Audio Book Description:
While in Paris on business, Harvardsymbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call. The elderlycurator of the Louvre has beenmurdered inside the museum, a baffling cipher found near the body. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, SophieNeveu, sort through the bizarre riddles,they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci- clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. The stakes are raised whenLangdon uncovers a startling link: The late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion- an actual secret society whosemembers included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. Langdon suspects they are on the hunt for a breathtaking secret,one that has proven through the centuries to be as enlightening as it isdangerous. In afrantic race through Paris, and beyond, Langdon and Neveufind themselves matching wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to anticipate their every move. Unless theycan decipher the labyrinthine puzzle,the Priory`s secret- and an explosive ancient truth- will be lost forever.