The Lost Symbol

The Lost symbol by Dan Brown is the sequel to his 2 other books ( Da Vinci Code, and Angels and Demons) in which a man named Dan Brown uncovers the secrets of hidden chambers and secret codes and to save his mentor Peter Solomon. The author Dan Brown puts the most thrilling pieces into a puzzle. There are old bald men with severed arms and eye-patches who work as thugs, the CIA, closets with dismembered body parts and much, much more. Although the ending and some parts are confusing ( parts like "is he a good guy? or a bad guy?" or What does the random symbols on the page mean? do i have to decipher it now or will it be deciphered later?) that is confusing.

You can learn alot from this book. There lots of symbols involved that you need to decipher like the Symbol Au which is the element symbol for gold. The Sigma, star of David, The Ouroboros, the greek letter Delta, symbol for Mercury, the stonemason's square and more. The sigma is the greek letter for S and a mathamatical symbol for sum of all parts, the Ouroboros means wholeness or atonement, the Stonemason's square which means honesty and true, and delta which means change.

The story starts in the Washington D.C in the Smithsonian museum. Dan Brown explains every inch and detail of the Smithsonian there is even a map of it in the book itself. The protagonists are Langdon, and Katherine, the 2 CIA members Nole KAye and Rick Parrish, and the antagonist Mal 'akh. I would mostly recommend this book for people who have a strong passion for adventure and puzzles because if you don't like puzzles you will hate this book.