_ Readers love Origin: ***** ‘Thrilling, gripping and exhilarating to the end.’ ***** ‘Full of tension, excitement and intrigue. On a trail marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal will come face-to-face with a breath-taking truth that has remained buried -until now. To evade a devious enemy who is one step ahead of them at every turn, Langdon and Vidal must navigate the labyrinthine passageways of extreme religion and hidden history. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao, taking with him the museum’s director, Ambra Vidal. There is a real danger that Kirsch’s precious discovery may be lost in the ensuing chaos. The evening’s host is billionaire Edmond Kirsch, a futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world.īut Langdon and several hundred guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is suddenly blown apart. It is Browns second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing scientific breakthrough. The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The number one bestseller ‘Big ideas and nonstop action.’ New York Times 2,261,920 ratings52,902 reviews ISBN 9780307277671 moved to this edition. Origin: From the author of the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon Book 5) BY Dan Brown

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