The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
(Author)
Description
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER - An intelligent, lightning-paced thriller set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., with surprises at every turn. "Impossible to put down.... Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story." --The New York Times Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon--a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist--is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth ... all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date.Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publish Date
May 01, 2012
Pages
624
Dimensions
5.17 X 8.02 X 1.14 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780307950680
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About the Author
DAN BROWN is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress.
Reviews
"Impossible to put down. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story."
--The New York Times
--New York Daily News "The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here. . . . Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster."
--Los Angeles Times "Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch "Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead. . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down."
--The New York Times "Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity."
--The Washington Post "Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet. . . . The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning."
--Entertainment Weekly "A fascinating pleasure. . . . Upends our usual assumptions about the world we think we know."
--Newsweek "A roaring ride. . . . A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow 'unfathomable power.'"
--San Francisco Chronicle "[The] Indiana Jones of intellectuals, Robert Langdon, rides again. . . . Revelations connecting faith and science . . . add dimension to this page-turner's thrills."
--People
