Angels and Demons

Resumen del libro

When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic church.

In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican.
But, with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdom and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy
Angels x{0026} Demons is 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. As the prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, it has the distinction of introducing his readers to Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon.Angels x{0026} Demons begins the journey of enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.

Biografía del autor

Dan Brown es el autor de ocho novelas que se han convertido en grandes bestsellers internacionales, entre las que se incluyen El código Da Vinci, uno de los libros más vendidos de todos los tiempos, así como Origen, Inferno, El símbolo perdido y Ángeles y demonios. También es autor del exitoso libro infantil La sinfonía de los animales. Las novelas de Dan Brown han vendido más de 250 millones de ejemplares en 56 idiomas.