Ángeles y demonios (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Brown, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8492516518 ISBN 13: 9788492516513

Publisher: Books4pocket, 2009

Synopsis

En un laboratorio de maxima seguridad, aparece asesinado un cientifico con un extraño simbolo grabado a fuego en su pecho. Para el profesor Robert Langdon no hay duda: los Illuminati, los hombres enfrentados a la Iglesia desde los tiempos de Galileo, han regresado. Y esta vez disponen de la mas mortifera arma que ha creado la humanidad, un artefacto con el que pueden ganar la batalla final contra su eterno enemigo. Acompañado de una joven cientifica y un audaz capitan de la Guardia Suiza, Langdon comienza una carrera contra reloj, en una busqueda desesperada por los rincones mas secretos de El Vaticano. Necesitara todo su conocimiento para descifrar las claves ocultas que los Illuminati han dejado a traves de los siglos en manuscritos y templos, y todo su coraje para vencer al despiadado asesino que siempre parece llevarle la delantera. / An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church. Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival. Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation. Critics have praised the exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, and cutting wit found in Brown's remarkable thrillers featuring Robert Langdon. An explosive international suspense, Angels & Demons marks this hero's first adventure as it careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.

About this title

About the Author:

Dan Brown is the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code" and, previously, "Digital Fortress", "Deception Point", and "Angels & Demons". He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts to writing full-time. He lives in New England with his wife. Visit the author's website at www.danbrown.com.

From AudioFile:

Un físico, descubridor de una nueva fuente de energía antimateria, ha sido asesinado por una sociedad secreta que planea utilizarla, como arma para perpetrar un ataque al mayor símbolo de la religión católica, la ciudad de El Vaticano. En una carrera contra el tiempo, Langdon se internará en el interior de bóvedas y catacumbas secretas, tratando de descifrar códigos y secretos para impedir este atentado. Raúl Amundaray interpreta los personajes de manera acertada, capturando la voz de un hombre lleno de vida, hasta la de otro marchito y con dificultad para respirar. Existen diálogos donde susurra de forma cautivante. La música incidental realza los diálogos creando un ambiente de suspenso. M.B.M.

[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]--The discoverer of a new source of energy, called ANTIMATTER, has been assassinated by a secret society existing since the time of Galileo. The Illuminati plan to use this finding as a weapon to attack the Vatican. In a race against time, Robert Langdon enters the catacombs of the holy city, trying to decipher the codes to prevent a strike. Raúl Amundaray interprets the personalities with well-aimed precision, best capturing the voice of a man full of life, which gradually fades, and finally becomes nearly breathless. His other expressive dialogues rustle and whisper, and the accompanying music enhances the performance by creating an atmosphere of heightened suspense. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Books4pocket
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 8492516518
• ISBN 13: 9788492516513
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 736