The Lost Symbol ((robert Langdon Book 3))

By (author) Brown, Dan
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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.
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Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown''s brilliant new thriller, THE SECRET OF SECRETS, available now.

The bestselling continuation of global phenomenon THE DA VINCI CODE, featuring symbologist Robert Langdon.

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...

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Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a rollercoaster
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So compelling that several times I came close to a cardiac arrest...As perfectly constructed as the Washington architecture it escorts us around
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A narrative that can grip you like a vice... As engaging a hero as you could wish for
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Unputdownable...Gripping...Jaw-dropping...The blockbuster read of the year
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Impossible to put down...Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story
Biographical note:

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.

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The paperback of the bestselling adult hardback in UK publishing history