The Lost Symbol [Audiobook, Restexemplar, Gekürzte Ausgabe] [Englisch] [Audio CD]

Vehicles move through the murky night, carrying highly secret material. And that clandestine material will only be available--after midnight--to those who have signed non-disclosure notices. The plot of the new Dan Brown novel? No, it’s actually how reviewers such as myself obtained our copies of the much-anticipated The Lost Symbol, the follow-up to the Da Vinci Code. And as we read it in (literally) the cold light of dawn, we wonder: is it likely to match the earlier book’s all-conquering, phenomenal success?

Firstly, it should be noted that The Lost Symbol has incorporated all the elements that so transfixed readers in The Da Vinci Code: a complex, mystifying plot (with the reader set quite as many challenges as the protagonist); breathless, helter-skelter pace (James Patterson's patented technique of keeping readers hooked by ending chapters with a tantalisingly unresolved situation is very much part of Dan Brown’s armoury). And, of course, the winning central character, resourceful symbologist Robert Langdon, is back, risking his life to crack a dangerous mystery involving the Freemasons (replacing the controversial trappings of the Catholic Church and homicidal monks of the last book). And while Dan Brown will never win any prizes for literary elegance, his prose is always succinctly at the service of delivering a thoroughly involving thriller narrative in vividly evoked locales (here, Washington DC, colourfully conjured).

Robert Langdon flies to Washington after an urgent invitation to speak in the Capitol building. The invitation appears to have come from a friend with copper-bottomed Masonic connections, Peter Solomon. But Langdon has been tricked: Solomon has, in fact, been kidnapped, and (echoing the grisly opening of the last book) a macabre mutilation plunges Langdon into a tortuous quest. His friend’s severed hand lies in the Capitol building, positioned to point to a George Washington portrait that shows the father of his country as a pagan deity. The ruthless criminal nemesis here is another terrifying figure in Brown’s gallery of grotesques: Mal’akh, a powerfully built eunuch with a body festooned with tattoos. Mal’akh is seeking a Masonic pyramid that possesses a formidable supernatural power, and a pulse-pounding hunt is afoot, with Langdon stalled rather than aided by the CIA.

Caveats are pointless here; Dan Brown, comfortably the world’s most successful author, is utterly review-proof. And there's no arguing with the fact that he has his finger on the pulse of the modern thriller reader, furnishing the mechanics of the blockbuster adventure with energy and invention. Like its predecessor, The Lost Symbol will unquestionably be--in fact, already is--a publishing phenomenon. --Barry Forshaw -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

"Expertly researched and written with breakneck pace, THE LOST SYMBOL once again demonstrates why Dan Brown is the world's bestselling thriller writer." EDITION

The Lost Symbol (Deutsch: Das verlorene Symbol) ist die lange erwartete Fortsetzung von Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code (Deutsch: Das Sakrileg). The Da Vinci Code war ein internationales Phänomen mit weltweit 81 Millionen gedruckten Exemplaren. In Großbritannien war es sogar das meistverkaufte Taschenbuch aller Zeiten. Die Verfilmung war ebenso ein Riesenerfolg. Seit Mai 2009 läuft Angels and Demons (Deutsch: Illuminati) weltweit in den Kinos.

In seinem neuen Buch The Lost Symbol ist erneut Robert Langdon der Held. Die Leser werden wieder ab der ersten Seite mit Robert Langdon mitfiebern, wenn sie mit ihm auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise voller Überraschungen gehen – und das Ganze in nur 12 Stunden Handlungszeit. Dan Browns Talent für das Geschichtenerzählen mit eingewebten historischen Elementen, Codes und Intrigen machen den neuen Thriller wieder zu einem echten „Pageturner“.

„Dieser Roman war eine seltsame und wundervolle Reise“, sagt Dan Brown selbst. „ Das Ergebnis von 5 Jahren Recherche in eine 12-stündige Handlung einzuweben, war anregende Herausforderung. Robert Langdons Leben schreitet definitiv schneller voran als mein eigenes.“

Entdecken Sie alle Bücher von  Dan Brown (in der ursprünglichen Erscheinungs-Reihenfolge)

Diabolus (Engl. Original: Digital Fortress)

Illuminati (Engl. Original: Angels and Demons)

Meteor (Engl. Original: Deception Point)

Sakrileg (Engl. Original: The DaVinci Code)

Das verlorene Symbol (Engl. Original: The Lost Symbol)

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A new Robert Langdon mystery read by the reader of 'The Da Vinci Code', Jeff Harding.

Dan Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and creative writing before turning his efforts fully to writing. In 1996, his interest in code-breaking and covert government agencies led him to write his first novel, "Digital Fortress", which quickly became a #1 national bestselling book. Dan Brown is the bestselling author of "Digital Fortress", "Deception Point", "Angels and Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code". His novels have been translated and published in more than 30 languages around the world. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .