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Angels & Demons Paperback – July 1, 2001

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An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

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July 1, 2001
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Pitting scientific terrorists against the cardinals of Vatican City, this well-plotted if over-the-top thriller is crammed with Vatican intrigue and high-tech drama. Robert Langdon, a Harvard specialist on religious symbolism, is called in by a Swiss research lab when Dr. Vetra, the scientist who discovered antimatter, is found murdered with the cryptic word "Illuminati" branded on his chest. These Iluminati were a group of Renaissance scientists, including Galileo, who met secretly in Rome to discuss new ideas in safety from papal threat; what the long-defunct association has to do with Dr. Vetra's death is far from clear. Vetra's daughter, Vittoria, makes a frightening discovery: a lethal amount of antimatter, sealed in a vacuum flask that will explode in six hours unless its batteries are recharged, is missing. Almost immediately, the Swiss Guard discover that the flask is hidden beneath Vatican City, where the conclave to elect a new pope has just begun. Vittoria and Langdon rush to recover the canister, but they aren't allowed into the Vatican until it is discovered that the four principal papal candidates are missing. The terrorists who are holding the cardinals call in regarding their pending murders, offering clues tied to ancient Illuminati meeting sites and runes. Meanwhile, it becomes clear that a sinister Vatican entity with messianic delusions is in league with the terrorists. Packing the novel with sinister figures worthy of a Medici, Brown (Digital Fortress) sets an explosive pace as Langdon and Vittoria race through a Michelin-perfect Rome to try to save the cardinals and find the antimatter before it explodes. Though its premises strain credulity, Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation. (May)
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Star Books (July 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 572 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671027360
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671027360
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 1.1 x 7.1 inches

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Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol and most recently, Inferno. Three of his Robert Langdon novels have been adapted for the screen by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. They have all been international blockbusters.

His new Robert Langdon thriller, Origin will be out on 3rd October 2017.

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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Very interesting tale!

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023

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I learned a lot about the workings of the Vatican and the method by which popes are chosen.
I like a novel written with some words I haven’t come across before and I was pleased to be able to decipher some of the Italian. So much is of Latin origin giving it clues as to meaning.
The story was a good mystery. Many of the developments I didn’t see coming. I did find it a bit tedious.
Not sure if I’ll read The da Vinci Code.

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I have read this book a few times and seen the movie too. It still has me at edge of my seat.. Fantastic!!

Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023

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Had to keep reading. So many twists! Made me see that science and faith can be a reality. Loved this book.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2023

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Most interesting tour of Vatican City and it’s many historical records. I hope it is truthful. Book keeps you guessing to the end.

Susan F. Russell

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2023

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Not a boring moment. I loved all the locations. I looked each up as I read them. It was like traveling to Rome.

Great ending + incredible plot twist

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023

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This book took me a very long time to read, it’s not necessarily slow, but it does take a while to completely build up. It is very interesting and the last 25% of the book will have you reading on edge. I really enjoyed the ending in the way that the plot thickens towards the end. Dan Brown does it again!

Superb condition for a book printed in 2000.

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023

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Very clean, appropiately- stored book. It's a pleasure to receive something in NEW condition, which was printed 23 years ago.

Tucker Andersen

Awesome! ! Action, Adventure, Religion, Science & History

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I had been very impressed by DIGITAL FORTESS, Dan Brown's first novel, and found his treatment of a complex subject matter both knowledgeable and compelling. I had then missed the publication of ANGELS AND DEMONS, but felt that he had overplayed his hand in his third novel DECEPTION POINT, which started with an interesting premise but wandered into unnecessary complexity and violence and ultimately complete implausibilty. With the publication of THE DA VINCI CODE, upon learning that Robert Langdon is the central character in both DA VINCI and ANGELS, I decided to first read ANGELS in order to keep the stories in sequence. This is a mesmerizing page turner as long as you accept the author's central technological premises concerning scientific achievements in the near future.
Robert Langdon, a professor of iconography and religious symbology at Harvard, is awakened by a telephone call from Maximilian Kohler, head of a prestigious European scientific institute. One of Kohler's fellow scientists has been murdered and an ancient symbol burned into his chest. Langdon feels compelled to investigate, and soon finds himself in the midst of a plot involving not only the death of Leonardo Vetra, a priest who is the world's leading antimatter researcher, but of the revival of a centuries old vendetta by a secret society, The Illuminati, against the Catholic Church. Langdon is forced by circumstances and the nature of the threat to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, Leonardo's adopted daughter, in an attempt to uncover the Illumunati's secret and halt not only several additional murders which have been threatened but the destruction of The Vatican itself.
Incredibly, the entire story takes place within a time span of just over twelve hours, which adds to the compelling nature of the action. The book is typical Dan Brown, meticulously researched (despite the complaints of a few reviewers about some details), with lots of interesting information about a variety of subjects related to religion, the Vatican, art, science and morality. It is a well constructed story, with several plot twists and enough misdirection to make it extremely difficult to anticipate the conclusion. (I doubt that the outcome was as expected by those critical reviewers who didn't finish the book after identifying their choice for the "obvious villian". I also did not feel that the story was at all anti- Catholic, in fact the author met with the Pope and was helped by the Vatican during his research efforts.) While there are several gruesome scenes, they are integral to the context of the story and the violence is usually minimized and only briefly described.
The real bonus of reading this story is the wonderfully well articulated discussion of the tension between science and religious faith, which forms the heart of the story. The last section of the book has a particularly insightful monologue in this regard, but the subject infuses the whole discussion woven into the plot concerning the historical conflict between the Illuminati and the Church. For instance, early in the book Vittoria challenges Langdon's evasion concerning his apparent lack of a belief in God with the observation "I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference."
In addition, the book is almost worth reading just for the ambigrams (words or phrases which read the same right side up or upside down) which Dan Brown had created. These are truly works of art and their design is incredibly clever and beautiful. Finally, if you are familiar with Philips Exeter Academy, the author's alma mater, you will also have the fun of recognizing the source of the names of several of the characters referenced in the book.

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Brown at his best!

Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2023

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Loved it! If you want a similar book check out The Satan Gene by D.w. Eamer. It is in the same wheelhouse as angels and demons

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Amazing!

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Ansh Chouhan

Masterpiece

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An Splendid piece of Story telling

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great book

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One of the best Robert Langdon of them all, and I have read all five of his books to date.

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Loved it! :)

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This is my first Dan Brown's book and I absolutely loved it!

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