Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

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. The paperback of the bestselling adult hardback in UK publishing history

Beschreibung

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...

Rezension

"Impossible to put down...Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story" Janet Maslin New York Times

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.