The first time she found him in the jungle he’d stolen my heart as well. I hate the thought of people being purposefully kept in the dark like that.Įio . The idea of being raised in such ignorance by everyone around her made me anxious while reading. She can recite the scientific names of all of the plants and animals in the surrounding jungle but can’t name a single country. And, most importantly, she’s the only immortal human being ever created. She isn’t allowed to learn about the outside world. Pia was created within a compound and has lived her entire life there. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for a few months now and was very excited to see that my library had it! Origin is a story like no other I’ve ever read.
Origin is a beautifully told, shocking new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever, no matter the cost.
Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia’s origin–a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.
But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home–and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.įree in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest.
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