Book Writing

Having penned the definitive best-seller of the modern era in The Da Vinci Code -- which has sold over 81 million copies worldwide -- author Dan Brown had a surefire hit waiting before he even began writing the follow-up. Anticipation for The Lost Symbol exceeded anything that the adult fiction world had ever seen, with first-day sales of over a million books.

The Lost Symbol continues the thrilling exploits of brilliant symbologist Robert Langdon in his first stateside adventure. Set amidst the mystery and grandeur of the architecture of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol is an exciting mystery wrapped up in the fascinating history of the United States.

The Lost Symbol is to Washington D.C. as The Da Vinci Code was to Paris and Angels & Demons was to Rome, filled with references to design and architecture and setting its fast-paced mystery in its intriguing environs. Dan Brown brings Harvard professor Robert Langdon to the Capitol building to deliver a lecture at the invitation of his friend Peter Solomon, Langdon's mentor and head of the Smithsonian Institute. More importantly, Solomon is also a 33rd degree Freemason, a fact which becomes central to a nefarious scheme set in motion when Langdon reaches the Capitol and finds his friend's severed and tattooed hand gruesomely posed to point up at the fresco on the Capitol dome.

Thus begins the thrilling action of The Lost Symbol,...