Angel and Devil（《Da Vinci Code》Sister Novel)

Author: Dan Brown [USA]
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Dan Brown returns with another New York Times bestselling suspense thriller, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons. A masterwork that you can't put down once you pick it up. A fierce clash between religion and science, a head-on collision between humanity and divinity. A mysterious underground organization—the Illuminati, a highly destructive high-tech weapon—the antimatter, an urgent and unbelievable mission. A devout believer in God—Leonardo Vitto, an outstanding scientist at CERN, dedicates his life to proving the existence of God through scientific means. Together with his adopted daughter, the enigmatic and captivating scientist Vitto Doria, they conduct highly confidential experiments in the laboratory and successfully create an extremely powerful energy—"antimatter." Before this major discovery is made public, Leonardo is brutally murdered in the laboratory, with one eye gouged out by the killer, and a mysterious symbol—the Illuminati—imprinted on his chest. Even more shocking is that the underground antimatter disappears without a trace. Robert Langdon, a symbologist from Harvard University, is invited by the head of CERN to investigate this mysterious symbol. On the very day he arrives, the missing antimatter is discovered somewhere underground in Vatican City. Once removed from the laboratory, the antimatter will explode on its own after 24 hours. This happens to be the day of the Catholic papal election. Catholic leaders from around the world gather in Vatican City. The underground antimatter acts like a time bomb, and if it cannot be found in time, the entire Vatican City will be reduced to ashes in an instant. The situation is urgent. Langdon and Vitto Doria embark on an adventure to Vatican City together.