Origins

De: Mark Henrikson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

(Revised 2nd Edition) Archeologists working in the Giza plateau make new discoveries about Egypt’s past. Recorded history of the Great Pyramid, Sphinx, even Moses and the slave exodus to the Promised Land are drawn into question as they unravel the mysteries they find and encounter elements intent on preserving those secrets. A patient in a psychiatric hospital may be the key to it all. Hastelloy is convinced he’s locked in a battle for humanity’s survival with the mysterious species Alpha that has spanned the course of human history since ancient Egypt. Is he crazy, or is it crazy to ignore him? Meanwhile, NASA and the National Security Agency struggle with the future of mankind amid the launch of a new deep space probe capable of broadcasting a message that will be heard by others. Some believe it can propel humanity to new heights, others insist it will bring about the end of mankind. Both sides will stop at nothing to further their cause. Mankind’s past, present and future are revealed in this gripping thriller that does not let go for a single page, and has enough twists and turns to test even the most sturdy safety harness. The Origins of all will be revealed.

Intriguing

Ugh..didn’t notice it was book one. Now I have to wait for the rest of the story.

Amazing story bad narration

Amazon please heed this review. AI would be great for textbooks, manuals, and maybe historical literature but not novels. I have read the Origins series every year and couldn’t wait for an audiobook to come out. I would have paid $20 a book for well narrated version of this series. I was more than willing to give the AI a chance but found it very hard to follow the book with AI narration due to the lack of inflection, emotion, change in cadence not to mention the mispronunciation of words that are spelled the same but a person would have made the correct word choice based on context. If you are looking at this review as a customer please read the books first, they are so worth it. The writer really put in the effort to study the history from many perspectives and was clever in the way he incorporated his characters into that history. Many times while reading I would stop and do some research because I was unaware of some of the history he sheds light on. I learned more about historical events reading this series than I learned in high school and college.

Dear Audible, please hire real people.

I was excited at the premise of this title. I'm really interested in 'Ancient Origin' stories, and I thought I'd try this. The story line was intriguing, and right up my alley. However....that darned Virtual Voice, mispronounced many words, and was very monotone with almost no inflection or change of pitch for the different characters. Would be better to Kindle this.