The eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon "The DaVinciCode, The Lost Symbol" once again features Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Harvard symbol expert Robert Langdon.

Excerpt:

To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.

—The Secret Teachings of All Ages

 Fact: 

In 1991, a document was locked in the safe of the director of the CIA. The document is still there today. Its cryptic text includes references to an ancient portal and an unknown location underground. The document also contains the phrase “It’s buried out there somewhere.” 

All organizations in this novel exist, including the Freemasons, the Invisible College, the Office of Security, the SMSC, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. 

All rituals, science, artwork, and monuments in this novel are real. 

Prologue