



The novel as stated focuses on the Divine Comedy for clues about what the villain of the story is up to. All this in a very accurate depiction of Florence. Now as for spoilers, I will try and not delve into the story too much but instead attempt to critique in a spoiler free way. The story will also take antagonist Robert Langdon to Venice and Istanbul as he follows clues to try and stop a world plague pandemic from spreading. The Lost Symbol was such a success when it pulled the curtains open on the Masonic Lodge.įor Inferno Dan Brown has chosen as the background setting Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and the city Dante was expelled from, Florence. Dan Brown’s stories only work if you’re not familiar with the back-ground of the story. As such I didn’t understand the commotion. As for his earlier works such as The Da Vinci Code, I was already familiar with theories about the holy grail being an allegoric reference to a possible bloodline of Jesus Christ. You might say that I got hooked on Dan Brown through The Lost Symbol. Ever since the novel The Lost Symbol from 2009 have I been waiting for a another book. Dan Brown’s Inferno that was released about a week and half ago kind of falls into that class despite the fact it has sci-fi elements. As regular visitors know this website mostly focuses on Science-fiction, but sometimes I will review other popular media.
