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review by Eitan Sapiro-Gheiler
 * //The Lost Symbol//**, Dan Brown

Symbologist Robert Langdon is suddenly summoned to give a lecture in the U.S. Capitol by a man who claims to be the assistant of Langdon's friend Peter Solomon. When he arrives, Langdon finds the hand of Peter Solomon impaled upon a stake in the National Statuary Hall. He realizes that a mysterious man (whose name is Mal'akh) has brought him here for an even more mysterious purpose. Along with Director Inoue Sato from the CIA'S Office of Security, Langdon solves puzzle after puzzle and ends up in the Capitol's subbasement. There, a mysterious Masonic pyramid forces him into a conflict with the CIA, and Langdon, now aided by "Architect" Warren Bellamy, suddenly becomes a fugitive.

Meanwhile, Mal'akh attacks Peter Solomon's sister Katherine, but she escapes and meets Langdon at the Library of Congress. When the CIA tracks them down, the duo escapes and manages to decipher a message inscribed on the pyramid. They take a taxi to Freedom Plaza, and from there head to Washington National Cathedral. Dean Colin Galloway helps Langdon and Katherine decipher yet another of the Masonic Pyramid's cryptic messages, but the CIA catches up with them. Realizing that the CIA is trying to help, Langdon, Katherine, and CIA agent Hartmann go to Mal'akh's house to save the kidnapped Peter Solomon. However, all three are captured and Robert Langdon realizes that everything is not as it seems. Will Robert and Katherine escape alive? What final secrets does the Masonic Pyramid hide? Read **//The Lost Symbol// by Dan Brown to find out. **

I would definitely recommend this book. The fast-paced storyline and constant action make it nearly impossible to put down and draw you into the story. Dan Brown uses descriptive words and actual locations to make the plot and characters come to life. This book is full of puzzles and codes which I couldn't help trying to understand. They really made this story more interesting. However, this book has a very complex plot and may be difficult to understand. For me, this made the book more interesting, and hopefully you, the reader, will also enjoy it. If you like action, adventure, and mystery, this is definitely the book for you!

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