Chris graduated from university four years ago yet finds herself
rooted to the campus. Despite her degree she finds herself undertaking menial
tasks with little fulfilment – until, she’s accosted by a corporation that has
ties to her mother’s death to aid them on a mission to discover a cure for
death; the promise of immortality.
She turns them down only to take up the challenge on her own
accord. Wanting to ensure this powerful and world changing discovery doesn’t fall
into the wrong hands.
There are multiple factions involved in this globe spanning adventure;
SinaCorp, a military like corporation determined to find the tree of life for
the purpose of profit, while a secret group whose purpose is to protect the
worlds hidden wonders puts up dangerous roadblocks at each stage of the
journey. The unlikely duo of botanist, Chris, and Luke, a priest at Chris’
university want to find Eden, while for slightly different reasons, their
ultimate cause is more humanitarian than SinaCorps.
Containing religious and scientific elements, neither is
overbearing and each equally contributes depth and justification for the protagonists’
pursuit of the tree of life. A liberal dose of humour keeps the dialogue fresh
and removes some of the heat from the serious/more violent encounters the
likable protagonists find themselves involved in.
My only gripe is one of practicality over the suspension of
belief. Chris and Luke don’t have the never ending resources (gadgets,
personnel, cash) at SinaCorps disposal, yet their globe spanning would run a
sizable bill – while author D.K. Mok mentions of multiple occasions that Chris
and Luke don’t have a never ending pile cash, the logical part of me wanted
them to not be able to traverse the globe, rather just the key (and more
localised) points on the map. That said, this is still a good form of escapism
and one that is best summed as a Mix of Dan Brown and Indiana Jones.
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