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This thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat as you watch the incredible journey of Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon, on his chase for the Holy Grail. This book is amazingly describing and you can tell how much research was put into every detail by Dan Brown. You watch the plot unfold from the view of an all-seeing eye, looking into the thoughts of each character. The thoughts of each character are describe but there is just enough info given so you can understand their position on current events, but not long term things, which are used to surprise you in the final moments of the book.

                The story starts off from the view of Robert, who is on a trip in Paris, giving lectures on his to-be-released book. He is thrown into an intricate mystery involving the curator of the Lourve, his cryptologist granddaughter, Sophie, and two mysterious groups named the Priory of Sion (the good guys), and Opus Dei (the bad guys).  With the help of Sophie and an old colleague of his, Sir Leigh Teabing, he must race to unravel the mystery of the Priory and find the Holy Grail, before Opus Dei destroys it. The way that the parts of the plot are interlaced just blow your mind in the end. There is a lot of religious conflict and conspiracy in the book, of which Im not sure what is fiction or not, but either way its extremely intriguing how Dan Brown all put together in the end of the book. I am a Christian and the way that the religious scandals are presented makes me wonder a little. It just seems like everything falls right into place and leaves you thinking, Wow, how did I miss that. And believe me theres more than just one occasion where this occurs. This book is most definitely a thriller that will keep you turning pages like theres no tomorrow.

                The DaVinci Code has been made into a movie. Though it was a great movie, it was an even better book so I recommend that you read the book first. The movie does skip out on a few parts that are pretty interesting to people like me. All I can say is that I applaud Dan Browns work in both of these works of art. They are just breat-taking.