"Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a rollercoaster" (Los Angeles Times)"So compelling that several times I came close to a cardiac arrest...As perfectly constructed as the Washington architecture it escorts us around" (Sunday Express)"A narrative that can grip you like a vice... As engaging a hero as you could wish for" (Daily Mail)"Unputdownable...Gripping...Jaw-dropping...The blockbuster read of the year" (News of the World)"Impossible to put down...Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story" (The New York Times)

The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom.When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons.It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth...Origin, the spellbinding new Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, is out now