Angels And Demons: (Robert Langdon Book 1)
This is the thriller that first brought Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon to the world's attention, and it remains a gripping introduction to the character. Two locations, one crisis. At CERN in Switzerland, a celebrated scientist is discovered dead, a cryptic symbol burned into his flesh. In Rome, the College of Cardinals has gathered to choose a new pope, unaware that somewhere beneath them, a device of catastrophic force is silently counting down. Langdon is pulled into both threads at once, tasked with following a winding trail of ancient iconography before time runs out entirely. Standing against him is the Illuminati, a secret order long thought to have vanished, now apparently very much alive and pursuing a centuries-old grudge against the Catholic Church. Brown keeps the pages turning with short chapters and well-timed revelations, and the historical detail (however liberally interpreted) gives the story an entertaining texture. It's a fast, cinematic read that asks you to suspend a fair amount of disbelief, but rewards you handsomely if you do. Good fun from start to finish.
- Author: Dan Brown
- Publisher: Corgi
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 978-0552161268
- Pages: 624 pages