The First Day
A heart-stopping tale of discovery, adventure and intrigue.
A mysterious object found in a dormant volcano will forever change the lives of Adrian and Keira. Together they embark on an extraordinary adventure which takes them from the banks of Lake Turkana in the heart of Africa to the mountains of China. They seek to reveal the object’s hidden secrets and answer the age-old question: how did life begin ?
Keira is a passionate and ambitious archaeologist leading her first dig in the isolated Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Adrian is an accomplished astrophysicist, who has taken a leave of absence from the illustrious Academy of Sciences in London to pursue his study of the stars in a remote observatory on the Atacama plateau in Chile. Together, they will live an adventure that will change the course of their lives – and ours as well.
Marc Levy’s first adventure novel, The First Day, was published in France in June 2009. It went straight to the top of all the bestseller lists in France, as did its sequel, The First Night, which was published in December 2009.
