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Angels & Demons: Summary and book reviews of Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, plus links to an excerpt from Angels & Demons and a biography of Dan Brown.

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
Hardcover: May 2000,
480 pages.
Paperback: Jun 2001,
480 pages.

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Critics' Opinion:   very good
Readers' Rating:  4.5 Stars
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BOOK SUMMARY

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


When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati... the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has surfaced from the shadows to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy... the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.

Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair... a secret location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.

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Very Good BookBrowse
Angels & Demons is part techno thriller, part mystery and all action. Dan Brown deftly combines a fast moving, intriguing and well-researched plot that weaves together the secret nuclear research facilities of CERN and the ancient and modern secrets of the Vatican.  

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Very Good  Kirkus Reviews
Thrilling cat-and-mouse maneuvers . Life-or-death cliff hangers, romance, religion, science, murder, mysticism, architecture, and action. Angels & Demons is a GO!

Very Good  Publishers Weekly
Well plotted and explosively paced! Crammed with Vatican intrigue and hi-tech drama. Laced with enough twists and shocks to keep the reader wired right up until the final revelation. Packing the novel with sinister figures worthy of a Medici, Brown sets an explosive pace through a Michelin-perfect Rome...

Very Good  The Poisoned Pen - Barbara Peters
Well researched, and pulsingly told. With so much to enjoy, the only problem for the reader will be to keep from turning the pages too quickly.

Very Good  eBooknet.com
If Tom Clancy and Umberto Eco got fused together, Dan Brown would be the result. One of the best reads we've ever seen!

Author Blurb  Joe Mauceri, syndicated book reviewer
Angels & Demons is as good as it gets. A pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller.... as compelling as Umberto Eco... as engaging as Tom Clancy... as fast-paced as Michael Crichton... and rivals the best Thomas Harris thriller. Angels & DemonS earns Dan Brown a place among these literary peers.

Author Blurb  Dale Brown - 12 time New York Times bestselling author
Angels & Demons is one hell of a book - I had a hard time putting it down and I didn't get any work done until I finished it. Congratulations to Dan Brown for crafting an intriguing, imaginative and very suspenseful read.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated 2 of 5 of 5 by John Lomax
A successful hack at work
This novel is decidedly hack work. I cannot quite understand how a book this badly researched and written ever made past the fact checkers and copy editors. Simon & Schuster ought to be ashamed of themselves for letting one of their leading...   Read More

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Tany Thomas
thrilling.......
this is the best book i have ever read....this is a superb thriller......hats off to dan brown for this wonderful creation.he has written this with a meticulous planning and every scientific invention mentioned in this book is true..i cant...   Read More

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