Angels & Demons (Unabridged)
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3.6 • 13 Ratings
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- $33.99
Publisher Description
The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and The Secret of Secrets.
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The Da Vinci Code’s unlikely hero got his start right here, before that sequel’s blockbuster international success. When a scientist on the verge of a world-shattering breakthrough is horrifically murdered and arcane evidence points to a secret society of anti-religion extremists, Harvard professor of religious symbology Robert Langdon is plucked from the safety of academia to investigate alongside the victim’s daughter. Soon, assassins are targeting cardinals and Langdon’s struggling to save his own hide until he can suss out the mystery. Dan Brown packs plenty of religious and scientific detail into the story, but there’s enough action and suspense to make it feel like a pulp-fiction pageturner. And for all the life-and-death stakes, Brown still finds some humour in Langdon’s fish-out-of-water exploits. Richard Poe’s intense narration gives the story the gripping, white-knuckle feel of a vintage detective thriller, cutting straight to its emotional centre. Angels and Demons bears equal potential as brain twister and beach listen.
