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It held me enthralled from cover to cover, just an out of sight thriller, that's what this book is. Well a secret society, don'tcha know, the illuminati who have a long standing grudge against the Church.
Kohler needs Langdon's help because one of CERN's star scientists has been horribly murdered, the body branded with strange symbols. Maximilian Kohler, the general director of the Swiss nuclear research facility CERN, wakes Harvard Symbologist Robert Langdon in the middle of the night with a phone call.
And who's got it. This is no ordinary murder, but is murder ever ordinary, probably not, but this one is highly unusual.
Langdon is on the case and so is his new sidekick, the daughter of the murdered scientist, the beautiful Vittoria Vetra, who is also a brilliant physicist.In addition to the murder, a sample of the anti-matter the lab has been working on has been stolen, and it seems just a pinch of this stuff can set off a Hiroshima type explosion. Add to the mix the fact that the Pope has been murdered and that those favored to replace him are missing and you have the makings of a thriller extraordinaire as Langdon and Vittoria race time to find the anti-matter bomb in the bowels of the Vatican before it goes off and turns the Holy See into rubble.I know I might have been a little flip above, because some of this story seemed a little far fetched, but be that as it may, I couldn't put the book down.
What more can I say.
This was a very good book. I would say that 90% of the book was nothing like the movie. Still, I enjoy them both and was glad I saw the movie first. I do plan to get more of Dan Brown's books.
This book is a wonderful precident to The Davinci Code. It will keep you turning the pages until its over, and when it is, you'll just want more.
the reason i rated this book five stars is because i am watcing the movie right now litteratly.it is great so far. i have read the sample and it is still good.
Good grief. Nope, no can do. Nor could I get past the first chapter of DaVinci Code. It was so incredibly bad. I first tried to read Angels & Demons when it first came out (before DaVinci Code). Thank the Good Lord, I didn't pay too much for it. Anyway, after the DaVinci code was released (which I couldn't finish), I tried to re-read Angels & Demons. Either way, he comes across as a real buffoon since he can't separate reality from fiction.
Still drivel. I don't mean revisionist, hate all Christianity, love all perversions, revile decency, type of history. I couldn't get past the first chapter. Still bad. How can anyone sit through a book that does nothing but go on, and on, and on, and on, and on---get my drift.The really bad historical research just turns off someone, like me, who has actually studied, and degreed in, history. I've truly studied history and have always tried to maintain a balanced idea of what occurred.Dan Brown, on the other hand, has clearly never studied history, or he's taken classes by those who want to change history to meet their agenda. Into the recycle bin it went. Half-Priced Books Store to the rescue there.
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