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Robert Langdon, professore di simbologia ad Harvard, ? in viaggio per Washington. ? stato convocato d'urgenza dall'amico Peter Solomon, uomo potentissimo affiliato alla massoneria, nonché filantropo, scienziato e storico, per tenere una conferenza al Campidoglio sulle origini esoteriche della capitale americana. Ad attenderlo c'? per? un inquietante fanatico che vuole servirsi di lui per svelare un segreto millenario. Langdon intuisce qual ? la posta in gioco quando all'interno della Rotonda del Campidoglio viene ritrovato un agghiacciante messaggio: una mano mozzata col pollice e l'indice rivolti verso l'alto. L'anello istoriato con emblemi massonici all'anulare non lascia ombra di dubbio: ? la mano destra di Solomon. Langdon scopre di avere solamente poche ore per ritrovare l'amico. Viene cos? proiettato in un labirinto di tunnel e oscuri templi, dove si perpetuano antichi riti iniziatici. La sua corsa contro il tempo lo costringe a dar fondo a tutta la propria sapienza per decifrare i simboli che i padri fondatori hanno nascosto tra le architetture della citt?. Fino al sorprendente finale. Un nuovo capitolo de "Il Codice da Vinci", un thriller dalla trama mozzafiato, che si snoda a ritmo incalzante in una selva di simboli occulti, codici enigmatici e luoghi misteriosi.

Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further. The curator, part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion, may have sacrificed his life to keep secret the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. It appears that the clandestine Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect Opus Dei has now made its move. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.

This book features the following titles: Digital Fortress" When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, it calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple US intelligence. "Deception Point" When a NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...one that has profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic and what she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. "Angels and Demons" A breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome, through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even the most secret vault on earth. The prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, "The Da Vinci Code", it introduces the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. "The Da Vinci Code" The curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Robert Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code a stunning historical truth will be lost forever."

Význačný vědec leží ve svém bytě brutálně zavražděný. Motivem byla zřejmě jeho převratná práce, jejímž výsledkem byl objev antihmoty, která vybuchuje silou nejmohutnější jaderné nálože. Robert Langdon, expert na význam náboženských symbolů, oznámí, že cejch, vypálený na prsa mrtvému je znamení, jímž o sobě před staletími dávalo vědět satanistické bratrstvo - ilumináti. Dcera zabitého vědce Viktoria zjistí, že ukradený vzorek antihmoty se záhadně ocitl - ve Vatikánu! V samotném srdci křesťanstva právě probíhá volba papeže a časované bombě zbývá pár hodin do výbuchu. Langdon s Vittorií se ocitají ve víru šílených událostí a podle tajemných jinotajů pátrají po dávné Cestě osvícení, jejíž objevení může vést k záchraně…