Angels and Demons

The bestselling thriller writer of all time - if you haven't read a Dan Brown, where have you been?

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.

Vorwort
The bestselling thriller writer of all time - if you haven't read a Dan Brown, where have you been?

Autorentext

Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Origin and The Secret of Secrets. Three of his Robert Langdon novels have been adapted for the screen by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. They have all been international blockbusters.

Dan Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and Creative Writing. He lives in New England.

Zusammenfassung
`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?