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Publisher's Review
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned 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 even 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.
An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.
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Taichara's Review
It is a must read
Rating - 4.5/5
This intriguing, fast paced book appeals to both suspense lovers and intellectuals. I could not put it down.
Dan Brown weaves a web of mystery, taking us through the streets of Rome and the Vatican to well known historical sites, whose significance and purpose had alternative cryptic meanings. The well researched historical references played a vital and very relevant role to the contemporary plot with secret societies, ancient symbols, bizarre and mystifying deaths.
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Member's Review
Reviewer - Cindy
This is really a good book to read!
Rating - 4/5
Most readers will be familiar with Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Before the runaway bestseller, recently made into a movie, there was Angels & Demons. I always wanted to read Angels & Demons as much for the title as for anything else but I never got the opportunity before. Thanks to the good folks at Taichara, I finally got that long awaited opportunity. Once I started reading it, just like Dan Brown said, I was well and truly hooked. You will be too, and for more than just the interesting information contain within the book, but also for a well define and laid out story line.
Angels & Demons is a fast paced, intelligent page turner that weaves together the freemasons, the Swiss Guards, a tube full of antimatter, the novel’s hero, Robert Langdon, and the novel’s heroine, Vittoria Vetra, in a complex plot full of twists and a few turns along with a heavy dose of science fiction. In so doing it takes the reader on a narrated journey into the very heart of the Vatican City and around the city of Rome unlike anything you’ll find in the various Italian tourist guide books.
Robert Langdon is an academic and well known Harvard symbologist with an affinity for the symbols of ancient societies. In the middle of the night Langdon is awakened by the general director, Maximilian Kohler, of CERN. CERN is a Nuclear Research facility located in Switzerland where cutting edge nuclear research is conducted. Kohler calls Langdon because one of CERN’s brightest’s scientist has been gruesomely murdered and branded with strange symbols, suggesting that this is more than just an ordinary murder. At this point the reader is introduced to the beautiful young heroine, a scientist in her own right and also the daughter of the murdered scientist, Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, following a 400-year old trail of ancient symbols that stretches across Rome toward the long lost Illuminati lair, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Whilst the story line might seem to be a tad bit similar to The Da Vinci Code, there are a few things that makes this novel better. Firstly, it has a well defined and laid out story line; I find that is it just written a lot better. Secondly, inspite of the near misses and unbelievable escapes, this novel is more intellectually stimulating and contains less of the extra dramatisation associated with The Da Vinci Code. Finally, its enlightening, presenting an alternative view of many widely held beliefs.
So if you enjoy mysteries mixed with enigmas mixed with riddles, likes to be intellectually stimulated when reading and just plain loves a good conspiracy theory, then this is the book for you. This is really a great book to read and I do hope you enjoy it just has much has I did.
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