Angels and Demons- Dan Brown

Angels and Demons, the first book of the Robert Langdon Series, by Dan Brown, is a thrilling tale of a Modern-Day war between the age-old enemies- Science and Religion.

Ratings: 4.5⭐
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Number of Pages: 620 pages
Format: Paperback
Publication date: May 2000
Publisher: Pocket Books; Corgi Books

Angels and Demons- Dan Brown

The Director of CERN, Maximilian Kohler, finds one of the top Physicists of the facility, Leonardo Vetra brutally killed in his quarters. The corpse had been branded by the perfect ambigram of the lost brotherhood of the “Illuminati”, which makes him call the famous American Symbologist, Robert Langdon.

Robert flies to CERN and meets Vittoria Vetra, daughter of Leonardo Vetra, who reads the corpse, and to everyone’s horror, they find out that the antimatter they had created, has been stolen. The canister containing the drop of antimatter, which has been placed in Vatican City, the sworn enemy of the Illuminati, has to be brought back to CERN in the next few hours, or else it shall annihilate, causing mass-scale destruction, comparable to nuclear explosions.

Robert and Vittoria make their way to the Vatican, to find out four of the Cardinals, the Preferiti, have been abducted on the day of the Conclave which has led everyone into a state of panic.

Robert and Vittoria, along with Commander Olivetti, Commander Rocher, and other Swiss Guards keep looking for the Cardinals, following the Path of the Illuminati, ‘crossing Rome, hoping to find the canister on their way. Do they find the canister before midnight? What happens to the Cardinals? Who shall be elected as the Pope, the Holy leader of the Vatican?

“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”

Personal Reviews on Angels and Demons

Dan Brown’s works have been on my TBR for a long time now and I’m super glad I finally got all of them on my shelf! Angels and Demons perfect blend of Science and Religion, Faith and Proof, and Fiction and Facts, hence, justifying its title. Dan Brown has curated a set of outstanding characters that’ll grip you on the story. I absolutely fell in love with the characters of Robert and Vittoria.

The plot is really intriguing and the plot twists are so unbelievable that you won’t see it coming. The book is so fast-paced that you won’t even realize when you’ll be done with the 600 pages novel. I loved Angels & Demons and it’s highly recommended to everyone who hasn’t read this yet.

About the Author of Angels and Demons

Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best-selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown’s novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.

In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”

The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time on writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.

Brown’s latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?