With the publication of his groundbreaking novels The Da Vinci Code The Lost Symbol and Angels amp Demons Dan Brown has become an international bestselling sensation seamlessly fusing codes symbols art and history into riveting thrillers that have captivated hundreds of millions of readers around the world Now with this stunningspecial illustrated edition of his record-setting Inferno brought to life by more than breathtaking color images Dan Brown takes readers deep into the heart of Italy guiding them through a landscape that inspired one of historyrsquos most ominous literary classicsldquoThe darkest place in hellare reserved for those who maintain their neutralityin times of moralcrisisrdquoHarvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital in the middle of the night Disoriented and suffering from a head wound he recalls nothing of the last thirty-six hours including how he got there or the origin of the macabre object that his doctors discover hidden in his belongings Langdonrsquos world soon erupts into chaos and he finds himself on the run in Florence with a stoic young woman Sienna Brooks whose clever maneuvering saves his life Langdon quickly realizes that he is in possession of a series of disturbing codes created by a brilliant scientistmdashagenius whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever writtenmdashDante Alighierirsquos dark epic poem The Inferno Racing through such timeless locations as the Palazzo Vecchio the Boboli Gardens and the Duomo Langdon and Brooks discover a network of hidden passageways and ancient secrets as well as a terrifying new scientific paradigm that will be used either to vastly improve the quality of life on earth or to devastate it In his most riveting and thought-provoking novel to date Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again Inferno is a sumptuously entertaining readmdasha novel that will captivate readers with the beauty of classical Italian art history and literature while also posing provocative questions about the role of cutting-edge science in our futureFrom the Hardcover edition.
