The Lost Symbol

The Lost SymbolIn this stunning follow up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling a deadly race through a real world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D. C., The Lost

In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.

As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object --artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist --is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown's novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown's fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 09/15/2009
ISBN: 9780385504225
Pages: 509
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.38w x 1.58d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 07/17/2009 pg. 10
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2009 pg. 66
Entertainment Weekly 09/11/2009 pg. 23
Entertainment Weekly 09/18/2009 pg. 134
Time 09/21/2009 pg. 84
People Weekly 09/28/2009 pg. 172
Entertainment Weekly 09/25/2009 pg. 71
Time 09/28/2009 pg. 67
New Yorker (The) 09/28/2009 pg. 21
Entertainment Weekly 10/02/2009 pg. 12
Booklist 10/01/2009 pg. 6
Entertainment Weekly 10/09/2009 pg. 104
Entertainment Weekly 10/16/2009 pg. 62
New York Times Book Review 10/11/2009 pg. 1
Entertainment Weekly 10/23/2009 pg. 63
Entertainment Weekly 10/30/2009 pg. 61
Entertainment Weekly 11/06/2009 pg. 63
Romantic Times 01/01/2010 pg. 81 - Excellent
Christian Century 12/15/2009 pg. 38
Entertainment Weekly 12/25/2009 pg. 109
Newsweek 12/28/2009 pg. 98
Publisher's Weekly Annex 09/21/2009
Library Journal Annex 09/28/2009
BookPage 09/01/2009

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 132959 / Lost Symbol
Reading Level: 6.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 27