`A breathless, real-time adventure' San Francisco ChronicleA famous scientist is found dead, a strange symbol burned brutally into his skin.Many miles away in Rome, the world's cardinals assemble to elect a new Pope.Working out the puzzle against the clock, can Robert Langdon stop it detonating?
CERN Institute, Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest.
The Vatican, Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion.
In a breathtaking race against time, Harvard professor Robert Langdon must decipher a labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols if he is to defeat those responsible - the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years, reborn to continue their deadly vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic Church.
