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Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no
recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belong-
ings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor,
Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes,
which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by
his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri‘s The Inferno.

Dan Brown‘s latest book in Robert Langdon series begins with the fundamental questions of life and
promises to answer them in a simple, lucid manner. The story is set in Barcelona, Spain and does full
justice to describe it‘s architecture and literature, drawing up the works of Anton Gaudi, Joan Miro and
William Blake. There is a richness in detail about the museum, planetarium, cathedral and churches.
The Harvard professor, Robert Langdon though known for his eidetic memory and sharp problem solv-
ing skills using symbols does little justice to the story. It seems protagonist of the entire novel is famous ―The books that help
scientist Edmond Kirsch‘s AI assistant Winston. Edmond Kirsch is introduced as a billionaire inventor, you most are those
scientist crusading himself with the task of answering the fundamental questions. The book does a won-
derful job of explaining the theories of genesis with a religious point of view and brings out historical which make you think
instances of a revolution whenever the Church was threatened. Creationist theories such as Seeding
pods and Primordial Soup theories are explained very vividly. These theories essentially support the fact the most. The hardest
that a divine intervention is needed to create life. The book gives a very fast paced and a gripping reading
experience. It raises the hopes of a reader to witness an unprecedented theory on creation and extinction. way of learning is that
The introduction of Jarvis like personal assistant Winston bubbles up the curiosity of what a machine
driven world would look like and the world is talking more and more about Machine Learning and Arti- of easy reading; but a
ficial Intelligence (AI).
great book that comes
Each and every novel of Dan Brown‘s Robert Langdon series takes us through a virtual tour with the from a great thinker is
help of our brain computer to all the different places in the world. The different architectural structures
have been very minutely described which gives one a feeling of actually being present at that particular a ship of thought, deep
place.
freighted with truth
Dan Brown is the best author when it comes to historical fiction. He has blended, the age old frequently
asked questions and the issues that trouble us in the present situation. For example, the rising popula- and beauty.‖
tion issue in ‗INFERNO‘, the questions where have we come from? And where are we going? Are beauti-
fully woven into a plot in his latest novel ‗ÓRIGIN‘. His previous novels gives us insights into the ancient
secret societies, groups or communities namely, the Priory of Sion, Illuminati and the Masons.
— Pablo Neruda
The entire Robert Langdon series is a must read. The plots just glue you to your seats. Three of the books
in the series have been adapted for Movies with the same title. The movies are, ―The Da Vinci Code‘‘,
―INFERNO‘‘, and ―Angels and Demons‖. The role of the main protagonist, Professor Robert Langdon
is portrayed by Tom Hanks. In the movie, Inferno, we have actor Irfan Khan portraying one of the char-
acters named Harry Sims.

Happy Reading!!!!!

—— Mrs. Novelty (Saanvi) Volvaikar e Morjekar
Librarian, AITD