If you've read Dan Brown's other novels The Davinci Code and Angels & Demons, you'll love his newest work featuring beloved character and Harvard Professor, Robert Langdon. One day out of the blue Robert Langdon receives a phone call from the office of his good friend and high-ranked mason, Peter Solomon. Peter's assistant informs Langdon that Peter is hosting a dinner for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., which he is very involved in, but unfortunately their speaker dropped out at the last minute and Peter thought a speech Langdon had given on television a few years back would be perfect. Of course, Langdon agrees to help out his dear friend and is flown by private jet to D.C. that evening. However, upon his arrival to the capital building where the event is supposed to be held Langdon realizes things have gone terribly wrong and he has fallen into a tricky trap; when he can't find the location of the dinner and hears the scream of a child coming from the rotunda, Langdon rushes to the scene and finds out he has made a terrible mistake by going to D.C. that night. Peter's so-called "secretary" was not a secretary at all, but his captor for reasons beyond Langdon's understanding. This clever and creepy captor uses the symbols of the ancient mysteries to guide Langdon, the capitol police, and the CIA on a quest for Masonic secrets he believes are uncover-able based on information he got out of Peter. The cause of the child's screaming was the severed hand of Peter Solomon, with his Masonic ring still on his finger, pointing to the top of the capitol rotunda and tattooed with some unknown symbology. Peter's captor contacts him by cell phone and gives a choice: solve the mysteries of the masonic legends by the end of the night and share them with him or Peter and his sister will cease to see the light of day. The story tracks Langdon, Peter's Captor, the CIA, the capitol police, and Peter's sister as the events of the night unfold, leaving the reading aching for more.
Brown's unique style of alternating perspectives every chapter makes the novel interesting and easy to read, just like two of his very popular others. Though I have to say out of the 3 Langdon-centered novels this extra captivating one is by far my favorite.
Care for find out more about how Landgon will deal with his options and who else comes into play throughout the novel? Pick up this newest edition to the Robert Langdon trilogy and you won't be sorry.
I have been meaning to read Dan Brown's books about the adventures of Robert Langdon for a while now. I have not gotten around to it yet but this blog makes me much more interested in the stories. When hearing about these books, it is often hard to hear them described in a way that makes them seem like they have brilliant writing and are exciting. However, apparently it is "Brown's unique style of alternating perspectives every chapter" that convinces the reader to keep on going. The writing style is very similar to Joseph Heller's Catch 22 except that in Catch 22 Heller fills each chapter with the perspective of a character. It seems that Dan Brown's way of using different perspectives in the same chapter makes the story more exciting. The way the plot is described in this blog also makes me want to read it. It gives a short description of the plot without giving away the twists and details that make the story spectacular. It also lists all of the characters in order to build up curiosity more then to give the reader of the blog information. What finally got me to want to read this book is the ending which leaves me with a question in my mind about how the story will turn out.
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