The Atlantis Gene

The Atlantis Gene is a technological/science-fiction thriller published in 2013 by the American author A. G. Riddle. Owing a debt to writers like Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, and Tom Clancy, Riddle constructs a labyrinthine plot involving the lost city of Atlantis, the mysteries of human evolution, and a conspiracy dating back thousands of years. The Atlantis Gene is the first book in The Origin Mystery trilogy, followed by The Atlantis Plague and The Atlantis World. The novel contains depictions of individuals with autism that may be considered marginalizing toward people with neurodivergence.

Plot Summary

When two researchers uncover a Nazi U-boat buried atop a mysterious structure in the Antarctic ice, their discovery triggers a race for the future of humanity. Soon after, two young boys, test subjects in an autism study, are kidnapped from a research facility, and the lead geneticist, Kate Warner, embarks on a dangerous quest to find them. Meanwhile, David Vale, former CIA agent and current Clocktower operative, uncovers a conspiracy to take down the counterterrorism organization, stemming from the Immari corporation, a multinational conglomerate with subsidiaries in both research and private security. When Vale’s investigation connects Immari to the kidnapped boys, he and Warner team up to uncover the reasons behind the kidnapping and to recover the children.