You must respect a book that is in the top ten for more
than two years...although, personally, I liked the first
book better -- ANGEL AND DEMONS.
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert
Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the
elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the
museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher.
While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is
stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in
the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see --
yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist,
Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in
the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose
members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo,
and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond,
Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker
who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon
and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the
Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical
truth -- will be lost forever.
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