Inferno (Brown novel)
First US edition cover
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| Author | Dan Brown |
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| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Robert Langdon #4 |
| Genre | Mystery, Conspiracy fiction, Thriller |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
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Publication date
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May 14, 2013 |
| Media type | Print, e-book, movie |
| Pages | 609 pages |
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| OCLC | 824723329 |
| Preceded by | The Lost Symbol |
| Followed by | Origin |
Inferno is a 2013 mystery thriller novel by American author Dan Brown and the fourth book in his Robert Langdon series, following Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol. The book was released on May 14, 2013 by Doubleday. It was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction and Combined Print & E-book fiction for the first eleven weeks of its release, and also remained on the list of E-book fiction for the first seventeen weeks of its release. A film adaptation was released in the United States on October 28, 2016.
Harvard professor Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital with a head wound and no memory of the last few days. He last remembers walking on the Harvard campus, but he quickly realizes that he is now in Florence, Italy. Dr. Sienna Brooks, one of the doctors tending to him, reveals that he is suffering from amnesia. When Vayentha, a female assassin, shows up in the hospital, Sienna helps Langdon escape, and they flee to her apartment.
After Sienna recounts the details of his admission to the hospital, Robert finds a cylinder with a biohazard sign in his jacket and decides to call the U.S. consulate. He is told that they are searching for him and want his location. Per Sienna's guidance, Robert gives them a location across the street from Sienna's apartment to avoid getting Sienna more involved in his mysterious situation than she already is. Soon, Robert sees Vayentha pull up to the location Robert gave the consulate. At this point, Sienna and Robert believe the U.S. government wants to kill him.
Robert decides to open the container and finds a small medieval bone cylinder fitted with a hi-tech projector that displays a modified version of Botticelli's Map of Hell, which is based on Dante's Inferno.
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