

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. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, where much of the first part of the novel is setĭuring the presentation, which is broadcast worldwide, Kirsch reveals that he intends to end the age of religion and usher in an age of science. Winston leads Langdon to a private meeting with Kirsch, who claims that his presentation will reveal humanity's origins and future. 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.
