Angels & Demons, Dan Brown

Everyone must already own The Da Vinci Code. Angles and Demons, the prequel to Dan Brown's mega best seller, reigns supreme at airport bookstores.

It's not hard to see why: the plot, which focuses on an improbable attempt by the ancient order of the Illuminati to destroy the Vatican (using antimatter, natch), makes perfect sense after being lulled into a state of travel-induced half-sleep.

It's also the type of book that has made Brown lots and lots of money.

一场令人悚然的猫捉老鼠式的较量，一个生天死攸关、扣人心弦的惊险故事，一出离奇古怪的呈惊人的事件，一部集宗教、科学、谋杀、推理和建筑学于一体、情节曲折的小说。天使与魔鬼》讲述了：几百年前,最让梦见蒂冈畏惧的敌是一个名为“光照派”的秘密组织。这个组织由一些受到宗教迫害的科学家组成，他们发誓要对梵冈进行复仇。时到今日，当代许多历史学家还对这个组织的存在深信不疑，而且认为这是全球势力最强大的组织之一，它渗透到世界的各个角落，不为人知……