In this spectacular follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates one time again why he is the world’s much popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race throughout a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown’s much terrifying villain to date. Set inside the concealed chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates throughout a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to bring an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Inside minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded together with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon distinguishes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to believe this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, concealed history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers together with an intelligent, lightning-paced story this proposes surprises at each turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for . . . his much thrilling novel yet.