When Angelo is restoring an old church in Rome he finds a small bird barely breathing. Not being able to find somewhere safe to leave her he has no choice but to take her home with him. Despite Angelo's 'professional dislike for pigeons' the pair become friends & Angelo names the bird Sylvia. Eventually Sylvia is able to repay Angelo's kindness by supporting him when he needs it most. ...

When Sister Evangeline of the St. Rose Convent stumbles across a mysterious correspondence with Abigail Rockefeller in the archive it reveals that angels once walked among us...and might still. This discovery plunges Evangeline into the hidden & dangerous world of the Angelologists
- a secret society that battles to prevent the ascendancy of the Nephilim the angels' descendants on Earth. Evangeline becomes the catalyst in a race to hunt down powerful & ancient artefacts that can be used to enslave humankind. & not only is the key to finding those artefacts within her grasp
- but also a secret about her own past & its links to the Angelologists. Possession of either could cost Evangeline her life...

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A decade has passed since the events of Angelolog when Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge shocking him with the sight of her new wings. Verlaine is now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology dedicated to killing all of Evangeline's kind. He realises she is nothing like the other angels & when she is abducted in front of him by the society's most wanted criminal he sets of on a chase. He follows the pair from Paris to Russia & deep into Siberia where the truth of Evangeline's origins awaits along with forces that could destroy them. ...

She rose into the currents of icy air... " A " New York Times" bestseller & global sensation " Angelology" unfurled a brilliant tapestry of myth & biblical lore on our present-day world & plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind's greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. With " Angelopolis " the conflict deepens into an inferno of danger & passion unbound. A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge the sight of her new wings a betrayal that haunts him still. Now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology he pursues his mission with single-minded devotion: to capture imprison & eliminate her kind. But when Evangeline suddenly appears on a twilit Paris street Verlaine finds her nature to be unlike any of the other creatures he so mercilessly pursues casting him into a spiral of doubt & confusion that only grows when she is abducted before his eyes by a creature who has topped the society's most-wanted list for more than a century. The ensuing chase drives Verlaine & his fellow angelologists from the shadows of the Eiffel Tower to the palaces of St. Petersburg & deep into the provinces of Siberia & the Black Sea coast where the truth of Evangeline's origins--as well as forces that could restore or annihilate them all--lie in wait. Conceived against an astonishing fresh tableau of history & science " Angelopolis" plumbs Russia's imperial past modern genetics & ancient depictions of that most potent angelic appearance--the Annunciation of Gabriel--in a high-octane tale of abduction treasure seeking & divine warfare as the fate of humanity once again hangs in the balance." ...

'I'd always lived a fairly blameless life. Up until the day I left my husband & ran away to Hollywood.. .' Unlike the rest of her family Maggie Walsh has always done everything right. At thirty-three she has a proper job is happily married to Garv & never puts a foot wrong. So why does she make a bolt for Hollywood & her best friend Emily? In the City of Angels Maggie gets to do things she's never done before: mixing with film stars pitching scripts partying non-stop. But is this really a once-in-a-lifetime journey of self-discovery or is she simply running away from married life? ...

Angels its said are messengers from heaven bringing good tidings & urgent warnings. They have been thought to make music move the stars & keep watch over humanity. This joyous collection of angelic images celebrates these glorious & gentle spirits with 40 full-color photographs representing the best & most beautiful creatures of heaven. ...

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.
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When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility a Harvard professor Robert Langdon is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years
- reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy the Catholic church. In Rome the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra a beautiful & mysterious Italian scientist to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair
- a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. But with each revelation comes another twist another turn in the plot which leaves Langdom & Vetra reeling & at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy.

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World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyse a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organisation
- The Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful & mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt though sealed crypts dangerous catacombs deserted cathedrals & the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.
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When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility a Harvard professor Robert Langdon is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years
- reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy the Catholic church. In Rome the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra a beautiful & mysterious Italian scientist to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair
- a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. But with each revelation comes another twist another turn in the plot which leaves Langdom & Vetra reeling & at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy...A NGELS & DEMONS is a breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome through sealed crypts dangerous catacombs deserted cathedrals & even the most secret vault on earth. As the prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller The Da Vinci Code it has the distinction of introducing his readers to Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. This exclusive edition allows the reader behind the scenes of the novel which now incorporates over 150 photographs & illustrations throughout the text showing the rich historical tapestry from which Dan Brown drew his inspiration. The visual sources which provide both the backdrop & the stimulus for the novel's action are revealed for the first time & uniquely complement the reading experience.

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