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.
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.
