Synopsis: Robert Langdon is back in his fourth Dan Brown novel. The novel starts with Langdon in a hospital room with no recollection of how he got there or why. As he begins to look for answers, he finds his clues are related to Dante's most famous work, Inferno. Langdon races through Europe against a frightening and powerful enemy in this exciting novel.
Review: I can't review much here without giving something away. Suffice it to say that this is an excellent book and while it's not quite up to snuff with previous Robert Langdon stories, if you like Dan Brown's previous novels, you are sure to enjoy this one.
Spoilers: This book was excellent fun from the first page. Zobrist makes for a great bad guy here. The idea of the overpopulation of Earth is an interesting topic. It's clear Zobrist is a mad man, but who can really argue that we aren't on track to use all of our resources and cause mass extinction on our planet? Aside for the drawn out escape over the Apotheosis (80 pages worth) this book moved along very quickly and I read it over several days. I was expecting a twist, and was willing to believe that Jonathan Ferris was also a bad guy, but never saw that Sienna might have been in cahoots with Zobrist, although she did try to do the right thing in the end. I was also surprised to discover that the bag had dissolved and released its plague before Langdon or anyone could stop it. Even though the ending was not what I had anticipated, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book. I can't wait for Robert Langdon's next adventure!
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