REVIEW ANGELS & DEMONS

Angels & Demons was writen by Dan Brown, the famous author of The Da Vinci Code. I started to read this novel because I really enjoyed reading the Da Vinci Code and I think they are very similar because in both are mixed adventures and religion.
This novel was published in 2000 and in which Dan Brown first created the character of Robert Langdon and indulged his passion for art, symbology, codes, secret societies and religion. Alter that this character will appear in two novels more.
The novel begins with a phone call in the middle of the night from Maximilian Kohler to Robert Langdon. The first one is the director of CERN, the world’s largest scientific research facility in Geneva, Switzerland, and the second one is a profesor of religious iconology and art history at Harvard University. Like one of the physicists has been murdered with his chest branded with the word “Illuminati”, he decided to call to Robert to ask to help, because the Illumiati are an ancient secret society.
The murder victim is Leonardo Vetra, he’s a Catholic priest and he has adopted a daughter, Vittoria, who is also a scientist at CERN. Both are working in create the antimatter using the world’s largest particle accelerator and then suspend the antimatter in canisters. Leonardo created this to simulate the Bin Bang, in his mind he could proof that God exists. But the problem is that the murderer stole also the canister and it can explode. Inmediately tha canister is located in Vatican City and Langdon and Vittoria fly to Rome to help not to destroy the Vatican.
In addition to this problem in Rome is celebrating the Conclave to choose the new Pope and the Illuminati only wish the destruction of the Catholic Church in retribution for the church’s treatment over the centuries.
Langdon and Vittoria start a race against the time. They will have to resolve ancient mysteries to find clues, this will lead them through deserted cathedrals, ancient fountains, sealed crypts, forgotten passages and dangerous catacombs, which requires an extensive background in art history and religious symbology.

From my point of view, I recommend this book because it’a very exciting and absorbing novel plenty of mysteries to resolve and a real-time adventure, above all if you are interested in art history. I think you will have a wonderful time if you decide to read this book.

Patricia García García.