The Lost Symbol

It took 2 days for me to finish this book. It can be said that I'm a fan of Dan Brown's works. Especially the phenomenal "The Da Vinci Code". It's not merely due to it's conspiracy theory but also the spellbinding telling about digging and revealing ancient-centuries secrets and histories.
Despite the difficulties in imagining some places in this story and the history itself, once again, the author has drag me into amazement with his charm.

This book tells about Robert Langdon's new adventure, this time is taking place at the capital city of United States, Washington D.C. Once again, the genius symbologist was faced with mystery, codes, and symbols that full of danger which lead to the greatest secret ever in the history of United States, and even in the world. The lecture invitation changed to be a death invitation of Mysterious Hand made from the right hand of Langdon's best friend and mentor, who also the Honor Member of Freemasonry. Somebody has kidnapped Peter Solomon and asked Langdon to find out the treasure hidden beneath the building, an ancient portal, a mason pyramid, symbolon, and The Ancient Mystery, the legend.

The kidnapper believes that "The Lost Word"  or verbum significiatium will help him to release his mortal body that veils his soul. He believes that the secret is how to die, a sacrifice of sacred . And when "The Lost Word" has been written thus a man will be granted with unbelievable power. In the right hand it will be good but in the wrong hand it will be destruction. The Kidnapper needs Langdon to find him the "Lost Word" that kept for centuries out there somewhere in Washington D.C. And the worse is that Langdon believes it only a myth, a legend guarded by ancient hence possible to found.

The adventures brings Langdon to some famous buildings around the capital city, from National Mall, a broad, tree-lined avenue that extends from the United States Capitol building to the Library of Congress, Mason temples, and the towering obelisk of the Washington Monument. Langdon must struggle with lots of human histories, Mason histories, science histories, architectures, some great scientist ever in the world and their remarkable inventions, Holy Scripture, many ancient languages to decode the pyramid symbols, and what so-called as Neotic.