Langdon lands in Geneva with a mild case of altitude sickness, and an even more intense case of confusion. The killer, a descendent of the infamous Hassassin (now pronounced assassin), considers his employer, codenamed Janus, whom he has never met, and whom represents, “the brotherhood”. Meanwhile, in Europe the killer travels through a crowd and enjoys the success of the kill and subsequent liberation of a particular item.

His amazement at the aircraft is only eclipsed by his discovery that he is traveling to Geneva, Switzerland and that he will arrive in exactly an hour in a plane that travels at Mach fifteen, or 11,000 miles per hour. It appears to be a huge wedge from space, and the pilot gleefully informs him it runs on slush hydrogen and can travel two hundred fifty thousand kilos when fully fueled.

His first view of the plane leaves him in a state of shock – it is like nothing he has ever seen before. Robert Langdon drives to Boston’s Logan airport as fast as he can, only to discover that his plane has just landed.

Meanwhile, the leader praises him for his good work, and promises, “Tonight we change the world.” The killer has done something terrible, and in the process stolen a heavy electronic devise. Thousands of miles away, a killer and a leader meet in the shadows. Langdon agrees to an hour’s flight to Kohler’s research facility, convinced by his amazement at the infamous yet never before photographed symbol from the fax. Kohler admits to locating Langdon through his website, which contains information about his book The Art of the Illuminati. The word, and its graphic symbol, immediately grab his attention, and he reaches for the phone. It quickly becomes apparent that Kohler is not a fanatic when Langdon receives a faxed image of a dead man with the word “Illuminati” ornately burned onto his chest. He dismisses the phone call as one of many he has received from excessively fascinated “fans” of his books on symbology. Langdon responds by refusing and hanging up. Although they have never met or even spoken before, Kohler insistently requests Langdon’s presence. Robert Langdon is awakened from a nightmare by a phone call from a discrete particle physicist Maximilian Kohler.

Robert Langdon: A forty-year old Harvard symbology professor.

'Book' Title Angels and Demons Link Author Brown, Dan Characters

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown