Summary: Robert Langdon is invited by a billionaire friend to hear a major announcement which will change the face of science forever. Before the announcement can be made, the friend is killed by an unknown assassin. What follows is the usual race against time to find the killer and unlock the computer code so the announcement can be released to the world.
Thoughts: Despite the formulaic story (all the action occurs over one night, religion is portrayed as the root of all evil, Robert Langdon solves all mysteries, with the help of the beautiful intelligent female), it’s a rollicking good read. I had trouble putting it down, even though some parts dragged on interminably and needed a good edit. There is always a small grain of something which lodges in the brain after finishing Dan Brown’s books and makes you think, and wonder, and worry. Are we really headed for the sort of future he predicts? It’s very possible, but I hope not.