Title::
The secret of secrets : a novel
First Author value, for Searching:
Brown, Dan, 1964- author.
General Note:
Maps on endpapers.
Format:
Book
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Abstract:
"Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon--a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague's most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind."--Dust jacket flap.
Subject:
| College teachers -- Fiction. |
| Women scientists -- Fiction. |
| Symbolism -- Fiction. |
| Consciousness -- Research -- Fiction. |
| Mind and body -- Research -- Fiction. |
| Missing persons -- Fiction. |
| Mysticism -- Fiction. |
| FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense. |
| FICTION / Action & Adventure. |
| FICTION / Thrillers / Technological. |
| Teachers -- Fiction. |
| Consciousness -- Fiction. |
| Mind and body -- Fiction. |
| Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Action and adventure fiction. |
| Langdon, Robert (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
Summary:
"Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon--a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague's most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind."--Dust jacket flap.
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