The Atlantis Gene

[b:The Atlantis Gene 17999892 The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1) A.G. Riddle https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1385398066s/17999892.jpg 24748164] is a good read and a quite respectable effort for a first book. The pace is fast; if anything too fast, and the story has more twists than an Appalachian blacktop. Some suspension of disbelief is required.A.G. Riddle uses a lot of short chapters, most of them ending on a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, this gives the story a jolting, cobblestone effect. He uses the trope of a story within the story to good effect – to fill in the back story, and then (unusually), merges it with the main story. All in all, a good book. I immediately bought the sequel, because, though the story doesn't end on a cliffhanger, it certainly isn't finished and I need to know what happens next.3½ stars because it is a good story that could perhaps be told better.