Paperback, 670 pages
English language
Published Jan. 30, 2010 by Corgi Books.
The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom.
When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons.
It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth... --back cover
I liked it. No matter how big a part of the book is real, the ideas are presented in an accessible manner.
I'm giving this three starts mainly because it occupied me enough to stay through the end. That said, the writing felt stilted and rushed, the character development was weak, and the story line not nearly as compelling as his better works.
