The Da Vinci Code

There are some things that were kept.

Certain things that must always stay hidden.

Yet, 

there are also things that were meant to be---found.

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Harvard Professor and Symbologist Robert Langdon was thrown into another case when the Louver curator and a Priory of Sion Grand Maste Jacques Sauniere was shot at the Museum. According to the man who shot him, he is working for a man named "Teacher", who was looking for the "keystone". An important item crucial in search of the holy grail. Robert Langdon was then summoned to decode the cryptic message that was left before the curator died.

Under suspicion of the estranged granddaughter of the murdered man, Sophie Neveu. She and Robert Langdon decode the messages that leads them place to place that will somehow lead them to the holy grail---with the police hot on their trails.

What will become of them?

What were the clues all about?

Can they find the holy grail?

Will they find the culprit who wants the holy grail?

What secret that was hidden that is now to be discovered? 

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"Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than obtain what they desire."

Angels and Demons

I am a certified Dan Brown fan especially his works when it comes to Robert Langdon series and as far as I'm concerned I have posted only one (imagined that?!?) one work of his! To think I have read his books. Tsk tsk tsk. Stress.

That is why after a long mental battle with myself which was a tiring task mind you, it involves a lot tug of war questions of whether or not I have posted this and that book, which could have been a lot more easier if I had just look it up here in my blog, but I didn't so, yeah. Whew!

Back to the point, as I was saying, All of Dan Brown's work (I meant the Robert Langdon series, alright?) will be posted in here and what do you think is much befitting beginning other than to start from where it all began. Now, some people may have thought that The Da Vinci Code was his first book but in truth it was the opposite. Da Vinci code gained popularity through its controversy where in actual fact, it's Angel and Demons that started it all. That dear readers is what I'm about to tell you.

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In a prestigious facility, one physicists was murdered in the name of Leonardo Vetra, He was branded with an ambigram of the word "Illuminati" on his chest, when the CERN director Maximillian Kohler found his body. This is where a Robert Langdon steps in. A Harvard professor that teaches about symbology. He was called forth to help in investigating the death of the late physicist Leonardo Vetra. Not soon after did they realized, murder wasn't the only thing they need tot worry about but also a stolen canister containing anti-matter---a substance with a destructive power comparable to a nuclear weapon is ticking a way.

Accompanied by the late physicists adopted daughter, Vittoria Vetra. Their quest to find the missing canister 

lead them to a place they never thought they could enter--The Vatican. Robert Langdon now faces a task and a mind game to help save the lives of cardinals who were kidnapped.

Time is ticking away.

Will Robert Langdon save the missing cardinals?

Will they recover the anti-matter?

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"Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand."

The Lost Symbol

It's the first day of June!!! You know what this means? a couple more days and it's back to school! As for me, I shall start this month with a new post ;)

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Before I became a fan of Dan Brown I've heard a lot of controversies pertaining to his work. How he wrote such revelations behind Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper" painting in his popular book "The Da Vinci Code" which stirs a commotion from the church. How he "mocked" such teachings and made people question their faith. That alone catches my attention. It was during my college years that I was able to read his work and that was "Angels and Demons" and after reading it that's the time I became a fan and I started to read his work especially when the stories centers about Robert Langdon.

As for this post, I'm going to post about, if I'm not mistaken his third Robert Langdon series "The Lost Symbol".

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Harvard University Symbologist professor Robert Langdon was invited to give a lecture at the United States Capitol building by his good friend and mentor a 33rd degree Mason Peter Solomon who is also the head of the Smithsonian Instution. However, minutes after his arrival the night suddenly takes a bizarre turn when a bloody object stands in the middle of the floor in the Capital Rotunda. Upon closer inspection, Langdon realizes two things: One, the object was art fully crafted in recreation of the Hand of Mysteries, an invitation meant to usher the recipient into the long lost world of esoteric wisdom  and two, the bloody object on the floor is the none other the severed hand of Peter Solomon which means he's in great danger.

Now, Robert has reluctantly accepted the invitation to save his friend as he follows the instructions of Peter's kidnapper. Soon, he is tangled with masonic secrets, hidden history, and places he'd never seen before which will leads him to his goal. 

Will Langdon save his friend?

Will they unmasked the perpetrator?

Will everything be turned into a lost cause?

What is the Lost Symbol?

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"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."