SynopsisWHAT IS LOST… WILL BE FOUND. In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling- a deadly race through a real- world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths… all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale. As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object – artfully encoded with five symbols – is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation… one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon – a prominent Mason and philanthropist – is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never – before – seen locations – all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth. As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels Demons, Dan Brown's novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with and intelligent, lightning – paced story that that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown's fans have been waiting for… his most thrilling novel yet., WHAT IS LOST... WILL BE FOUND. In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling- a deadly race through a real- world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths... all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale. As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object - artfully encoded with five symbols - is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation... one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon - a prominent Mason and philanthropist - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never - before - seen locations - all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth. As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels Demons, Dan Brown's novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with and intelligent, lightning - paced story that that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown's fans have been waiting for... his most thrilling novel yet., Blind Spot is a semi-annual art journal that publishes new work by living photographers. Images are given primacy and published collaboratively rather than curatorially, unaccompanied by introductory, biographical or explanatory text. Blind Spot magazine has been in publication since 1993; there are 44 issues to date. Blind Spot has published some of today's most renowned artists as they built their careers: Adam Fuss, Vik Muniz, Doug & Mike Starn, and James Welling appeared in its first issue, and it has since featured over 400 living artists including Robert Adams, Francis Alÿs, John Baldessari, Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, Liz Deschenes, William Eggleston, Rachel Harrison and Ed Ruscha. It has also published work by younger artists including Walead Beshty, Peter Coffin, Anne Collier, Michael Queenland, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Seth Price. This issue features Ellen Auerbach, Matthew Brandt, Josef Breitenbach, Gerard Byrne, Phil Chang, Kate Costello, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Margarete Jakschik, John Houck, Joachim Koester, Davida Nemeroff, Boru O'Brien O'Connell, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Sigmar Polke, Eliot Porter, Torbjørn Rødland, Shirhana Shahbazi, Erin Shirreff, Collier Schorr and Annika Von Hausswolff.