What exactly is it that Sophie's grandfather wanted only her to find out? Why is the secret so explosive that both Neveu and Langdon have to fight off multiple enemies to get to the truth? These are some of the questions the pair need to answer, and fast.ĭan Brown's earlier novel, Angels and Demons, featured the same protagonist, Robert Langdon.

The Priory of Sion, which included many famous personalities such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Isaac Newton, is one such. Their investigations lead them into the territories of secret ancient societies. So it happens that Langdon and Neveu team up together, break codes, and chase trails. Sophie is convinced that her grandfather has set out a treasure hunt for her and that the trail, when followed, will lead to answers and possibly rich rewards. She believes that Langdon is innocent and that he can help her solve the mystery of 'grand-pere's' death. However, Langdon is considered the prime murder suspect by the French police.Įnter Sophie Neveu, an attractive, brainy cryptologist in the French Police division, and, as it happens, granddaughter of the murdered curator. Langdon is seemingly roped in to cash in on his skills as a symbologist the old man, it turns out, left a lot of clues around just minutes before he died. The curator, Jacques Sauniere, was to have met Langdon earlier that evening, but never made it. The curator of Paris's most famous museum, The Louvre, is dead. Late in the night, he is rudely woken up by the hotel management and is taken to a murder scene. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is in Paris attending a conference. ( Jump down to read a review of Angels and Demons)

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