哈佛大學的宗教符號學教授羅柏‧蘭登到巴黎出差的深夜, 突然接到一通緊急電話,通知他羅浮宮年高德邵的館長遭人謀殺,就在博物館內,屍體旁邊留下了一個令人困惑的密碼。蘭登與法國美女密碼專家 Sophie Neveu 在整理分析謎團的過程中,驚訝地發現在達文西的作品中藏有一連串的線索。這些線索人人可見,卻被畫家巧妙地偽裝,加以隱藏。
蘭登發現一連串令人震驚的關聯:已故的館長是鍚安會的一員--鍚安會是一個真實存在的祕密會社,其中的成員包括牛頓、波提且利、雨果,和達文西等人。至此蘭登發現自己正在追蹤一個石破天驚的歷史大祕密,一個已經埋藏了幾個世紀、既富啟發性又危險的祕密。在這場遍及巴黎的追逐中,蘭登和 Neveu 發現他們是在跟一個始終不露面的幕後主使者鬥智,這個人似乎總是知道他們下一步要做什麼。除非他們可以解開這個錯綜複雜的謎團,否則錫安會的祕密,這個具爆炸力的古老真相,將永遠消失。
★本書中文版《達文西密碼》由時報出版
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.
THE DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller…utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.
作者簡介
丹.布朗 (Dan Brown)
畢業於美國菲利普.埃克塞特學院(Philips Exeter Academy),在他全心投入寫作之時,一直擔任該學院的英文老師。1996年,丹.布朗出於對從事密碼破譯工作的秘密政府機關的興趣,寫作了自己的第一部小說《數位密碼》(Digital Fortress)。而這部小說立刻成了國內首屈一指的網路小說。它以美國國家安全局(National Security Agency)為背景,探究了公民隱私和國家安全之間的界限。
丹.布朗的父親是一名曾獲得總統榮譽獎的數學教授,母親是一名職業宗教音樂家,因此,他從小就生活在科學和宗教相衝突的荒唐哲學中。丹.布朗的妻子既是一名藝術歷史學家,也是一名油畫家,她不僅和丈夫一起合作研究,還一直陪伴著他完成頻繁的研究之旅。《達文西密碼》(The Da Vinci Code)正是夫妻倆一起到巴黎,在羅浮宮所完成。丹.布朗另著有《天使與魔鬼》(Angels & Demons)以及《大騙局》(Deception Point)。
Dan Brown is the bestselling author of Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he has taught English and creative writing. He lives in New England.