The Lost Symbol

Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries... endures for a reason The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom. When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons. It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth...One of the world's bestselling authors, Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon novel, Origin will be published in Autumn 2017. 'Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a rollercoaster' Los Angeles Times