CERN Institute Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest. The Vatican Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. In a breathtaking race against time Harvard professor Robert Langdon must decipher a labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols if he is to defeat those responsible
- the Illuminati a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years reborn to continue their deadly vendetta against their most hated enemy the Catholic Church.