Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons – Dan Brown

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from the director of CERN, the vast scientific research facility in Switzerland. A brilliant physicist has been murdered, and a strange symbol has been branded into his chest: the mark of the Illuminati, an ancient secret brotherhood believed to have vanished centuries ago.

Worse is to come. A canister of antimatter, a substance with the destructive power of a nuclear bomb, has been stolen from the lab and hidden somewhere in Vatican City, on the very day the cardinals have gathered in conclave to elect a new pope. As the clock ticks down, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, the dead scientist’s adopted daughter and a gifted researcher herself, in a desperate race through the churches, catacombs and monuments of Rome, following a centuries-old trail of clues, the Path of Illumination, hidden in sculptures by Bernini.

Angels & Demons blends science, religion, art history and breakneck suspense, and it is the novel that introduced Robert Langdon to readers, years before the worldwide phenomenon of The Da Vinci Code.

Dan Brown fills the story with fascinating detail about the Vatican, the history of the Illuminati and the long conflict between faith and science, while keeping the action moving at a relentless pace across a single, unforgettable night.

Packed with puzzles, twists and surprises, Angels & Demons is a page-turning thriller that will keep you guessing until the final revelation, and a must-read for fans of fast-paced mysteries.