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Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together - how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can't possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage.

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon "The Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale. As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

يعود دان براون برواية جديدة تخطف الأنفاس، تجمع بين الغموض والتاريخ والفكر العميق.
حين ترافق العالِمة كاثرين سولومون إلى براغ لإلقاء محاضرة، يجد روبرت لانغدون نفسه فجأة في قلب كارثة غير متوقعة: كاثرين تختفي بلا أثر، وتتحول المدينة العتيقة إلى متاهة من الأسرار التي تُطارده من الماضي.

وسط أساطير براغ وظلالها الغامضة، يخوض لانغدون سباقًا محمومًا لفك رموز خفية وإنقاذ المرأة التي يحب، قبل أن تبتلعه شبكة من الخداع والمؤامرات تهدد أكثر من حياته... تهدد مستقبل البشرية.

في «سر الأسرار»، يعود لانغدون إلى الواجهة في مغامرة تُختبر فيها عبقريته حتى أقصى حدودها، داخل مدينة تُخفي حقيقتها في وضح النهار.