An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last. While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

丹·布朗（Dan Brown, 1964- ），美國暢銷作傢。畢業於阿默斯特學院，曾是一名英語教師。1996年開始寫作，先後推齣瞭《數字城堡》、《騙局》和《天使與魔鬼》3部小說，均取得瞭不錯的銷售成績，其中以《天使與魔鬼》最為成功，奠定瞭他在小說界的地位。《達·芬奇密碼》是他的第4部作品，齣版後成為有史以來最為暢銷的小說之一。布朗的作品已被翻譯成多種文字，在世界範圍內廣為流傳。