Washington, D.C.: In der amerikanischen Hauptstadt liegt ein sorgsam gehütetes Geheimnis verborgen, und ein Mann ist bereit, dafür zu töten. Doch dazu benötigt er die Unterstützung eines Menschen, der ihm freiwillig niemals helfen würde: Robert Langdon, Harvard-Professor und Experte für die Entschlüsselung und Deutung mysteriöser Symbole.

Nur ein finsterer Plan ermöglicht es, Robert Langdon in die Geschichte hineinzuziehen. Fortan jagt der Professor über die berühmten Schauplätze der Hauptstadt, doch die wahren Geheimnisse sind in dunklen Kammern, Tempeln und Tunneln verborgen. Orte, die vor ihm kaum jemand betreten hat. Und er jagt nicht nur - er wird selbst zum Gejagten. Denn das Rätsel, das nur er zu lösen vermag, ist für viele Kreise von größter Bedeutung - im Guten wie im Bösen.

Zwölf Stunden bleiben Robert Langdon, um seine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. Danach wird die Welt, die wir kennen, eine andere sein.

Zusatztext "Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for deadHis code and clue-filled book is dense with exoticaamazing imageryand the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. SPLENDIDANOTHER MIND-BLOWING ROBERT LANGDON STORY."Janet Maslin! New York Times "THRILLING IN THE EXTREME! A DEFINITE PAGE-FLIPPER." Daily News (New York) "Call it Brownian motion: A COMET TAIL-RIDE of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity." Washington Post "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." Los Angeles Times "ROBERT LANGDON REMAINS A TERRIFIC HERO! a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet. The codes are intriguing! the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light! and Brown keeps the pages turning." Entertainment Weekly Informationen zum Autor Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including Origin, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress . Klappentext THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS Impossible to put down. The New York Times Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster. Los Angeles Times Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing objectartfully encoded with five symbolsis discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor, Peter Solomona long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropistis kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of a terrifying enemy. Look for more Robert Langdon novels: The Da Vinci Code Inferno Origin The Secret of Secrets Leseprobe PrologueHouse of the Temple8:33 P.M. The secret is how to die. Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die. The thirty-four-year-old initiate gazed down at the human skull cradled in his palms. The skull was hollow, like a bowl, filled with bloodred wine. Drink it, he told himself. You have nothing to fear. As was tradition, he had begun this journey adorned in the ritualistic garb of a medieval heretic being led to the gallows, his loose-fitting shirt gaping open to reveal his pale chest, his left pant leg rolled up to the knee, and his right sleeve rolled up to the elbow. Around his neck hung a heavy rope noosea "cable-tow" as the brethren called it. Tonight, however, like the brethren bearing witness, he was dressed as a master.The assembly of brothers encircling him all were adorned in their full regalia of lambskin aprons, sashes, and white gloves. Around their necks hung ceremonial jewels that glistened like ghostly eyes in the muted light. Many of these men held powerful stations in life, and yet the initiate knew their worldly ranks meant nothing within these walls. Here all men were equals, sworn brothers sharing a mystical bond.As he surveyed the daunting assembly, the initiate wondered who on the outside would ever believe that this collection of men would assemble in one place . . . much less this place. The room looked like a holy sanctuary from the ...

"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."—Janet Maslin, *New York Times

• "THRILLING IN THE EXTREME, A DEFINITE PAGE-FLIPPER."—Daily News (New York)

  "Call it Brownian motion: A COMET TAIL-RIDE of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity."—Washington Post

  "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."—*Los Angeles Times

• "ROBERT LANGDON REMAINS A TERRIFIC HERO, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet…. The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning."—Entertainment Weekly 

  Autorentext

  Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including Origin, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress.

  Klappentext

  THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS

  “Impossible to put down.” —The New York Times

  “Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster.” —Los Angeles Times

  Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom.

  When his mentor, Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of a terrifying enemy.

  Look for more Robert Langdon novels:
  The Da Vinci Code
  Inferno
  Origin
  The Secret of Secrets

  Leseprobe
  PrologueHouse of the Temple8:33 P.M. The secret is how to die.

  Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die.

  The thirty-four-year-old initiate gazed down at the human skull cradled in his palms. The skull was hollow, like a bowl, filled with bloodred wine.Drink it, he told himself. You have nothing to fear. As was tradition, he had begun this journey adorned in the ritualistic garb of a medieval heretic being led to the gallows, his loose-fitting shirt gaping open to reveal his pale chest, his left pant leg rolled up to the knee, and his right sleeve rolled up to the elbow. Around his neck hung a heavy rope noose—a "cable-tow" as the brethren called it. Tonight, however, like the brethren bearing witness, he was dressed as a master.The assembly of brothers encircling him all were adorned in their full regalia of l…