The Lost Symbol

Robert Langdon bleiben 24 Stunden um ein Geheimnis zu entschlüsseln, dessen Wahrung für einige Kreise von höchster Bedeutung ist.
Eine verzweifelte Suche an den berühmtesten Schauplätze Washingtons beginnt, in dunklen Kammern, Tempeln und Tunneln, an Orten, die seit Jahrhunderten niemand mehr betreten hat und in denen ein Jäger schnell zum Gejagten wird.

Informationen zum Autor Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress , Deception Point , Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol and most recently, Inferno . Three of his Robert Langdon novels have been adapted for the screen by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. They have all been international blockbusters. His new Robert Langdon novel, Origin is out now. 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. Klappentext The most anticipated publication of the decade, THE LOST SYMBOL is the stunning new thriller featuring Robert Langdon. Washington 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. THE LOST SYMBOL is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. Zusammenfassung 'Impossible to put down' New York Times 'Thrilling and entertaining' Los Angeles Times 'A narrative that can grip you like a vice' Daily Mail 'Unputdownable... Jaw-dropping' News of the World _ NOW A MAJOR TELEVISION SERIES The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom. When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons. It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth... Includes an extract of the latest Robert Langdon thriller, Origin , available now. ...

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 and most recently, Inferno. Three of his Robert Langdon novels have been adapted for the screen by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. They have all been international blockbusters.

His new Robert Langdon novel, Origin is out now.

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.

Klappentext

The most anticipated publication of the decade, THE LOST SYMBOL is the stunning new thriller featuring Robert Langdon. Washington 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. THE LOST SYMBOL is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn.

Zusammenfassung

'Impossible to put down' New York Times
'Thrilling and entertaining' Los Angeles Times
'A narrative that can grip you like a vice' Daily Mail
'Unputdownable... Jaw-dropping' News of the World
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NOW A MAJOR TELEVISION SERIES

The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom.

When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons.

It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth...

Includes an extract of the latest Robert Langdon thriller, Origin, available now.