Robert Langdon
Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol - Book Review
It's been a few years since Dan Brown dropped a new book on us, so I was initially shocked when I walked past Waterstones and discovered The Lost Symbol. Of course, in the intervening years, Brown's "Indiana Jones of Symbology" - Robert Langdon - has become a major movie franchise, so naturally Langdon is the hero of this novel too.
Having just re-read Angels And Demons (my favourite of the Dan Brown novels), I was ready for another fix of Langdon and the unraveling of ancient history and secret sects.
Surprisingly, the story takes place on American soil, in the nation's capital, Washington DC. Langdon is invited to give a talk by old friend and mentor Peter Solomon, a high ranking Mason, wealthy heir and all round nice guy. Of course, when Langdon arrives in DC, he discovers the whole thing was an elaborate trick and that some maniac has hacked Solomon's hand off and left it as a symbol which Langdon must decode.
