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Inferno is a sophisticated thriller aimed at adult audiences that follows Robert Langdon through Italy as he decodes mysteries tied to Dante's literary masterpiece. While the reading level spans grades 7–12, the content is firmly adult: it includes moderate violence, some profanity, references to biological threats, and mature themes involving mass death and manipulation. The book rewards critical thinking and offers historical/artistic education, but its intense premise and dark subject matter make it inappropriate for readers below high school age.
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In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology,... In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.
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- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
- Code and cipher stories
- Fiction
- Cryptographers
- Robert Langdon (Fictitious character)
- Langdon, Robert (Fictitious character)
- Reading Level-Grade 7
- Reading Level-Grade 9
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- Reading Level-Grade 12
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ISBN 9780385537858 · Doubleday