While in Paris on business,Harward symbolist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call.The elderly curator of the Lourve has been murdered inside the museum with a baffling cipher left near the body.As Langdon and Sophie Neveu,a gifted French cryptologist,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 when Langdon uncovers a startling link :the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society whose members included such eminent persons like Sir Isaac Newton,Botticelli,Victor Hugo and Da Vinci among others.Langdon suspects they are on the hunt for a brathtaking historical secret,one that has proven through the centuries to be as enlightening as it is dangerous.In a frantic race through Paris and beyond,Langdon and Nevea find themselves matching wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to anticipate their every move.Unless they can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle,the Priority's secret - and an explosive ancient truth - will be lost for ever.
Unlike the mold of commonplace suspensenovels,The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lighming-paced,intelligent and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail.From the opening pages to the unpredictable end,the author proves himself a master storyteller.
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