Dan Brown

Title: The Lost Symbol Author:  Dan Brown Reader: Paul Michael Audiobook 2009 Unabridged Length: 17 hours 1 Star Buy or rent for less at The Audio Book Store The wait was five years for the next in the Robert Langdon series that includes Angels & Demons and the incredibly successful The Da Vinci Code. The wait is now over and it certainly wasn’t worth it.  To summarize – The Lost Symbol is an overwrought, action less, poorly constructed book that never rises above the pedestrian, and often succumbs to contrivance. The story starts out well enough with Langdon summoned to Washington D.C. on short ... Read Full Story

Exeter, NH native Dan Brown recently released his fifth novel, The Lost Symbol , continuing the story of Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon. The thriller–a sequel to Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code –takes place in Washington D.C., where Langdon must investigate the kidnapping of Freemason Peter Solomon. The villainous Mal’akh holds Solomon hostage and threatens to release a video of power-brokers practicing Masonic ritual, demanding that Langdon unlock the Ancient Mysteries. The story unfolds as the pursuit becomes a matter of national security. The fastest-selling adult novel in history, The Lost Symbol has demonstrated shelf-clearing endurance in addition to the immediate ... Read Full Story

Dan Brown's former publisher has a new job. Stephen Rubin, who resigned last month from Random House Inc., said Tuesday that he will be the new president and publisher of Henry Holt and Company, where authors include Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and National Book Award finalist Greg Grandin. Rubin was the longtime head of the Broadway Doubleday division of Random House and published John Grisham, Pat Conroy and Brown, whose "The Da Vinci Code" is among the best-selling novels in history. But Broadway Doubleday was broken up last year in a corporate consolidation and Rubin was widely believed to be bored in ... Read Full Story