"Angels & Demons" tells the first adventure of Robert
Langdon, the world-renowned Harvard symbologist. Langdon is awakened in
the middle of the night by a strange phone call that leads him on an
adventure he will never forget. He is summoned to a research facility in
Switzerland to help solve a murder case. A cryptic symbol had been seared
into the chest of the victim, a symbol that Langdon thought he would never
see. It was the symbol of a centuries-old underground organization that
holds a deadly feud against the Catholic Church, the symbol of the
Illuminati. A cult that was thought dead for hundreds of years has now
resurfaced to destroy the Vatican. In a race against a powerful time bomb,
Langdon collaborates with Rome and the beautiful and mysterious scientist
Vittoria Vetra to save the Vatican.
Dan Brown writes an exciting fast-paced novel full of unexpected
twists. He fills the novel with many arcane history and art history facts,
and includes several scientific theories and religious facts, but creates
a story so interesting that readers don't know how much they are learning
from reading this book.
When one spends time with another in intense situations, they could be
united in ways that decades together often did not. But the love between
Langdon and Vittoria doesn't flare up until later in the story. Brown
keeps his readers waiting for the romance between the two
professionals.
Brown touches many controversial topics throughout the story. He
discusses the great God and science debate to a certain depth that teaches
the reader the main arguments of the debate, but leaves enough out that
draws interest the reader to find out more. Brown also shows the
competitiveness of the media. Seeing how the media is always putting bad
news front page and good news in short articles in the spaces left over,
having characters being the media themselves shows their side of the
story. His story also reveals stunning secrets of the great scientists and
artists of our past.
"Angels & Demons" is only one of Dan Brown's amazing
works. He has also written three other brilliant novels. "The Da
Vinci Code", the sequel to "Angels & Demons",
"Deception Point", and "Digital Fortress."
Prologue
Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his
own. He stared up in terror at the dark figure looming over him.
"What do you want!"
"La chiave," the raspy voice replied. "The
password."
"But...I don't -"
The intruder pressed down again, grinding the white hot object deeper
into Vetra's chest. There was the hiss of broiling flesh.
Vetra cried out in agony. "There is no password!"
He felt himself drifting toward unconsciousness.
The figure glared. "Ne avevo paura. I was afraid of
that."
Vetra fought to keep his senses, but the darkness was closing in. His
only solace was in knowing his attacker would never obtain what he had
come for. A moment later, however, the figure produced a blade and brought
it to Vetra's face. The blade hovered. Carefully. Surgically.
"For the love of God!" Vetra screamed. But it was too
late.
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