title: Angels and Demons
author/editor: Dan Brown
reviewed by: Lynan
ANGELS AND DEMONS
I've read two of Brown's books. First, I read The DaVinci Code. In it, hero Robert Langdon is a professor of religious symbology. He and Sophie Neveu , a cryptologist, are drawn together in the murder investigation of Jacques Sauniere, curator of the Louvre Museum. Jacques was murdered for the secret code to locate the Holy Grail. As Jacques lay dying of a bullet wound, he realized he had to pass on his secret or the truth would be lost forever. So he wrote a cryptic message on the floor where he soon died.
Brown is exceedingly creative. I could not put this book down. I liked the story so much that when I finished it, I also read his novel, Angels and Demons.
This tale is another spell- binding mystery and page-turner. It's a story about science versus religion. A powerful time bomb has been hidden in Vatican City, and a murdered physicist was found with a symbol branded on his chest. This time, Robert Langdon is paired with Vittoria Vetra, a bio-entanglement physicist. Together, they work to save the Vatican from destruction. They also discover an underground brotherhood called, The Illuminati. More secrets emerge from this discovery.
Lynan says, "Dan Brown is now my favorite author. His stories are always fascinating. I became glued to his books -- and I don't mean Elmers' Glue, I mean Super Glue!"
title: Angels and Demons
author/editor: Dan Brown
reviewed by: Bookworm
Robert Langdon awakens early one morning to find a fax concerning a dead body with strange markings on it. Almost instantly, he is pulled into a religious collusion involving a group bent on assassination of pious figures. In the end, it is a race against time to solve age-old mysteries and stop the destruction of one of the Catholic Church's most holy icons.
Although this may sound like I am talking about, The Da Vinci Code, believe it or not, I am instead describing, Angels and Demons, Dan Brown's thrilling Da Vinci Code prequel.
In Angels and Demons, Robert Langdon is up against a group called The Illuminatii who were originally assumed to be quite harmless. The term "Illuminati" may call to mind a group of 16th, 17th, and 18th century scientists and astronomers. These men were out to disprove some of the scientific ideologies enforced for centuries by the Catholic Church.
Dan Brown took these men and turned them into The Illuminatii, a group bent on physical destruction of the Vatican and the assassination of four of the top candidates to replace a dead pope.
I invite you to read, Angels and Demons. Enjoy!
Bookworm (May'06) adds, "If I had to choose which of Brown's two books would ultimately make a better movie, I'd have to pick Angels and Demons over Da Vinci Code."