The Da Vinci Code

Author: Dan Brown

The greatest conspiracy of the last 2000 years is about to be revealed.

While in Paris on business, Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist, receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Police find a puzzling cipher near the body. Langdon is stunned to discover that solving the mysterious riddle will lead to a chain of clues hidden in Da Vinci’s works... clues visible for all to see... yet cleverly concealed by the painter.

Langdon teams up with the talented French cryptographer, Sophie Neveu, and discovers that the late curator was involved with the Priory of Sion - a real secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, Da Vinci, and many other figures. The Louvre curator sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: an incredibly important religious relic, hidden for centuries.

In a critical race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu grapple with a powerful, anonymous broker who appears to be working for Opus Dei - a secret Catholic sect approved by the Vatican that is believed to have long conspired to seize the Priory's secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can solve the labyrinthine mystery in time, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.

In a thrilling blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and razor-sharp wit, symbologist Robert Langdon (first introduced in Dan Brown's bestselling Angels & Demons) is the most authentic character in years. The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new generation of intelligent, fast-paced thrillers... with a surprise at every turn and events that will keep you engaged at every turn too, with a completely unpredictable ending... right up to its stunning conclusion.