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by A.G. Riddle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A code hidden in the human genome will reveal the ultimate secret of human existence.

And may hold humanity’s only hope of survival.

Genome is the final book in The Extinction Files, the two-book series that began with Pandemic. It’s a race against time—and an exploration into the deepest mysteries of human existence (with a twist at the end you’ll never see coming).


Selected Praise for A.G. Riddle

“...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...”
—WIRED GeekDad on Departure

“Riddle... keep(s) the focus on his characters... rather than the technological marvels”
—Publisher’s Weekly on Departure


An Extended Look at Genome

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 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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A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting and running internet companies before retiring to focus on his true passion: writing fiction. He is now an Amazon, Wall Street Journal and Sunday Times bestselling author with nearly five million copies sold worldwide in twenty languages. He lives in North Carolina.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06Y46QNHR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Legion Books (October 12, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 12, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting and running internet companies before retiring to focus on his true passion: writing fiction. He is the author of ten novels that have sold nearly five million copies worldwide in twenty languages.

He lives in North Carolina.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting Ta.e
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
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Expertly written story with possible near future sci-fi scenarios, great character development and twists of danger for all the principles. . Love, hate, revenge, and mystery to the end. Highly recommend this book and author.
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Linda
4.0 out of 5 stars A full story
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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Had it all: adventure, mystery, science, romance, travel, interesting characters. But parts dragged out a little and the end seemed a bit rushed/abrupt.
I have read several books by this author and will be looking to read more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars loved the ending
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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These stories have so much depth and the characters are fascinating, loved the twist at the end, well researched and believable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
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Again wonderful book. I loved reading it. So easy to keep up with. Can’t wait to read more from this author
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3.0 out of 5 stars Finishes Pandemic in Interesting Way, but with Pointless Diversions
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018
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First the good parts: this is a decent story with a proper amount of character development and a reasonably good link back to the plot from the original book. Something that given today's technology is clearly a work of fantasy, but which has elements that are just plausible enough that you can suspend your belief and go with the story. Definitely qualifes as a "page turner" if that's what you're going for. Perfect for a long (5+ hours) flight where you're not being interrupted or not interested in TV or movies.

That being said, this book and this series in general have a few obvious flaws ***SPOILER ALERT***

1. While the character development is good and the dialogs also good compared to some other books in this genre, the (overall) story is needlessly long. With proper editing they could've easily knocked 50 pages off this book, and probably 150 off the first book. There are too many "forks in the road" and off-shoots which are not strictly necessary for the continuation of the plot or for the larger story to make sense. Perfect example being the amount of detail that went into describing Connor's "military adventure," as he tried to use his unconscious brother to help him through the labyrinth. I get that some of it is needed for the bad guys to find what they're looking for, but these chapters or "side-stories" were more drawn out than they needed to be. Why so many stops? Yes, it's a labyrinth, but no, you don't have to illustrate that literally, "turn by turn," one or two "stops" would've been plenty to drive the idea home.

2. Unlike in Pandemic where the act of a virus spreading across the world necessitates some globe-trotting, there is needless globe-trotting throughout this story. I got the impression the author was trying to James "Bondify" Hughes and ("Bond-villify") Yuri. Explore sunken sub with commandos, Harry Potter library at Oxford, ancient Spanish cave, swanky venture capitalist district in SF, on the way to Antarctica with a stop in Buenos Aires. OK. We get it. :) Literally taking us from one pole at the start of the story, to the other at the end, feels forced. An Antarctic adventure tourism business complete with semi-luxury hotel? GMAB. This story shoud've ended somewhere in the U.S. or S. America, based on the progressions and need for some geographical distance between story elements. The pole to pole thing was forced IMO.

3. Hughes was somewhat made less believable and human-like by virtue making him "Capt. Everything." Yes, he had a difficult past and made some bad decisions but that humanity gets overshadowed by making him a strange mix of Bruce Wayne, Batman, and Navy Seal. Part of what I liked about Pandemic is some of the main characters fighting the good fight were more or less regular people. Sure, some Bondification of a main character (like taking a CEO of a tech startup and making them good with a rifle because [insert unexpected life experience here]), makes for a fun read, but less is more in this regard. The whole "Super-Genius-Venture-Capitalist-Who-Fights-Like-Seal-Team-6" thing was too much at points. Why not make Hughes a former male dancer also, just in case we weren't sure he could pull off the Patrick Swayze thing too. ; ) Sometimes a capable but more ordinary person struggling through a bad situation, is more interesting than Capt. Everything.

4. There are side-character detours as well. Character development is good; it makes you care about the characters and either what they're doing next, but some characters do not need much development. Make it clear who they are, make it clear how the affect the plot right now, make that thing happen, move on. On some levels Avery is a good example of a character whose back-story and current interests could've been shortened without harming the plot or narrative. See also: we had a "forced love triangle" element to the story (because what else would you expectt from Capt. Everything. He's gotta have two beautiful, super-talented women who love him at the same time. Goes without saying, right? : )

She's definitely an important character but I felt like the author should've stuck to one love narrative or the other. Make a choice and develop it in a way that includes both characters but doesn't force the whole triangle thing — it gets in the way of the main plot. Nothing wrong with having them have some romantic history or random love-making or whatever but don't do the triangle thing unless it's the main point of the plot, like who he chooses will drastically change the ending and you can see what will happen but the suspense part is sticking around to see which ending you get. Not the case here.

5. Most important criticism for last... and I felt this way in the first book and still do at the end... the whole virus-nano-bot-rook-rapture-rendition-looking-glass dynamic was conceptually too complicated. Particuarly the parts involving computer technology and computer starup companies. Anything involving computers should've been morphed into one concept with one name. So the dynamic ends up being component 1 — the virus and nano-bots, but you don't know yet what the bots do. Carried into Story 2: component 2 — all the computer stuff rolled into one name or concept. You can be detailed in describing those concepts and weave them through story, but it would be way less distracting than the way it was done here. If a reader is 200 pages in and he/she has to wonder "wait, what was it that Rook did again... it was ___... no wait, that was Rapture.... or was it Rendition" — that's not good. All of the computer-focused elements should've had one name.

Carry that into component 3 - the looking glass (which ties in the quantum thing to the computer stuff). OK that's a triad that works. I can mentally track three conceptual frameworks through hundreds of pages of action and dialog. FIve or six is way too many. And on some level that fact number also felt like a needless attempt to make the technology seem mysterious or "Bondified."

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ON A FINAL NOTE (a positive one), the good news is, despite the above-flaws, I don't regret buying these books because the parts of the story that mattered, were interesting and well-written. I prefer the first book to the second, but the second is necessary to finally understand what the heck all of this was for. People will debate the ending. I didn't understand what was meant by the Everest thing (had she travelled in time to a parallel universe where it was just like ours?), but on balance using the virus and pandemic to lead into this larger story about the universe and quantum realities, is pretty cool. Just wish the author had spent more time on the main course and wrapped this up quicker.
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Linda2222
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Book!
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023
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This book really kept me reading because I wanted to understand what the scientists were actually building! The ending was very interesing and unexpected!
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Tea Time
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great read from A.G. Riddle!
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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Enjoyed the book start to finish, as the second in the series, Riddle did a great job of capturing key momnents from the first book, without slowing down the new chapter of the Story.
Character development is exceptional and the story is timeless and thought provoking while still being really fun to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Qubits and quantum computers
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023
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This is one of the best novels that I have ever read! We follow the author's narrative from Earth's formation approximately 4.5 billion years ago to the future where he discusses the fate of our species. A retired university researcher, I appreciated the depth of his expertise in a wide range of fields, such as history, geology, archeology, and computer science. His description of quantum computers and qubits was fascinating. I highly recommend this two-book series.
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Sherry
5.0 out of 5 stars the Genome
Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2024
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This is an excellent book the story is solid and flows, the last few chapters are the best in the books.
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Minty
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Page turner.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2024
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A.G. Riddle does write a good book, haven't been disappointed any of his titles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars J adore.... love it
Reviewed in France on August 20, 2021
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Je suis juste une grande fan de cet auteur fléau Atlantis solar war... Bref que du bonheur avec cette dernière série... Hate d'en avoir plus
Juste laisser vous porter dans son univers on oublie tous les tracas de la vie
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super
Reviewed in Germany on March 28, 2020
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Like it very much.Hope ist allways good. Don't loose Hope. We are going to live and stay positive. Love and live.
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Marcos Luz
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for sure
Reviewed in Brazil on March 9, 2018
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A great book. An excellent plot and a smooth written style. This second book clarifies the facts behind the first one and puts an end to the series (no book 3). It worths the time and the money. Five stars.
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