After reading 'Angels and Demons' and having read 'Da Vinci Code' a long time ago, I had to read the third book in Robert Langdon series. One thing about this series was that the Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, was a character that is intriguing and interesting to read about. Excited to read professor Langdon's next philosophically mysterious adventure, I got 'The Lost Symbol' from my department's library.
This one is another adventure of Harvard professor Robert Langdon. Robert encounters a strange symbol at the venue of his presentation and when Peter Soloman, Langdon's mentor and a great friend, is known to be in serious trouble, Langdon finds himself drawn to a chain of events. Secrets unknown to mankind is at the verge of unveiling. Robert along with Katherine Solomon must decide whether to reveal the secrets or let them bury deep down far from human's reach.
'The Lost Symbol' being third in series is like the rest of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books. So basically, it is mystery-thriller with Dan Brown's added elements of philosophy, religion, facts, science and a tinge of romance (or in other words, with no scope for romance). This time, Dan Brown explores the ancient symbols capable of revealing hidden mysteries of modern world. Knowledge is compared to a nuclear weapon itself. It is said that knowledge in the hands of bad can lead to end of mankind whereas in the hands of good, it can help in the growth of every known field and unearth the answers to the greatest of questions hovering in the minds of humans. Dan Brown's books are highly philosophical and this one's no less. 'The Lost Symbol' is not really connected to its prequels in terms of characters so you are good to start with any of the books but the themes are recurrent in his Langdon series. The most significant part of Robert Langdon series is that there are more facts than fiction, which makes it interesting to read and to understand the history through professor Langdon's eyes.
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