The Lost Symbol

To summarize : The National Treasure in a book form.

Another page turner from Mr Brown. I read that on the net of how the critics have ripped him apart, but I read his books for the suspense and connections and history (and not for their artistic value). The research which seems to have gone in seems incredible. Enjoyed the book a lot (ending fails to live up to the start and build up, but that generally happens in these kinds of books / films). I have no doubt the tourism in Washington DC will increase, as well as the interest in Freemasons. (used to wonder where Roorkee's Masonic Lodge got it's name from).

As usual you get to know a ton of things from this book, pretty intriguing stuff. For starters it's about the Fresco within the Capitol Building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington

Interesting stuff on Magic Squares (for Suduko fans), lot of stuff on Ancient Scripts (I hope to read the Bible in a new light now). Newton continues to intrigue and discovery that there is something called Noetic Science (I read a book called the Divine Matrix but had no idea of what it was called then).

Read it if you like thrillers and historic stuff which you are keen to know. If you liked National Treasure, good chance you will like this also.