The first book in the "Robert Langdon" series (Da Vinci Code being it's sequal). Robert Langdon is called to CERN (some big nuclear science place in Switzerland) in the middle of the night to shed some light on a symbol burned into the chest of one of their top scientists corps, murdered only hours before. The symbol is of an ancient group, The Illuminati, that has it out for the catholic church. Robert Langdon is skeptical but by the time he's in Vatican City and more things come into play he's risking his life to stop The Illuminati from a series of murders (the top 4 cardinals) that are occuring on the hour, every hour until midnight, when a final blow will threaten to destroy the entire country. One thing is for certain, The Illuminati has people working closely in Vatican City. Who, how many, and why are the questions you'll be asking yourself the entire book. Even if you think you know, you don't. Unless you saw the movie already. Along the way you learn about symbols, art, history, and other random facts in a very entertaining way, and you also get some good discussions on religion vs. intellectualism. It's a fast action book from start to finish. Hard to put down!
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I remember it being good, I read it awhile ago, but I also remember that this was the book that made me realize all of Dan Brown's novel's are the same. Cool ending though.
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