Experience the explosive intriguing imaginative and very suspenseful (Dale Brown New York Times bestselling author) classic thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Inferno that follows Robert Langdon on a white-knuckled race against time to uncover the darkest secrets of Rome. An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient and powerful secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati--which has its sights on its longtime enemy: the Catholic Church. Desperate to save the Vatican Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts dangerous catacombs deserted cathedrals and the most secretive vault on earth--the long-forgotten Illuminati lair which houses the only hope for the salvation of the Catholic Church. A breathless real-time adventure (San Francisco Chronicle) Angels & Demons is an unputdownable and whip-smart thriller that careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war