The Lost Symbol
- Themes
- Masonic secrets, Hidden history, Esoteric wisdom
- Pacing
- Fast
Who it’s for
- For readers drawn to coded symbols and esoteric mysteries
- For readers interested in Masonic secrets and hidden history
Where it sits
- 72%Action & Adventure
- 52%Thrillers
- 37%Suspense
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THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS
“Impossible to put down.” —The New York Times
“Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster.” —Los Angeles Times
Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Capitol Building.
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His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom.
When his mentor, Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of a terrifying enemy.
Look for more Robert Langdon novels:
The Da Vinci Code
Inferno
Origin
The Secret of Secrets
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Suspense
- Historical Thrillers
- Political Thrillers
- Authors
- Dan Brown
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- September 15, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Suspense