Synopses & Reviews
An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target.
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth . . . the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.
BEFORE THE DA VINCI CODE WAS BROKEN,
THE WORLD LAY AT THE MERCY OF ANGELS and DEMONS
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"[W]ell-plotted if over-the-top....Though its premises strain credulity, Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation." Publishers Weekly
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"A breathless real-time adventure....Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ." San Francisco Chronicle
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"[P]lenty of thrilling cat-and-mouse maneuvers and life-or-death cliffhangers....Romance, religion, science, murder, mysticism, architecture, action. Go!" Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.
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The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Inferno--now a major film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.
Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war. This is the book that started it all: we meet Robert Langdon for the first time, caught up in a race against time to find an apocalyptic time-bomb, planted by an ancient secret society that has surfaced to carry out its ultimate threat: to destroy the Vatican.
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Now available in this premium edition the book that introduced Dr. Robert Langdon, the hero of Brown's phenomenal bestseller The Da Vinci Code, just in time for the May premiere of Columbia Pictures' film adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.
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The explosive international thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 andlt;Iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; bestselling author of andlt;Iandgt;The Da Vinci Codeandlt;/Iandgt;.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Angels and Demonsandlt;/Iandgt; careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war. This is the book that started it all: we meet Robert Langdon for the first time, caught up in a race against time to find an apocalyptic time-bomb, planted by an ancient secret society that has surfaced to carry out its ultimate threat: to destroy the Vatican.
About the Author
Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling novels including Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, and The Da Vinci Code. He lives in New England with his wife. Visit him at www.danbrown.com.