The King admits that he is homosexual and Valdespino is his platonic lover. Meanwhile, Valdespino brings Julián to his dying father in the Valley of the Fallen. Winston reveals that, per Kirsch's will, he will self-delete the next day.
Ambra returns to the palace and Langdon is cleared of all charges. The presentation sparks widespread debate. He then claims that in roughly fifty years, humanity and technology will merge, hopefully creating a utopian future. This is Kirsch's proof that humanity was created by natural events. Kirsch explains that he simulated the Miller-Urey experiment, using E-Wave's ability to digitally speed forward time, to recreate what he believes is the moment of abiogenesis. After entering the password, the presentation starts, to hundreds of millions of viewers. They discover a device called E-Wave, a Mare Nostrum supercomputer which Kirsch calls 'Quantum cube'. Langdon finds Winston's source inside the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Langdon and Ambra escape the police in the helicopter. In an ensuing fight, Ávila falls to his death. On the Regent's orders, Ávila arrives, killing both agents and chasing Langdon and Ambra.
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There, the two discover that the password is the final stanza of Four Zoas, "The dark Religions are departed & sweet Science reigns". Langdon assures Ambra that he can find Winston's physical location, so he can broadcast the discovery, and the helicopter takes them to Sagrada Família. A helicopter with two Guardia Real agents arrives and gets her and Langdon to safety. The police arrive and, as Ambra tries to explain she wasn't kidnapped, Kirsch's phone is destroyed. Langdon finds that Kirsch owned a book of the complete works of William Blake, which he donated to Sagrada Família, leaving it open at a specific page. Langdon learns that Kirsch was dying of pancreatic cancer, prompting a rushed release of the presentation. Langdon and Ambra go to Casa Milà, and search for the poem. To save face, the royal family's public relations manager claims that Langdon kidnapped Ambra. Word of the meeting in Catalonia spreads, and suspicion falls on Valdespino, who sneaks Julián off the palace grounds. Meanwhile, the three murders have sparked worldwide outrage, fueled by information leaked by the anonymous source "Monte Iglesia". Neither know which poem was chosen, but they deduce that it can be found at Kirsch's home, on Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà. Ambra reveals that the presentation is protected by a 47-character password, a line from Kirsch's favorite poem. They steal Kirsch's phone and escape with the help of Winston, who has Kirsch's personal jet fly them to Barcelona. He warns her not to trust Julián (as Ávila was put on the guest list by request from the Royal palace) and they escape his guards and leave the museum, determined to release Kirsch's discovery. While Ávila escapes, Langdon meets Ambra. Meanwhile, both Al-Fadl and Köves are killed as well. Ávila was commissioned by "the Regent", someone claiming to be with the church. However, he is killed by Luis Ávila, a former naval admiral introduced to the controversial Palmarian Catholic Church following the deaths of his family in a bombing. Winston leads Langdon to a private meeting with Kirsch, who claims that his presentation will reveal humanity's origins and future.ĭuring the presentation, which is broadcast worldwide, Kirsch reveals that he intends to end the age of religion and usher in an age of science. The guests receive a headset through which they communicate with a voice named Winston, which reveals to Langdon that it is an artificial intelligence invented by Kirsch. Among those in attendance are Kirsch's former teacher, Robert Langdon, and the Guggenheim's curator Ambra Vidal, the fiancée of the future King of Spain, Prince Julián. Kirsch hosts an event at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The three learn that he is presenting it in three days' time, prompting Valdespino to demand that he stop. He has informed them out of respect, despite his hatred of organized religion, which he blames for his mother's death. He informs them that he has made a revolutionary discovery that he plans to release to the public in a month. The book is predominantly set in Spain and features minor sections in Sharjah and Budapest.Įdmond Kirsch, a billionaire philanthropist, computer scientist, futurist, and strident atheist, attends a meeting at the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in Catalonia (Spain) with Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Valdespino, Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Köves, and Muslim Imam Syed al-Fadl, members of the Parliament of the World's Religions. The book was released on October 3, 2017, by Doubleday. Origin is a 2017 mystery thriller novel by American author Dan Brown and the fifth installment in his Robert Langdon series, following Inferno.
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