The Lost Symbol [Paperback]

#1 Worldwide Bestseller

Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom.

When his mentor Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C.,The Lost Symbolis an intelligent, lightning-paced story with surprises at every turn—one of Brown's most riveting novels.

“Impossible to put down. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.”
    —The New York Times

“Thrilling in the extreme. . . . A definite page-flipper.”
    —New York Daily News

“The wait is over.The Lost Symbolis here. . . . Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster.”
    —Los Angeles Times
 
“Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller.”
    —Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead. . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makesThe Lost Symbolimpossible to put down.”
    —The New York Times
 
“Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail rilC!