The Lost Symbol

Author's name: Dan Brown

American author Dan Brown presents his readers with an intriguing and controversial novel, "The Lost Symbol," that has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. The novel's events take place in the United States, in a hidden world we know nothing about. The novelist delves into this reality using his own narrative skills and the private information available to him, conveying the movements and trajectories of his characters to such an extent that one imagines it to be a realistic portrayal of what goes on behind the scenes. Is it a picture of a bygone era, or is it the hidden present that he wanted to enter through the character of the novel's hero, "Robert Langdon," who was prepared to enter that world and preserve its secrets by "the members of the brotherhood" or "the tow rope," "which is a symbol of the first rank or the bond of love that should unite the entire brotherhood." He called him "the initiate." "The initiate's journey began when he entered the room of the temple, which inspired awe in him. The place seemed to him like a temple from the ancient world, but the truth is still stranger. I am only a few blocks from the White House. This massive building, located at 1733 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., is an exact replica of a temple built before Christ; the Temple of King Mausolus, the Mausolium... a place to which one is taken after death." But who is "Robert Langdon" and what is the mission entrusted to him? A professor of symbology at Harvard University, Langdon is summoned at the last minute by the board of the Smithsonian Institution to deliver a lecture in the Capitol Building, a kind of underground city. “The structure was awe-inspiring, and above its surface, nearly 300 feet in the air, stood a bronze Statue of Liberty, staring into the darkness like a sentinel ghost.” But moments after his arrival, a disturbing object was discovered in the center of the Rotunda, gruesomely encoded with five mysterious symbols. Langdon learned it was an ancient invitation leading its recipient to a secret, lost esoteric wisdom. When Langdon’s esteemed mentor, Peter Solomon, a prominent philanthropist and Freemason, was kidnapped, Langdon realized his only hope of saving his friend’s life was to accept this mysterious invitation, wherever it led. Events quickly swept Langdon behind the facade of America’s most historic city, through its secret chambers, structures, and tunnels. All that is familiar is transformed into a mysterious and secret world of an artfully concealed past, in which Masonic secrets and unprecedented discoveries seem to lead him to a single unbelievable truth. A brilliant novel, its threads skillfully woven with veiled historical events, mysterious symbols, and enigmatic codes. "The Lost Symbol" is a suspenseful and intelligent story that surprises the reader at every turn. And, as Robert Langdon will discover, nothing is stranger than those secrets that are so evident.