Angels & Demons

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THE ORIGINAL ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER FROM
THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE
An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target.
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, 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 earthŠthe long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

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Simon & Schuster Audio |
ISBN 9780743550208 |
September 2003

$41.00 List Price

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“ A breathless, real-time adventure. . . . Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ.”

– San Francisco Chronicle

“ A breathless, real-time adventure. . . . Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ.”

– San Francisco Chronicle

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Chapter 1

High atop the steps of the Great Pyramid of Giza a young woman laughed and called down to him. "Robert, hurry up! I knew I should have married a younger man!" Her smile was magic.

He struggled to keep up, but his legs felt like stone. "Wait," he begged. "Please..."

As he climbed, his vision began to blur. There was a thundering in his ears. I must reach her! But when he looked up again, the woman had disappeared. In her place stood an old man with rotting teeth. The man stared down, curling his lips into a lonely grimace. Then he let out a scream of anguish that resounded across the...