The Resurrection by Mike O'Neill Book Review!

Book Details

• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishing (February 28, 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1788233611
• ISBN-13: 978-1788233613
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World-renowned scientist and Nobel laureate, Sir Francis MacLeod, is about to make a startling revelation – a revelation that would challenge everything scientists have thought about DNA – when he suddenly collapses.

What happens next is a bizarre chain of events that puts science and religion on a collision course and spurs an international murder investigation.

Set in Cambridge in the mid-2020s, The Resurrection is a fast-paced mystery thriller that exposes the inner workings of the Catholic Church, corruption within the pharmaceutical industry and proposes answers to some of mankind’s most profound questions. 

The Review
The Resurrection by Mike O' Neill is one of those novels that leaves you thinking. 
A story that is science driven and character driven, it also has DNA technology, modern pharma, and controversial religious icons. 

The DNA technology part, even though at times it was confusing as a layperson to figure out exactly what the author was talking about. The characters I found to be down to earth and with flaws. This story is not only about genomes, the church, and pharma, it is a deeply human story with each character depicted as believable. 

The novel is also a psychological thriller and a good one at that. I did not think I was going to like it but the more I got into it, the harder it was to put down. I did learn about genomes and cryogenics. This book seemed to touch on just about everything, the Catholic Church, the Shroud of Turin, the science and religious beliefs. It also touched on not only Catholics but Christians of all faiths. Is Jesus walking around among us? Can they find out through the genomes of people? Can they freeze people in time to be unfrozen at a later date? This book takes place in the late 2020's but seems like it could be now. 

I really did enjoy this book and I hope the ending left room for a second book? I would like that. I highly recommend it!

I was given a copy of this book for review purposes only.


The Author
Mike O’Neill is a former executive vice president of a Fortune 500 company in the field of health sciences. Through his position, he got to know many of the world’s leading scientists and Nobel laureates in almost every major country across the globe. His educational background is in science and engineering, and during his career, he directed the development of instrumentation in the field of DNA and protein research.