History Literature / TheLostSymbol

A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]''. In 2020, Creator/{{NBC}} ordered a pilot adaptation, with a series order following in March 2021, when it was announced that the adaptation would move to Creator/{{Peacock}}. Brown executive produces the series, alongside Creator/RonHoward and Brian Grazer, director and producer of the live-action films based on Brown's Langdon-centric books. Ashley Zukerman (''Series/{{Rush}}'', ''Series/{{Manhattan}}'') stars as Langdon, and the cast also includes Valorie Curry, Creator/SumaleeMontano, Rick Gonzalez, Creator/EddieIzzard, and Beau Knapp. It began streaming on September 16, 2021, and its trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDqc6mifJ4 here]]. For tropes about the series, see [[Series/TheLostSymbol here]].

A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]''. In 2020, Creator/{{NBC}} ordered a pilot adaptation, with a series order following in March 2021, when it was announced that the adaptation would move to Creator/{{Peacock}}. Brown executive produces the series, alongside Creator/RonHoward and Brian Grazer, director and producer of the live-action films based on Brown's Langdon-centric books. Ashley Zukerman (''Series/{{Rush}}'', ''Series/{{Manhattan}}'') stars as Langdon, and the cast also includes Valorie Curry, Creator/SumaleeMontano, Rick Gonzalez, Creator/EddieIzzard, and Beau Knapp. It began streaming on September 16, 2021, and its trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDqc6mifJ4 here]].

A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]''. In 2020, Creator/{{NBC}} ordered a pilot adaptation, with a series order following in March 2021, when it was announced that the adaptation would move to Creator/{{Peacock}}. Brown will executive produce the series, alongside Creator/RonHoward and Brian Grazer, director and producer of the live-action films based on Brown's Langdon-centric books. Ashley Zukerman (''Series/{{Rush}}'', ''Series/{{Manhattan}}'') will star as Langdon, and the cast will also include Valorie Curry, Creator/SumaleeMontano, Rick Gonzalez, Creator/EddieIzzard, and Beau Knapp. It will be released on September 16, 2021, and its trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDqc6mifJ4 here]].

A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]''. In 2020, Creator/{{NBC}} ordered a pilot adaptation, with a series order following in March 2021, where it was announced that the adaptation would move to Creator/{{Peacock}}. Brown will executive produce the series, alongside Creator/RonHoward and Brian Grazer, director and producer of the live-action films based on Brown's Langdon-centric books. Ashley Zukerman (''Series/{{Rush}}'', ''Series/{{Manhattan}}'') will star as Langdon, and the cast also includes Valorie Curry, Creator/SumaleeMontano, Rick Gonzalez, Creator/EddieIzzard, and Beau Knapp. It will be released on September 16, 2021, and its trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDqc6mifJ4 here]].

A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]''.

* WaterTorture: The villain tortures Langdon into solving the last puzzle for him by placing him in a coffin and slowly filling it with water. This is especially bad for Langdon, since he also has severe claustrophobia.

''The Lost Symbol'', provisionally known as ''The Solomon Key'', is the third entry in Creator/DanBrown's novel series starring [[BadassBookworm Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon]]. This time, the story explores the mysteries of the Freemasons and is set in Washington D.C.. Langdon is invited to D.C. by an [[BigBrotherMentor old friend and mentor]] (and also not-so-secretly a top-rung Mason), only to discover that he has been an UnwittingPawn, manipulated by what seems to be a raving lunatic who kidnapped said mentor and now blackmails Langdon into solving the Freemasons' puzzles for him. The final prize in the game is the fabled treasure of [[MacGuffin Ancient Mysteries]], which, Langdon insists, is immaterial but he doesn't have much choice. As if that wasn't complicated enough, the [[CloakAndDagger CIA]] shows up and demands the very same things of Langdon... except that they couldn't care less about his mentor's safety.

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A movie was announced as a sequel to ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'', but was scrapped in favour of an adaptation of ''Literature/{[Inferno}}''.

A movie has been announced, but is in very early stages of production.

''The Lost Symbol'', provisionally known as ''The Solomon Key'', is the third entry in DanBrown's novel series starring [[BadassBookworm Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon]]. This time, the story explores the mysteries of the Freemasons and is set in Washington D.C.. Langdon is invited to D.C. by an [[BigBrotherMentor old friend and mentor]] (and also not-so-secretly a top-rung Mason), only to discover that he has been an UnwittingPawn, manipulated by what seems to be a raving lunatic who kidnapped said mentor and now blackmails Langdon into solving the Freemasons' puzzles for him. The final prize in the game is the fabled treasure of [[MacGuffin Ancient Mysteries]], which, Langdon insists, is immaterial but he doesn't have much choice. As if that wasn't complicated enough, the [[CloakAndDagger CIA]] shows up and demands the very same things of Langdon... except that they couldn't care less about his mentor's safety.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Well, duh, it's a DanBrown novel. Let's start with Mal'akh, more commonly known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch Moloch]]...

* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:After being rescued from imprisonment and torture, including having his hand forcibly amputated, kidnap victim Peter Solomon]] does not go into shock or collapse from loss of blood, but instead indulges in a bit of light sightseeing and the delivery of several pages' worth of exposition.

* UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC

* KnightOfCerberus: Mal'akh stands out among villains in Dan Brown books, in that he is the first to be both the killer ''and'' the mastermind of events.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The BigBad's master plan is to [[spoiler: sacrifice his body so he can ascend and lead the Forces of Evil in destroying mankind]]. Since Dan Brown's previous novels have generally taken place in "the real world" (ancient conspiracies and shoddy historical accuracy aside), you'd normally wouldn't count on it, except this novel throws in all that stuff about mental energies and the Noosphere being real.

* BadassBookworm: Langdon. Lampshaded when a security guard takes one look at Langdon and wonders how he managed elude the French police in ''loafers''.
* TheBeautifulElite: {{Deconstructed}}. While Katherine is good-looking and leads a highly privileged life, she has to face several tragedies, including the death of her father in her childhood, the [[spoiler: murder]] of her mother during Christmas time, and the ordeal involving her brother, Peter, that is the subject of this story.

* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Zachary does this to Peter when he reveals his true identity.]]
* CIAEvilFBIGood: Except that FBI never shows up at all. [[spoiler:And CIA is revealed to be not ''that'' bad themselves.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Most characters but Inoue Sato, Robert Langdon himself, Katherine Solomon and Mal'akh particularly qualify.
* DepravedBisexual - While depraved asexual at the time of the story, a throwaway line mentions that Mal'akh used to occasionally enjoy the company of young men in addition to women. Pretty much a classic example of this trope as making Mal'akh bi doesn't serve any purpose other than to making him even "stranger".

** [[spoiler: Zachary's first beef was his having to decide between A. a pot of money right there and then, and B. the wisdom of the ancients revealed several years down the road ''plus'' that pot of money complete with interest, which included his dad's Good Ole Boy Network Approval, in whatever he planned to do. Zach grudgingly admits he hadn't thought things through at the time.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The BigBad has these. Namely, Mal'akh a corrupted form of the name Moloch. Also Dr. Abaddon [[spoiler: Who happens to be the bad guy's psychiatrist alter ego.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Mal'akh]]'s reaction once he crosses over.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: After being rescued from imprisonment and torture, including having his hand forcibly amputated, kidnap victim Peter Solomon]] does not go into shock or collapse from loss of blood but instead indulges in a bit of light sightseeing and the delivery of several pages' worth of exposition.

* RememberTheNewGuy: The previous books mentioned not a word about Solomon. All of a sudden he shows up and everyone has to suppose he is Langdon's father-mentor.

* StrawFeminist: A light version in the form a student who complains about the lack of women in the Freemasons.

* MadLibThrillerTitle

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Inverted agaim; Langdon doesn't realize Sato is a woman until they meet face to face, and she demands that he stop calling her "sir."

* UnsettlingGenderReveal - Inverted; Langdon doesn't realize Sato is a woman until they meet face to face, and she demands that he stop calling her "sir."

* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Averted. In order to find what she's looking for on the net, Katherine has to link together hijacks other peoples' search engines and has them work together through ''parallel processing''. After that, she still has to sort out the junk from the useful stuff.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal - Inverted; Langdon doesn't realize Sato is a woman until they meet face to face, and she demands that she stop calling him "sir."

** it's slightly more irritating that Dan Brown feels the need to explicitly identify her as a member of the Women's Center, and portrays her to be irrationally objecting to Langdon's lecture, when she's really just calling him out for the statement that the Masons "do not discriminate in any way."

* AGentlemanAndAScholar: Peter Solomon.

* BigBrotherMentor: Peter Solomon.

** He was eighteen, whaddya expect? Makes one wonder what he had to face growing up.

* GirlOfTheNovel: Notably averted, as the lead female character, Katherine Solomon, is fifty (making her closer to Langdon's age) and her relationship with Langdon is a long-standing friendship. [[HotScientist But she's still attractive]].

* GirlOfTheNovel: Notably averted, as the lead female character, Katherine Solomon, is fifty and her relationship with Langdon is a long-standing friendship. [[HotScientist But she's still attractive]].