Angels and Demons

This book is an ingenious mixture of thriller, mystery, science, and crime. It is the first Robert Langdon thriller in the series written by Dan Brown. It is for those who expects cliff-hanging and "unputdownable" moments. To be frank, I was idly sauntering around the library - looking for a good read - until this magnificent book captured my retina's attention. As an astounding result, I spent four feverish days to finish the six-hundred and thirty eight pages book. It's that awesome...

The story begins with a short prologue of a murder scene. After that, a Harvard professor Robert Langdon was phoned in the middle of the night by CERN's (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire - The European Organization for Nuclear Research) director, Maximilian Kohler. The steely, cold director wanted Langdon to go to CERN in order to investigate the mysterious symbol that was seared into Leonardo Vetra's flesh (a famous world-renowned scientist). The ambigram read "Illuminati" - the Catholic Church's biggest enemy thought to be extinct but now has came back with vengeance. Their sole aim is to strike and eradicate the heart of Catholism - the Vatican City.

In this book, you'll join Langdon and a beautiful young woman Vittoria Vetra in a journey across Rome and Vatican City searching for mind numbing symbols and conundrums in order to reach the Illuminati's lair - the Church of Illumination to save the Vatican of its horrible fate. They'll have twenty-four hours until the Church will be deleted from history. The ultimate question arises - can they save the Vatican or let thousands of years of traditions evaporate?