Angels and Demons (Film Tie-in)

　　《天使與魔鬼》是《達文西密碼》的「前傳」，是哈佛大學符號學家羅柏．蘭登首度登場的小說，描述蘭登羅浮宮那趟重要造訪的一年前，發生於梵蒂岡城的冒險故事，一場異教與信仰、宗教與科學的戰爭。

　　故事敘述想以科學證明神確實存在的物理學家李歐納度．威特拉在公布他的重大成果「反物質」前夕遇害，不但眼珠子被挖掉，胸膛還被烙上一個神祕的印記。蘭登發現這個印記正是「光明會」（Illuminati）的標記，全世界最古老、最有權力的魔鬼教派遺失已久的符號。而威特拉製造出來的「反物質」，是人類所知最具威力的能源，一公克的反物質所蘊藏的能量，等於二十噸核彈──跟投在日本廣島的那顆原子彈一樣大。埋藏在地下五十公尺的「反物質」被偷走了，這種高度不穩定的物質，將會拯救世界，抑或是用來製造出有史以來最致命的武器？倒數計時已經開始……

　　When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man’s chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic church. In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair – a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. But, with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdom and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy…

作者簡介

　　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.