reading log - week 1

mmmkay. So I'm reading a book called "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown. This is the prequel to The Divinci Code, which I'm sure is very commonly known. This book starts off telling about the life of a professor, Langdon, at Harvard University, who specials in come kind of special cult class. He knows a lot about the old satanic cult, the Illuminati, so when the director at CERN (some really advanced scientific research place) calls him up in the really early morning insisting that he come, he's shocked. When he gets there the director shows him the body of a man with his head turned completely around, a slit across his neck, and the Illuminati anti gram burnt into his flesh. This cult had been inactive, or so everyone thought, for centuries now, so it was hard for Langdon to believe that they had stricken back finally.

*background on the Illuminati* They were people such as Galileo and other scientists who were, back in that time, not allowed to publish newly found scientific wonders. They first formed the group so that they could study and share research in peace. They were actually killed by priests and placed in different parts of the Vatican city to scare other scientist away from joining*

Langdon didn't believe them until he found out that the scientist with the brand and his daughter were trying to find a way to create matter out of nothing while there was a greater energy source there, which would tie in how god and the big bang theory were inter twined and both were correct. They succeeded and created anti-matter out of nothing. now they realize that the anti-matter was stolen, and that it was placed some where inside the Vatican city on the same night as the conclave (due to the fact that the pope passed on). on top of all of that, 4 or the "cardinals" were kidnapped and were to be killed at 4 different churches. so now Langdon and the daughter of the scientist are looking for a parchment written by Galileo to show the way to the 4 Illuminati secret meeting places before the time on the anti-matter runs out and all of the "cardinals", art, sculptures, etc are blown up.