Angels & Demons

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The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol,Inferno,andThe Secret of Secrets.

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbolseared into the chest of a murdered physicisthe discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati…the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemythe Catholic Church.

Langdons worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vaticans holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.

Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair…a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

Critics have praised the exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and cutting wit found in Browns remarkable thrillers featuring Robert Langdon. An explosive international suspense,Angels & Demonsmarks this heros first adventure as it careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.