Publisher's 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 VENDETTAAGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BY A CENTURIES-OLD UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION THE LLLUMINATI. DESPERATE TO SAVE THE VATICAN FROM A POWERFUL TIMEBOMB, 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 TE LONG-FORGOTTEN LLLUMINATI LAIR. ""A BREATHLESS, REAL-TIME ADVENTURE.... EXCITING, FAST-PACED, WITH AN UNUSULLLY HIGH IQ.`` - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.""DAN BROWN HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST, SMARTEST, AND MOST ACCOMPLISHED WRITERS IN THE COUNTRY.`` - NELSON DEMILLE
