<p align="center"> <b>An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new<P> weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target.</b> <P> World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth . . . the long-forgotten Illuminati lair. <p align="center"> <b>BEFORE <I>THE DA VINCI CODE</i> WAS BROKEN,<P> THE WORLD LAY AT THE MERCY OF <I>ANGELS & DEMONS</i></b>