Angels and Demons By Dan Brown

Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who is also the protagonist of Brown's subsequent 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code, and 2009 novel, The Lost Symbol. It also shares many stylistic literary elements with its sequel, such as conspiracies of secret societies, a single-day time frame, and the Catholic Church. Ancient history, architecture, and symbolism are also heavily referenced throughout the book. A film adaptation was released on May 15, 2009, though it was set after the events of The Da Vinci Code film, which had been released in 2006.


From the book

High atop the steps of the Pyramid of Giza a young woman laughed and called down to

him. “Robert, hurry up! I knew I should have married a younger man!” Her smile was

magic.

He struggled to keep up, but his legs felt like stone. “Wait,” he begged. “Please…”

As he climbed, his vision began to blur. There was a thundering in his ears. I must reach

her! But when he looked up again, the woman had disappeared. In her place stood an old

man with rotting teeth. The man stared down, curling his lips into a lonely grimace. Then

he let out a scream of anguish that resounded across the desert.

Robert Langdon awoke with a start from his nightmare. The phone beside his bed was

ringing. Dazed, he picked up the receiver.

“Hello?”

“I’m looking for Robert Langdon,” a man’s voice said.

Langdon sat up in his empty bed and tried to clear his mind. “This… is Robert Langdon.”

He squinted at his digital clock. It was 5:18 A.M.

“I must see you immediately.”

“Who is this?”

“My name is Maximilian Kohler. I’m a discrete particle physicist.”

“A what?” Langdon could barely focus. “Are you sure you’ve got the right Langdon?”

“You’re a professor of religious iconology at Harvard University. You’ve written three

books on symbology and — ”

“Do you know what time it is?”

“I apologize. I have something you need to see. I can’t discuss it on the phone.”

A knowing groan escaped Langdon’s lips. This had happened before. One of the perils of

writing books about religious symbology was the calls from religious zealots who wanted

him to confirm their latest sign from God. Last month a stripper from Oklahoma had promised Langdon the best sex of his life if he would fly down and verify the authenticity

of a cruciform that had magically appeared on her bed sheets. The Shroud of Tulsa,

Langdon had called it.

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