Dan brown’s recipe for a successful thriller novel has been a brainy protagonist, a dangerous item and a dark secret. This one is no different- the specifics being Robert Langdon - a Harvard iconologist, a laser projector and an apocalypse. Set in Florence, Italy, the story revolves around how Langdon tries to avert the apocalypse by following a string of clues manufactured by a seemingly ruthless bio scientist which are based on an epic called Inferno, composed by a famous poet, Dante Alighieri. The Story The initial theme of the story is that Langdon is in Florence, Italy, where he wakes up in a hospital not knowing anything, presumably because he suffers from amnesia and appears to have been shot in the head. He befriends Sienna Brooks, a doctor who saves his life. She informs him that there are forces that want him dead. He eventually begins to trust her as he has no other option. Also, he finds out that Sienna was a child prodigy. He finds himself in possession of a projector, which depicted a part of Dante’s inferno, which turns out to be a big clue in his unknown mission. Soon, a large team of men with arms in black uniform begin to chase the two of them, hot on their trails. As the two escape, Langdon progressively deciphers the hidden code subtly hidden in the image from the projector. This gives him an idea as to how and where he should proceed; with the mission still unknown. One of the highlights of this book is how Brown illustrates the miraculous escapade