The Illuminati are back. A nuclear researcher is found murdered in his Swiss laboratory. Strange symbols are engraved on his chest, symbols that only Harvard professor Robert Langdon can decipher. What he discovers deeply frightens him: the symbols belong to the legendary secret society of the Illuminati. This community seems to have been revived, and it is pursuing a dark plan, as antimatter has been stolen from the murdered researcher's lab. Illuminati is the first part of Dan Brown's immensely successful thriller series featuring the symbologist Robert Langdon.