The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) (Hardcover)

WHAT WAS LOST WILL BE FOUND nnWashington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object gruesomely encoded with five symbols is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.nnWhen Langdon s revered mentor, Peter Solomon philanthropist and prominent mason is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend s life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.nnLangdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America s most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.nnA brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight

About the Author
Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and creative writing. He lives in New England.nnVisit his UK website at www.danbrownofficial.co.uk.

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The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here--and you don't have to be a Freemason to enjoy it...THRILLING AND ENTERTAINING, LIKE THE EXPERIENCE ON A ROLLER COASTER,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. SPLENDID...ANOTHER MIND-BLOWING ROBERT LANGDON STORY,With best-seller status never in doubt, Brown has written another page-turner...A gripping read,So compelling that several times I came close to a cardiac arrest...The Lost Symbol is as perfectly constructed as the Washington architecture it escorts us around.,Unputdownable...Gripping...Jaw-dropping...The blockbuster read of the year,As engaging a hero as you could wish for...A narrative that can grip you like a vice.,You'll devour this latest offering - it's been well worth the wait.,He's a more convincing writer than JK Rowling, while his plots exhibit a far greater depth of research than anything James Patterson's ever come up with...The entertainment factor couldn't be higher *****,The Lost Symbol is a beilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn.,Brown's joyful sense of pace is undeniable...you can't stop turning the pages.