Ratings: 4.5⭐
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Number of Pages: 620 pages
Format: Paperback
Publication date: May 2000
Publisher: Pocket Books; Corgi Books
Angels & Demons, the first book of the Robert Langdon Series, by Dan Brown, is a thrilling tale of a Modern-Day war between the age-old enemies- Science and Religion.
The Director of CERN, Maximilian Kohler, finds one of the top Physicists of the facility, Leonardo Vetra brutally killed in his quarters. The corpse had been branded by the perfect ambigram of the lost brotherhood of “Illuminati”, that makes him call the famous American Symbologist, Robert Langdon. Robert flies to CERN and meets Vittoria Vetra, daughter of Leonardo Vetra, reads the corpse and to everyone’s horror they find out that the antimatter they had created, has been stolen. The canister containing the drop of antimatter, which has been placed in Vatican City, the sworn enemy of Illuminati, has to be brought back to CERN in the next few hours, else it shall annihilate, causing mass-scale destruction, comparable to nuclear explosions.
Robert and Vittoria make their way to the Vatican, to find out four of the Cardinals, the Preferiti, have been abducted on the day of Conclave and has led everyone into a state of panic.
Robert and Vittoria, along with Commander Olivetti, Commander Rocher and other Swiss Guards keep looking for the Cardinals, following the Path of Illuminati, ‘cross Rome, hoping to find the canister on their way. Do they find the canister before midnight? What happens to the Cardinals? Who shall be elected as the Pope, the Holy leader of the Vatican?
“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”
Personal Reviews
Dan Brown’s works have been on my TBR for a long time now and I’m super glad I finally got all of them on my shelf! Angels and Demons perfect blend of Science and Religion, Faith and Proof, Fiction and Facts, hence, justifying its title. Dan Brown has curated a set of outstanding characters that’ll grip you to the story. I absolutely fell in love with the characters of Robert and Vittoria. The plot is really intriguing and the plot twists are so unbelievable that you won’t see it coming. The book is so fast-paced that you won’t even realize when you’ll be done with the 600 pages novel. I loved Angels & Demons and it’s highly recommended to everyone who hasn’t read this yet.
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