I don’t know if anyone else remembers the craze of Dan Brown when he first came on the literary scene. The DaVinci Code stormed the literary zeitgeist making reading as prevalent for adults as it was for tweens at the time spurred by the Harry Potter Craze. I remember being so absorbed in The DaVinci Code I couldn’t put it down and I am fairly certain the guy I was dating at the time stayed up all night to finish the whole thing.
Robert Langdon is back in The Secret of Secrets and supposedly enjoying a trip to Prague to hear a former Professor—and current lover—give a talk on her forthcoming book on noetic science. Her new book is not yet published but is set to give actual proof of a shared human consciousness. The entire manuscript has been written on the secure system of her publisher to prevent early leaks.
When the publisher is hacked and the manuscript erased rather than leaked, the only copy that exists remains in Dr. Katherine Solomons handbag printed out that very morning—moments before she seems to disappear. After an eerie reenactment of Katherine’s nightmare from the night before confronts Langdon en route to the hotel in Prague returning from his morning swim a chaotic morning unfolds. Unable to locate Katherine at the hotel, he pursues her and attempts to evade the Czech UZSI—their secret service which just happen to be chasing him down after he pulled the fire alarm at the hotel due to Katherine’s seemingly prescient dream from the night before.
The chase leads him from the lab of Dr. Brigitta Gessner to the iconic Codex Gigas to unite with Katherine, burn the manuscript, and evade political entailments with the UZSI. Langdon is only one step ahead of the arcane Golem and his own political government as he and Katherine delve into depths of yet another secret society literally hidden in the depths of Prague.
What intersects is a mash of government entities, science, and faith and once again only Langdon stands between the destruction of humanity and the terrible secrets encompassing humanity.
As a Best Selling Author, Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets makes a great holiday gift since we have officially kicked off that shopping season!
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