When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon,is sunmoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His conclusion; it isthe work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years now reborn to contimue their bitter vendetta against their sworn enemy, the Catholic church.
In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new popr. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminatilair-a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican.
But with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdon and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invincible enemy.......
