NOWAMAJORMOTIONPICTUREWiththepublicationofhisgroundbreakingnovelsTheDaVinciCode,TheLostSymbol,andAngels&Demons,DanBrownhasbecomeaninternationalbestsellingsensation,seamlesslyfusingcodes,symbols,art,andhistoryintorivetingthrillersthathavecaptivatedhundredsofmillionsofreadersaroundtheworld.Now,DanBrowntakesreadersdeepintotheheartofItaly...guidingthemthroughalandscapethatinspiredoneofhistory’smostominousliteraryclassics.“Thedarkestplaceinhellarereservedforthosewhomaintaintheirneutralityintimesofmoralcrisis.“HarvardprofessorofsymbologyRobertLangdonawakensinahospitalinthemiddleofthenight.Disorientedandsufferingfromaheadwound,herecallsnothingofthelastthirty-sixhours,includinghowhegotthere...ortheoriginofthemacabreobjectthathisdoctorsdiscoverhiddeninhisbelongings.Langdon’sworldsooneruptsintochaos,andhefindshimselfontheruninFlorencewithastoicyoungwoman,SiennaBrooks,whoseclevermaneuveringsaveshislife.Langdonquicklyrealizesthatheisinpossessionofaseriesofdisturbingcodescreatedbyabrilliantscientist--ageniuswhoseobsessionwiththeendoftheworldismatchedonlybyhispassionforoneofthemostinfluentialmasterpieceseverwritten--DanteAlighieri’sdarkepicpoemTheInferno.RacingthroughsuchtimelesslocationsasthePalazzoVecchio,theBoboliGardens,andtheDuomo,LangdonandBrooksdiscoveranetworkofhiddenpassagewaysandancientsecrets,aswellasaterrifyingnewscientificparadigmthatwillbeusedeithertovastlyimprovethequalityoflifeonearth...ortodevastateit.Inhismostrivetingandthought-provokingnoveltodate,DanBrownhasraisedthebaryetagain.Infernoisasumptuouslyentertainingread--anovelthatwillcaptivatereaderswiththebeautyofclassicalItalianart,history,andliterature...whilealsoposingprovocativequestionsabouttheroleofcutting-edgescienceinourfuture.
