The Secret of Secrets
The thriller of thrillers from the bestselling author of THE DA VINCI CODE
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4,5 • 48 Bewertungen
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- 16,99 €
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Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.
Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.
But Prague is an old and dangerous city, steeped in folklore and mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has gone before. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to decipher the world around him before he too is consumed by the rings of treachery and deception that have swallowed Katherine.
Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards buried twelve deep and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily deliver them.
This is a battlefield unlike any he has previously experienced, one on which he must fight not for his only life, but for the future of humanity itself.
The Secret Of Secrets is Dan Brown’s first novel for over eight years and sees the stunning return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time pitting his wits against a conspiracy which will test even his considerable brainpower and take him to the edge of losing all that he holds dear…
Praise for Dan Brown:
‘Dan Brown is my must-read’ Harlan Coben
‘Exceedingly clever’ The Washington Post
‘A master of smart thrills’ People Magazine
‘Impossible to put down’ The New York Times
‘Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger’ Wall Street Journal
‘For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide’ Sunday Times
‘Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country.’ Nelson DeMille
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All in all - disappointing read
I rated it four starts because I am a sucker for this kind of thriller. I was eagerly awaiting this sequel and have read all books in the series so far. I read through the book in few sittings again and enjoyed it. Especially it taking place in Prague.
No body expects “Crime and Punishment” here. However, there is a tremendous amount of disbelief that the same author who wrote Da Vinci Code or the Lost Symbol, also wrote this book. Sure there are captivating parts, interesting plot twists - but all in all it felt like Brown was given homework to do by his publishers, and did it so half interested in his own writing. Many parts lacked depth, culminating in a chapter where Starbucks Logo is mentioned.
Descriptions of Prague are insufficient and also not intertwined convincingly enough with the plot. It feels as if Brown spent a week in Prague and felt as if he was qualified enough to write a book on it.
Almost a decade in making, I feel as though Brown let his most dedicated readers down. He simply didn’t deliver.