Follow-up to “Da Vinci Code” Set to Hit Bookstands in September
On September 15, the wait for millions of Dan Brown fans will get over with the release of a follow-up to his smashing international hit “The Da Vinci Code.” Random House, the publisher, said on Monday that the book titled “The Lost Symbol” will be released in the United States, Britain and Canada.
Since its release in 2003, more than 70 million copies of “The Da Vinci Code” have been sold worldwide. The book remained on top of international best-seller lists, much to the dissent of the Vatican and some Catholics who were outraged at the fictional story lines involving the Catholic Church and conspiracy.
“The Lost Symbol” again features Robert Langdon, the fictional, mystery-solving Harvard symbologist. Random House is printing five million copies of the book, the largest first print run in its history.
In a statement, the author, Dan Brown said, “This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey. Weaving five years of research into the story’s 12-hour time frame was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine.”
No more information about the book’s plot has been revealed. In the United State, it will be published by Doubleday while Transworld Publishers will publish it in Canada. Both are imprints of Random House, a part of Bertelsmann AG.
In the 2006 film adaptation of “The Da Vinci Code”, Robert Langdon’s character was portrayed by Tom Hanks. The film earned more than $750 million at the box office worldwide. Coming up in May is a film adaptation of Dan Brown’s earlier novel, “Angels and Demons,” again starring Hanks as Robert Langdon.
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