


Thank you especially to Bill Thomas and Steve Rubin, who believed in this book from the start. I cannot fully express my gratitude to the exceptional team at Doubleday, for their generosity, faith, and superb guidance. And to the incomparable Heide Langeótireless champion of The Da Vinci Code, agent extraordinaire, and trusted friend. More than ever Acknowledgments First and foremost, to my friend and editor, Jason Kaufman, for working so hard on this project and for truly understanding what this book is all about. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown For BlytheÖ again. The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thrillerÖ utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Prioryís ancient secretóand an explosive historical truthówill be lost forever. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sionóan actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vincióclues visible for all to seeóyet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher.

The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Robert Langdon #2 While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum.
