Like his great predecessors, Baxter thinks on a cosmic scale, spinning cutting-edge scientific speculation into pure, page-turning gold. His vivid storytelling skills have earned him comparison to the giants of the past: Clarke, Asimov, Stapledon. Stephen Baxter possesses one of the most brilliant minds in modern science fiction. And, chillingly, George and Peter soon have reason to fear that this colony is preparing to leave its overcrowded underground nest. They are a better kind, genetically superior, equipped with all the tools necessary to render homo sapiens as extinct as the Neanderthals. But they are not just a new kind of human. Now, joined by his boyhood friend Peter McLachlan, who arrives in Rome with a dark secret of his own, George uncovers evidence suggesting that the women of the Order have embarked on a divergent evolutionary path.
However, readers who are swept away by novels of cosmic scope and compelling imagination will find Big Idea science fiction at its best. Baxter effectively explores how modern humans and their ancestors might be thoroughly alien to one another, but the book is more focused on thoughtful scientific speculation than in-depth characterization. Because the Manifold novels take place in alternate universes, Origin works well as a stand-alone read. On Earth, Malenfant teams with Japanese scientist Nemoto on a desperate rescue mission that leads to greater questions about the origin of the alien moon, and ultimately of humankind. She finds herself on the Red Moon with people resembling human evolutionary ancestors, with whom she must learn to live in order to survive. Reid Malenfant and Emma Stoney are flying over Africa when a new moon appears in the sky–and Emma disappears.
Award-winning author Stephen Baxter turns to the origin of species in this final novel of the Manifold trilogy.
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