'The Lost Symbol' 
 Author: Dan Brown
 Publisher: Bantam Press / 2009
 Pages: 509

Four years ago, when Donald Trump refused to believe he had been beaten at the polls, a massive wave of anger brought out a huge crowd on the streets, pillaging, burning and confronting the police and threatening the law and order of the country in that delicate juncture.

They broke into the office of Nancy Pelosi, the very old icon of the Democrats and one of the rioters attained fame by donning a head-gear of a trapper.

The irony of it all was that if the Americans understood the symbolism and the thought that formed the basis of the creation of that unique core of US power, they would have never dared touch it.

The book I am reviewing today is one of the Robert Langdon series, the last one in fact, except for the one coming out in Autumn.

Like the others before it, this book focuses on what long-held myths and legends tell today's person.

The central fact to understand is that the whole complex of Capitol Hill, the White House, the Mall etc. were meticulously planned and in relation with each other.

They were built in complete obedience to the tenets of Freemasonry.

That's because the leading lights of American history were Freemasons, more than Democrats or Republicans.

And wearing their Freemasonry apparel and undergoing their strange ritual you would find the most important persons of the Administration.

Underneath all this, in the book there is a battle of revenge, somebody is out to annihilate the most important and richest family in the land.

Somehow then the shadowy and powerful CIA gets involved in this story though one cannot understand how they seem to be taking the side of the anti-government forces.

The story wanders and meanders, sometimes at length, passing through some horrendous moments.

People die and are killed but they come back to life. And ultimately, as in all good books, the right side emerges victorious.

The scientific side of the story is told at some length and at times resembles some futuristic movie.

This is definitely not one of Brown's best novels.