Some Silliness for a Crazy-Busy Afternoon
Oct. 8th, 2009 02:19 pmI plugged in Jerusalem and the International Olympic Committee.
A nefarious cult determined to protect it.
A desperate race to uncover the International Olympic Committee's darkest secret.
When celebrated Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to the Israeli Parliament to analyze a mysterious ancient script—drawn on a calling card next to the disemboweled corpse of the head docent—he discovers evidence of the unthinkable: the resurgence of the ancient cult of the Inquifori, a secret branch of the International Olympic Committee that has surfaced from the shadows to carry out its legendary vendetta against its mortal enemy, the Vatican.
Langdon's worst fears are confirmed when a messenger from the Inquifori appears at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to deliver a macabre ultimatum: Deposit $1 billion in the International Olympic Committee's off-shore bank accounts or the exclusive clothier of the Swiss Guards will be bankrupted. With the deadline fast approaching, Langdon joins forces with the louche and enigmatic daughter of the murdered docent in a desperate bid to crack the code that will reveal the cult's secret plan.
Embarking on a frantic hunt, Langdon and his companion follow a 200-year-old trail through Jerusalem's most historic libraries and sacred monuments, pursued by a one-handed assassin the cult has sent to thwart them. What they discover threatens to expose a conspiracy that goes all the way back to Demetrius Vikelas and the very founding of the International
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