Origen

Synopsis of Origen

«Origen» is Jessica Khoury's young adult science fiction novel, published by Anaya Infantil y Juvenil in paperback (392 pages, in Spanish).

Pia is a young woman created in a laboratory to never die, destined to start a new immortal humanity. Locked in a scientific base in the Amazon rainforest, she escapes at seventeen and meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Their encounters lead her to defy the scientists and unearth a lethal truth about her origin.

First installment of the «Corpus» series. Translated by Adolfo Muñoz García. The original English edition, «Origin», appeared in 2012.

For young readers aged 14 and up, with a taste for dystopian science fiction, mystery, and romance.