The thrill of the chase, the excitement of secret
societies -- this book has it all!!
Atria
July 2003
Featuring: Robert Langdon; Vittoria Vetra
592 pages
ISBN: 0743486226
Hardcover (reprint)
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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 symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered
physicist -- he 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 enemy -- the Catholic Church.
Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the
Vatican's 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
Brown's remarkable thrillers featuring Robert Langdon. An
explosive international suspense, Angels & Demons
marks this hero's first adventure as it careens from
enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle
between science and religion turns to war.
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