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The Secret of Secrets

Robert Langdon Book 6

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The Secret of Secrets

By: Dan Brown
Narrated by: Paul Michael
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Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.


Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.

But Prague is an old and dangerous city, steeped in folklore and mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has gone before. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to decipher the world around him before he too is consumed by the rings of treachery and deception that have swallowed Katherine.

Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards buried twelve deep and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily deliver them.

This is a battlefield unlike any he has previously experienced, one on which he must fight not for his only life, but for the future of humanity itself.

The Secret Of Secrets is Dan Brown’s first novel for over eight years and sees the stunning return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time pitting his wits against a conspiracy which will test even his considerable brainpower and take him to the edge of losing all that he holds dear…

‘Impossible to put down’ The New York Times

‘Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger’ Wall Street Journal

‘For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide’ Sunday Times

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Editorial Review

The wait is over
After nearly eight years, Dan Brown returns with another thrilling addition to his legendary Robert Langdon series. This time, the professor is in Prague to attend a lecture by noetic scientist Katherine Solomon—a woman he’s also newly dating. The action kicks off quickly with a murder and then a disappearance. From there, the gripping plot spans both continents…and consciousness. Brown’s talent for immediately sucking you into the plot has only strengthened in his near-decade off, and the science explored—along with Brown’s disclaimer at the top of the book that all science and experiments you’ll hear about are real—is chilling. Performed by series narrator Paul Michael, I can safely say The Secret of Secrets was worth the wait.—Katie O., Audible Editor

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I’ve enjoyed all the other books and couldn’t put them down but this one just didn’t grab me. I was kind of waiting for it to grip me and it very rarely did. It was the kind of listen where I had to go back and replay multiple chapters because it was boring and I’d zoned out of being able to focus on what was being said or explained. Shame.

Just a bit meh

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This book would a be a very enjoyable listening experience if it was not for the poor pronunciation and misplaced accent of the Czech language... Since Czech sentences are woven into the story, surely part of performers dilligent reading prep would be seeking a language coach advice... The Russian accent immitating Czech accent is equally distracting. A complete let down of Dan Brown's latest piece.

Other than that, the story line did not disappoint offering a decent intricate web of skillfully embeded history and plenty of cliffhangers typial for DB.

If you have time, you're better off picking this one up in paperback rather than on Audible.

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Classic Dan Brown, thought provoking, many questions unanswered, but an enjoyable book, as always. Could test your intellect at times Excellent author, well structured plot and good narration too.

Northwest listener

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Chapter 40 is where i felt i finally got into this book. Not his best by a long way. Swaps and changes from one place to another. Typical Dan Brown style but not his best book despite waiting so long for it. Disappointed to say the least. Make of it what you will.

Not bad. But feels as though we are living off the Da vinci codes success.

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I really enjoyed The Secret of Secrets, but it felt a little different from Dan Brown’s other Robert Langdon novels. The story gave me the impression that it was originally written as a stand-alone thriller, and that Langdon was added into the mix afterwards. While it was still a great read, it doesn’t quite fit with the style and flow of the earlier books in the series.

a great listen.

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