a few issues with sweat and love scenes – everyone is always covered in beads of sweat or just getting sweaty. It is almost comical. The women are as likely as the men to do what they deem necessary and not feel bad about
The plot turns and twists, teases the reader with answers that will appear in the next paragraph, the next scene or the next chapter. Riddle does amazing bait-and-switch moments that always dance on the edge of the next whatever
The story wavers between the fun of The Core with the hard science of Outbreak, never losing its breakneck pace as not one, but multiple hunters chasing the same prey – prey that will save the human race. The tone steadily ratchets up, as the narration duty is passed between the characters and their third person voice.
The climatic battle is told in flashes between characters, which is a nail-biting technique.
Riddle’s writing is cinematic – in terms of visually striking settings and in terms of imagery. It wouldn’t take much to turn this into the newest Post-apocalyptic thriller series streaming.
5 stars out of 5
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I really enjoyed this book and all of his books.
The thrilling conclusion to the “Extinction Files”, “Genome” blends a global conspiracy, history of mankind and the human genetic code into a fast-paced and action-packed plot that opens with the capture of Desmond Hughes and Connor McLain’s struggle to resurrect his brother’s memory to find the last piece to the Looking Glass as well as Peyton and Lim Shaw’s search for the mysterious code buried in the humane genome that began with Dr. Paul Kraus’s research.
With twists and turns as civilization begins to erode after the pandemic Peyton and her mother fight to escape not only “the Beagle” after an attack on the Arktika, but Yuri and his forces when they discover Dr. Kraus’s hidden research. Similarly, Desmond Hughes who has no recall of his work on “Rendition” is pushed by his brother into remembering the past while Connor and his men dodge the forces that want to render Yuri Pachenko and the Looking Glass harmless. In this complex and multilayered story that explores mankind’s next evolutionary step the intensity and suspense continually escalate as the story flows to an interesting climax.
I liked “Genome” a science-fiction mystery that kept me riveted until the end.
The Extinction Files, book 2. Very Good!!
I love this series. Once I read the first book, I just had to get the rest. Well done.
I give the book a 4.5 rating. I was a little disappointed in the ending. Some may like it and others will not.
Great book
Outstanding
I couldn’t put it down.