num_pages: 620
description: When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their sworn enemy, the Catholic church.In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair - a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican.But with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdon and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy...
language: English
title: Angels and Demons
titlecomplete: Angels and Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
characters: Gunther Glick, Robert Langdon, Leonardo Vetra, Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca, Maximilian Kohler, Vittoria Vetra
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Historical Fiction, Adult, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 3118669
places: Rome, Vatican City, Italy, Switzerland
series: Robert Langdon
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer
publisher: Corgi Books